Since the launch of ANQIQI Studio’s official website back in 2025, I have barely updated its content. Looking back after a year, I realize my thinking back then was only confined to the form and presentation of corporate websites.
Time flies, and now it is 2026. The products I refined and polished last year were never put into use and have now been archived, serving only as a keepsake of hand-coded work.
AI saw explosive growth last year, and this year it has undergone a fundamental shift. It has gone from functional to highly practical, from a simple auxiliary tool to a reliable partner. This transformation has forced me to rethink my approach to product creation.
In the past, I focused heavily on technical details during development. I always felt uneasy if I did not handle every task personally.
This year, I’ve completely shifted my mindset. By experimenting with various AI tools in real projects, I’ve built a tailored workflow and picked out reliable tools, which has brought me new reflections.
As AI continues to mature, the barrier to building internet applications keeps lowering, and generic AI-generated products are flooding the market.
So what exactly makes a product truly human-centered?
It is a question worth deep consideration. To me, products should first and foremost stem from real life. Excessive automation and rigid algorithms have trapped people inside a cold digital world.
Before building any product, we must ask: does it bring users peace of mind, or unnecessary anxiety? There is no shortage of well-made applications nowadays, yet many fail to deliver genuine convenience, leaving people confused and stressed instead.
When humans become servants to tools, those tools churn out soulless, rigid creations. The world grows more efficient, yet increasingly dull and lifeless.
These rough, unpolished words written by hand may be disorganized and unclear, but they are uniquely human. You can even sense the imperfection in them.
My final conclusion is this: let human creativity and vision guide AI to handle technical tasks. The core logic, subtle details and emotional temperature of a product still require careful human crafting and repeated iteration based on real user needs.
If we leave everything to AI, the end result will be entirely devoid of humanity.
Moving forward, our studio will further collaborate with AI partners. We will reasonably delegate technical work through real-world projects, and keep building warm, human-centered digital applications.
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