An independent developer’s view on software products, product management, and why iOS is a strong first platform.
Building an iOS App from Zero to One (Part 1): Why iOS?
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A Cyber Cleanup: Reinstalling an Old Laptop into an AI Agent Machine with Gemini
A full record of reinstalling and repurposing an old laptop with Gemini’s help.
How I Crawled Duan Yongping’s Xueqiu Comments
A crawl log of Duan Yongping’s Xueqiu comments, including tool choice, debugging, and export results.
The Craft of an Event Photographer and a Recap of Heartbeat Pi Night on 2026-03-14
A recap of an event-photography experience and what it felt like.
Snowy Hong Kong: Stable Diffusion Image Generation Practice
A practical experiment in turning Hong Kong street scenes into snowy landscapes with Stable Diffusion.
Local STT Solutions
A practical look at local speech-to-text options, tool selection, and output quality.
NotebookLM + Gemini + Nanobanana Manga Workflow
A compact workflow for turning a book into a manga-style learning project with NotebookLM, Gemini, and Nanobanana Pro.
Swimming
An essay on swimming as a long-term sport, a form of training, and a way to recover from noise and loneliness.
Escaping “Server Busy”: A Practical Guide to Building a Private DeepSeek AI Setup
A practical guide to using DeepSeek privately, covering shared APIs, cloud deployment, local deployment, and a simple Chatbox setup.
A Full Review of Building a Personal Blog with GitHub and Hexo
A walkthrough of building a personal blog with GitHub and Hexo.
New Blog Workflow
A note on the workflow for creating new blog posts.
Markdown Basics
A short note on the Markdown syntax used in this blog.