HAAM Index / Systems
Long-form analysis of industries, platforms, public infrastructure, cultural systems, and the business models beneath visible experiences.
Reader promise: every system is mapped across its actors, incentives, interfaces, data, and consequences, not treated as an isolated trend.
July 1, 2026 · 15 min read
Mariana Lin shaped Siri's character, Apple engineered its prosody, and OpenAI protects its timing. Together, they show why voice interfaces are written, synthesized, and networked at once.
July 1, 2026 · 13 min read
A first-person retrospective on AI Frontiers 2017, where assistants, video understanding, self-driving cars, and applied deep learning revealed interface problems AI still has not solved.
July 1, 2026 · 17 min read
How vertical drama compresses classical storytelling into hooks, emotional spikes, cliffhangers, retention metrics, and purchase decisions.
July 1, 2026 · 14 min read
Remote design roles increasingly expect functional prototyping, coding agents, AI media workflows, and design engineering. Here is what the new stack is actually for.
July 1, 2026 · 18 min read
What I learned after scanning years of Taiwanese receipts: a national system connecting tax enforcement, retail data, lotteries, private apps, and privacy.
June 30, 2026 · 12 min read
How mobile fiction combines storytelling, interface design, paid acquisition, payments, localization, and AI into one tightly engineered system.
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