In the dev and startup community, there’s a symbolic character everyone relates to:
Ma Xiao Ye – the little horse who “runs while crying.”
Ma Xiao Ye – the little horse who “runs while crying.”
It sounds funny, maybe a bit tragic, but it’s actually deeply inspiring.
Ma Xiao Ye isn’t the strongest horse.
Not the fastest.
Not the one destined to win the race.
Not the fastest.
Not the one destined to win the race.
But what makes him legendary is this:
Even with tears streaming down his face, he keeps running.
Even with tears streaming down his face, he keeps running.
Running toward goals.
Running for dreams.
Running because stopping is not an option.
Running for dreams.
Running because stopping is not an option.
And so Ma Xiao Ye became a metaphor for everyone who’s grinding every single day:
- Developers shipping features while exhausted.
- Indie hackers coding + doing support at the same time.
- Founders juggling 10 things at once but still believing.
- Students sprinting deadlines with caffeine and hope.
We are all Ma Xiao Ye.
We run.
We cry.
But we don’t stop.
And that’s what makes us unstoppable.
We cry.
But we don’t stop.
And that’s what makes us unstoppable.
✨ The true meaning of Ma Xiao Ye
- Not perfect, but persistent 💪
- Not the strongest, but resilient 💫
- Not easy, but always moving forward 🚀
This is the spirit that echoes across the dev community — React, Vue, RN, Next.js, NestJS, indie hackers, everyone.
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