https://wudaichuan.com/tags/australia/ Recent content in Australia on Gabriel Dai Hugo en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 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>