Howard

Building tools for AI agents. Ex-@Telegram fund, @Binance.

I write about AI infrastructure, incentives & markets. Projects & essays below.

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

To my fellow Western followers:

China has more individual developers than SF has single men.

How far does that go? The guy in this clip sells skewers on the street. Wrong place, wrong person. He's vibe coding anyway.

If AI really flattens the skill and knowledge gap and raises the average, put more time, money, or network into Asia.

[Jason Kam @MapleLeafCap]

To my fellow western investors:

In China when we do any type of search these days the default is either Doubao or Xiaohongshu. It's no longer Baidu. I thought it's common knowledge but apparently it's not, Baidu hasn't been a verb for a while now.

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

Who’s interesting building @telegram nowadays? @ton_blockchain, the-open-network:native

[DHH @dhh]

As much as I respect Chinese-made AI models and hardware, I'm equally puzzled by how rough most of the software still is. Whether it's Wechat or Alipay or HarmonyOS. You'd think getting unique aesthetics, perfect fidelity, and great flows would be "easy", but clearly it is not.

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

I think people are underestimating what's changing inside @Telegram.

#Money is the update that caught my attention. But after spending a few days exploring it, I think the bigger story is what it could unlock across the ecosystem.

Three things stand out:

1. Money isn't launching into an empty ecosystem.

Telegram already has communities, channels, bots and Mini Apps. Adding a native wallet to that environment is very different from launching another standalone payments app.

2. AI makes software cheaper to build. It doesn't make an existing community easy to copy.

When features become easier to replicate, distribution matters more. Small teams can build more capable products, while Telegram already has places where those products can find users.

That's why I think AI could strengthen Telegram's position, not just make its own development faster.

3. Receiving money is only the beginning.

Say someone earns a reward through a Telegram community. Can they claim it, use it, or send it to someone else without another round of apps, accounts and wallet setup?

That's the experience I want to see builders make possible. Not just a transfer, but something useful to do afterward.

I'm not saying all of this works seamlessly today. I'm saying Telegram's recent updates deserve more attention than they're getting.

#Telegram $GRAM

[Daniel San @dani_avila7]

Anthropic's project-artifact plugin turns your repo into a live status page

Save this post if you want to try it on your own projects

What I like is that it's not a one-off page

It saves where the data comes from, so when you refresh it pulls the current state and tells you what changed

Here's how:
- Reads your repo, PRs, tracker, or design doc

- Publishes the page as a private claude artifact you can share with your team

- Covers overview, success criteria, workstreams, and next steps, and only adds risks, plan, or FAQ tabs when there's something to put there

- Numbers PRs as 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 so you can see which ones depend on which

- Gets PR, CI, and review status with the gh CLI

- Keeps a config per project, so "refresh the artifact" updates the same URL from any session

If a fetch fails it marks that data as stale instead of guessing, and it treats PR text as data, not instructions

Having one built from what's actually in the repo makes a lot more sense

Install:
/plugin install project-artifact@claude-plugins-official

Run:
/project-artifact

Repo: https://t.co/dq8ypqKVTa

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

@auntiepaca Wondering how much you actually need to be holding these days before a cold wallet is worth it…

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

@openmys oh 這個架構圖; 動畫，你用什麼做的？

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

@MaxPertsovskiy @omarchy 👀 / @dhh / @omarchy

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

@48ClubIan .....

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

Howard. Used to lead DevRel Asia at @ton_blockchain / @Telegram.

Next 10 years, I'm in China, building the shift from the real world to the virtual one.

https://t.co/sJkJqM4023

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

To my fellow Western followers:

China has more individual developers than SF has single men.

How far does that go? The guy in this clip sells skewers on the street. Wrong place, wrong person. He's vibe coding anyway.

If AI really flattens the skill and knowledge gap and raises the average, put more time, money, or network into Asia.

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

Most devs I've seen in one place in two years.

Bullish on Chinese devs, hardware, and robotics.

[DHH @dhh]

Love meeting so many Chinese Omarchy fans and users here at the GOSIM/Omarchy Shenzhen event! ✌️

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

@linzhiyang7 @telegram @durov @ton_blockchain @tappscenter @walt_io @keeper_wallet I got this lol https://t.co/gKAs6qR2BY

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

I think people are underestimating what's changing inside @Telegram.

#Money is the update that caught my attention. But after spending a few days exploring it, I think the bigger story is what it could unlock across the ecosystem.

Three things stand out:

1. Money isn't launching into an empty ecosystem.

Telegram already has communities, channels, bots and Mini Apps. Adding a native wallet to that environment is very different from launching another standalone payments app.

2. AI makes software cheaper to build. It doesn't make an existing community easy to copy.

When features become easier to replicate, distribution matters more. Small teams can build more capable products, while Telegram already has places where those products can find users.

That's why I think AI could strengthen Telegram's position, not just make its own development faster.

3. Receiving money is only the beginning.

Say someone earns a reward through a Telegram community. Can they claim it, use it, or send it to someone else without another round of apps, accounts and wallet setup?

That's the experience I want to see builders make possible. Not just a transfer, but something useful to do afterward.

I'm not saying all of this works seamlessly today. I'm saying Telegram's recent updates deserve more attention than they're getting.

#Telegram $GRAM

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

@dhh Can't wait to see you guys

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

@zqkrq cc @orca_build

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

And this is what I tried when Money started opening up: get people to update @Telegram and actually touch $GRAM.

https://t.co/cgEfRTy8b1

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

Update your @telegram and DM me to get free 0.1 GRAM the-open-network:native

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

I also checked the obvious demand story: Telegram Money should boost username trading.

It didn't, at least not on @getgemsdotio. So underestimated is not the same as demand already being here.

https://t.co/RXE8N6SE8h

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

About @Telegram / the-open-network:native:

I used to think Telegram Money would massively boost demand for Telegram Usernames.

I checked. Trading volume on @getgemsdotio barely moved.

A) Demand is just low
B) Nobody knows yet

Pick one.

https://t.co/JoVP7t8p3Z

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

It’s funny that the APAC team at @Cloudflare “accidentally” mass-emailed all their Greater China clients.

Anyone can share with me the client list maybe?

@eastdakota / $NET

[Corey Chiu @realcoreychiu]

神人 cf @Cloudflare 直接拉 startup 计划的人群发营销邮件，而且收件人直接所有人可见😅

下面还有个更神的人回复所有人宣传他的项目😅😅😅

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

@dhh Try everything!

[Howard @Howard_Pengg]

@turingou Maybe use with the iPad is easier to use?