The Uneasy Art of Making Everything Just Right
A reflective essay on obsessive attention to detail, from laptop partitions and backups to work consultations, health checks, and the anxiety of trying to make everything perfect.
Clawing Back Page Speed After Adding Local Search
A brief record of several Hexo site optimizations after adding local search, including image lazy loading, resource compression, and page preloading.
The Heart I Took to the Plateau
A personal account of traveling to a high-altitude county in western Sichuan, old childhood heart problems, altitude-related insomnia, cold, oxygen deprivation, and the first signs of lasting heart strain.
Testing Dada After Meituan: Better Pay, Worse Maps, and More Women on the Road
A rider's first days on Dada Now, where higher unit prices come with inaccurate navigation, plus a look at rising female rider numbers and Meituan's public welfare features.
The Ten-Yuan Haircut That Disappeared
A quiet, no-frills ten-yuan barbershop outside a school is replaced by a polished modern salon, and with it disappears a certain kind of simplicity.
A Lightweight WeChat QR Login API in PHP
A PHP implementation of a lightweight WeChat QR-code login API, including QR-code creation, OpenID retrieval, usage parameters, and security caveats.
My First Apple Device Ended Up Being a Gold M1 MacBook Air
A personal account of buying a first Apple device: selling a Lenovo Yoga 14s, choosing between the M1 MacBook Air and Pro, and living with a gold 8GB + 256GB MacBook Air for the first few days.
Fixing Air Playit crashes on Android 4.0 when adding a server
A practical workaround for Air Playit 0.9.1 crashing on Android 4.0 when adding a server, using a BusyBox script to temporarily remove IPv6 from the Wi-Fi interface.
How Websites Actually Make Money
An overview of the main website monetization models, including advertising, memberships and paid content, and selling products or services online.
Building a Small Three.js Scene: Shadows, Animation, and Speed Controls
A hands-on Three.js walkthrough that starts with a basic scene, then adds shadows, animation with requestAnimationFrame, FPS stats, and interactive speed controls using dat.GUI.