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ReAct, Its Descendants, and the Quiet Revival of Neuro-Symbolic AI

A survey through two threads: significant papers descending from ReAct, and the parallel revival of classical-AI / symbolic reasoning inside LLM stacks. Sparked by a Shunyu Yao talk.

May 22, 2026 · 11 min · Xiaoyong

What Took Me Days Now Took an Hour: Setting Up a Personal Site on AWS

I tried to set up a static site on AWS years ago and gave up after days of debugging. This time, with AI pair-programming, the whole thing was live in about an hour. Here’s the full story.

April 5, 2026 · 8 min · Xiaoyong

Hello World

First post on my new site.

April 4, 2026 · 1 min · Xiaoyong