About the lab

Still Current Lab

Still Current Lab is an independent software and writing studio founded by YanQiang Lu. It publishes field notes and essays on AI, software, and attention, and builds small tools for practice, reflection, and better human agency.

The name comes from a simple tension: the world is moving faster, but good work still depends on clear attention. Still points to presence, practice, and non-reactivity. Current points to the technological currents shaping how we build and live now.

What belongs here

• Field Notes — short observations on what is changing and why it matters.
• Essays — longer pieces on AI devtools, engineering judgment, and building with attention.
• Timeline — a curated map of important AI/software developments.
• Tools — Waterdrop, Buddhist Assistant, and future experiments from Still Current Lab.

About YanQiang

I'm YanQiang Lu, a senior software engineer focused on AI developer experience, and a practicing Buddhist. These are not separate interests. My work keeps returning to the same question: how do we build powerful tools without losing attention, judgment, and depth?

Buddhism is the central axis of my life, not a decorative theme. It shapes the way I think about software: tools should reduce confusion where possible, support human agency, and be built with care for the minds that use them.

What this is not

• Not a résumé-first personal website.
• Not an AI influencer brand.
• Not a generic productivity blog.
• Not spiritual-guru cosplay.
• Not startup theater.

Operating taste

Clear over clever. Useful over loud. Builder-realistic over hype. Reflective, but grounded in shipped work. The aspiration is a quiet lab/publication that compounds through artifacts: notes, essays, tools, and careful observations.

Start with the field notes, browse the timeline, or see the tools being built under Still Current Lab.