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Weiran Zhang

Hi, I'm Weiran Zhang. I work as a Senior Engineering Manager at Capital One. I have a passion for technology and building thriving software teams. This blog is where I write about things I find interesting. You can follow me on Mastodon.


Apple has a lower P/E ratio than Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and now Dell, to name a few. I find this baffling and I would challenge any analyst to articulate to me how Apple is not healthier and stronger, competitively, in the long-term than many of those companies.

The problem is Apple’s goals (long term success) doesn’t always work with Wall Street’s (short term profit).


The simple but powerful message is this: ‘Enjoy The Journey’. Remember the smile on Andy’s face when he disposes off the pieces from the wall every day in that prison ground? It could be the light at the end of the tunnel that keeps you going, or it could be the thrill that comes from the stealthiness of it all – but you have to remember that the journey is more important and satisfying than the end destination – getting into that mode is absolutely essential for everyone embarking on the journey.

You have no idea how deep the wall is. You have nothing but a rock hammer. You have no idea when you will be caught. But what you do have, is the journey. Enjoy the journey.


Today I released my new iPhone app, Hackers, which I’ve been working on for the past few months. Hackers is an iPhone app designed for…


Fantastic news, payment processor Strip finally comes to the UK. Just in time for a project I’m working on.


John Gruber’s detailed and well sourced article about how great products thrive and bad products don’t, and being open or closed has little…


This has to be his biggest controversy to date.


FOSS Patents does some sleuthing and discoveres the judge that ordered Apple to publish an apology to Samsung, and then rewrite that apology…


The UK High Court has ordered UK ISPs to block more torrent sites at the whim of the BPI, a private company representing the interests of…


Doug Kass, where have I heard that name before?


Why are people still surprised when Twitter kills your app? Goes to show that you can’t make a viable Twitter app while selling it for under…


Who would’ve bet that Google would be the first company to release a competitor to Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina display? Certainly not me…


Matt Drance on Sony’s strange Playstation 4 announcement: People would have happily waited longer for a comprehensive, exciting product…