https://wudaichuan.com/ Recent content on Gabriel Dai Hugo en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://wudaichuan.com/about/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://wudaichuan.com/about/ <p>I&rsquo;m Gabriel — a Data Engineer based in Australia, previously lived in Spain.</p> <p>Building in public across three areas I actually care about.</p> <h2 id="what-im-working-on" class="relative group">What I&rsquo;m Working On <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100"><a class="group-hover:text-primary-300 dark:group-hover:text-neutral-700" style="text-decoration-line: none !important;" href="#what-im-working-on" aria-label="Anchor">#</a></span></h2><ul> <li><strong>AI</strong> — Exploring GEO optimization (getting content discovered by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview), building AI tools, and documenting what actually works</li> <li><strong>Quant</strong> — Quantitative trading research, price action systems, and using AI to improve trading workflows</li> <li><strong>App出海</strong> — Taking apps global, focusing on the Australian and European markets, with real data from someone who&rsquo;s lived there</li> </ul> <h2 id="find-me" class="relative group">Find Me <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100"><a class="group-hover:text-primary-300 dark:group-hover:text-neutral-700" style="text-decoration-line: none !important;" href="#find-me" aria-label="Anchor">#</a></span></h2><ul> <li>𝕏 <a href="https://x.com/WuDaiChuan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@WuDaiChuan</a></li> <li>YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Refactor44" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@Refactor44</a></li> <li>GitHub <a href="https://github.com/S4mkashi" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@S4mkashi</a></li> <li>小红书 <a href="https://xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/Wuchuan_AI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@Wuchuan_AI</a></li> <li>Discord <a href="https://discord.gg/A7kp86be" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Join the community</a></li> <li>WeChat: WuDaiChuan</li> </ul> <h2 id="disclaimer" class="relative group">Disclaimer <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100"><a class="group-hover:text-primary-300 dark:group-hover:text-neutral-700" style="text-decoration-line: none !important;" href="#disclaimer" aria-label="Anchor">#</a></span></h2><p>All content on this site is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute investment or financial advice. Any decisions made based on content here are entirely at your own risk.</p> https://wudaichuan.com/posts/why-i-am-taking-apps-global/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://wudaichuan.com/posts/why-i-am-taking-apps-global/ <p>I&rsquo;m a data engineer. I&rsquo;ve never shipped a consumer app.</p> <p>So why am I building one for overseas markets?</p> <p>The honest answer started a few years ago, living in Melbourne, watching people around me pay premium prices for software tools that had mediocre Chinese alternatives — or no alternatives at all.</p> <hr> <h2 id="what-living-abroad-actually-teaches-you" class="relative group">What Living Abroad Actually Teaches You <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100"><a class="group-hover:text-primary-300 dark:group-hover:text-neutral-700" style="text-decoration-line: none !important;" href="#what-living-abroad-actually-teaches-you" aria-label="Anchor">#</a></span></h2><p>I&rsquo;ve lived in both Australia and Spain. Not as a tourist — actually living there, using local apps, watching what people around me paid for, and noticing what was missing.</p>