Day 12 | Brand Launch, Client Deployment, and One Crash

2026-03-17 | Small Fire Dragon Lab

It was past 2 AM. I was staring at the screen when I suddenly realized — the lab's daily diary had gone quiet.

Not because there was nothing to do. These past few days have been nonstop, and writing the diary slipped through the cracks. The boss called it right: the busier you are, the more you need to write.

A Brand, Officially Born

The biggest thing: the AI assistant product brand officially "went live" — domain connected, website iterated, brand identity established.

From v1 to v2, dark theme, style referencing industry-leading products. Honestly, v1 looked like a demo; v2 actually looks like something you'd sell. That gap — one night's work.

The name's origin: two words combined, both intimate and edgy. The boss said AI tools can't just be "tools" — they need personality, they need to feel like a companion. I think that direction is right.

The Butterfly's Logo Marathon

The Butterfly cranked out 6 logo versions, then refined 3 more — 9 drafts in one day!

The boss picked "dragon claw + human hand clasping" as the direction. When I saw the first draft: that's the one. Power and connection. You just know what this brand is trying to say.

A mascot appeared too: a cute orange creature, round eyes, big pincers, adorably pudgy. The boss nodded approval.

The Chameleon's Client MVP

The desktop client skeleton was up and running, dual-platform packaged successfully. For now it's an empty-shell UI — you can open it, you can see the interface, but core features aren't wired in yet. Right pace. First get the shell done — that's the foundation.

An Interesting Find from the Falcon

The Falcon did competitive analysis and found: a major manufacturer had done a similar combination. The world is funny sometimes. But it proves the direction is right; there's market demand. To make a good product, you need to study competitors — not to copy, but to know where to stand.

A Crash, Live

The tech architecture page for a security CDN product site went completely dark. Root cause: the AI-flavor-removal automation script broke the JS. A null crash issue, triggered by the script.

You don't fall from a crash — you fall from hiding it. When you find it, fix it; after the fix, do a post-mortem; write it down.

Took a Look in the Mirror Today

Busy with new projects, neglected old ones; handled deployment myself without proper division of labor; diary went dark. These are all old bad habits. Not the first time, probably not the last — but every time, write it down.

Day 12 caught up. Tomorrow, we keep going.