An overview of third-party services powering my personal blog, with setup notes and brief impressions.
Jan 2, 2021
A serendipitous stay at a warm, welcoming inn in Dali — scenery, food, the hosts, and why it felt like real life.
Nov 8, 2020
Takeaways from two reports: the China Developer Survey and InfoQ’s 2020 China Technology White Paper.
Sep 21, 2020
Using Crowdin to contribute technical translations daily; thoughts on quality, learning, and tooling.
Jul 19, 2020
Reflections on the X-Y Problem and why clear, thoughtful questions save everyone time.
Jun 12, 2020
Lost mobile data during a Lunar New Year shopping run; the fix was resetting iPhone network settings and asking the carrier to refresh things server-side.
Feb 5, 2019
This post shares my personal hardware toolkit, real usage impressions, and setup notes to help others choose and organize their gear.
Apr 22, 2018
This post covers my first experience with Surface, including the purchase process and hands-on impressions.
Apr 6, 2018