Zinuo Li

Hi, I'm Zinuo.

I build products with AI.

I like taking a new AI capability and pushing it until it becomes something people can actually use. This is where I share the experiments, mistakes, and lessons along the way.

Curious about what AI makes possible. Serious about product. Happy to share the process.

What I care about

AI moves fast. I stay grounded by building real things and paying attention to how people use them.

AI products

The interesting part starts after the demo: choosing the right problem, shaping the experience, and earning repeat use.

  • Product discovery
  • Rapid prototypes
  • Feedback loops
  • The small details

Agents that do real work

I explore agents with tools, memory, and useful boundaries. The goal is less magic and more dependable help.

  • Research workflows
  • Personal AI
  • SRE and debugging
  • Human-AI collaboration

Sharing the process

Writing forces me to be clear. I share build notes, system-design lessons, and the failures that changed my mind.

  • Build notes
  • System design
  • Open-source experiments
  • What failed and why

What I'm building

A few ongoing experiments at the intersection of AI, product, and systems.

Digital Avatar

A personal AI avatar that connects memory, principles, and everyday decisions.

Personal AI Memory Knowledge Product Design

SRE Agent Framework

An AI teammate that gathers evidence and helps engineers reason through incidents.

Agent Workflow Tool Use Reliability

Deep Research Agent

A research experience that plans the work, checks the evidence, and keeps citations attached.

Research Verification Evidence UX

The loop I trust

Most of my best learning follows the same path.

01

Explore

Follow a question until it becomes concrete enough to test.

02

Build

Turn the idea into something I can use, then put it in front of other people.

03

Share

Write down the useful parts while they are still fresh.

Notes from the build

I write to work out what I think and to leave a useful trail for the next experiment.

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