Writing about design, code, and the messy space in between.
Say goodbye to the fragmented shims of nvm, pyenv, and rustup. Build a deterministic polyglot environment with Mise and Chezmoi, solving PATH drift for AI coding agents.
Reclaim dozens of gigabytes of disk space from Rust targets. How to use Mr Boxington (mbx) and Mise with macOS APFS reflink zero-copy cloning to manage Cargo caches effortlessly.
A summary of which US financial services accept Canadian phone numbers or US VOIP numbers for verification.
Opened online with ITIN. Used a Wise transfer with memo set to payroll as fake DD to meet the $7,500 deposit requirement. Bonus posted same day.
How to get Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare running on Windows 11 in 2026 — Chinese localization, multiplayer fixes, and single-player enhancements.
Moving from Dotbot to Chezmoi — layered management of shared config, machine-local overrides, and secrets.
A breakdown of my AI spending from August 2023 to May 2026, spanning nearly three years. Conclusion: most of the time I used free options, and actual out-of-pocket expenses were C$120.00 + U$13.54 + £11.00 + ¥99.00.
Stop manually reconfiguring every new Mac. One dotfiles command restores all your settings.
OpenKara needed CJK lyric romanization. While researching, I found a ready-made engine inside the Spotify Karaoke Chrome extension. One GitHub Issue later, I extracted it into a standalone npm package — lyric-romanizer — supporting 12 native scripts and 4 API-based scripts.
While adding Cantonese support to the lyric romanization tool, I went in circles with auto-detection and finally settled on explicit parameters.
Bank of America product changes preserve the original card's no-FTF benefit. Apply for Travel Rewards first, then PC to Customized Cash Rewards after a year — and you get a no-AF, no-FTF, 3% custom category card.
A beginner's guide to common churning abbreviations and slang — from the basics to each bank's application rules.
Without an Australian local bank account, use HSBC UK's AUD account and Global Transfer to complete the monthly A$9,000 deposit requirement and maintain HSBC AU Premier.
Use TD's online account type change feature to temporarily upgrade to an All-Inclusive account in the month your credit card annual fee is charged, then downgrade immediately after the rebate lands.
How I completed the U.S. Bank $450 sign-up bonus requirement using an ITIN, fake DD, and a trip to Seattle.
Opened alongside U.S. Bank during the same Seattle trip. Used SoFi and U.S. Bank ACH transfers as fake DD to meet the $3,000 direct deposit requirement.
Last month I found a bug that let you use Cursor's 4.6-opus-high-thinking model for free, indefinitely. It got patched within days.
A minimal bilingual blog that keeps content in Git, ships static HTML, and generates Open Graph images at build time.
One day in April, I realized I almost never need to create a PDF-bound document from scratch. Most of the time I'm just filling out something someone else sent me. The things I actually need to write and export from scratch boil down to three: resume, invoice, and cover letter.
Turkish iTunes Store and iTunes Match prices are incredibly cheap after currency conversion. Here is how to take advantage of this overlooked benefit.
This article lists affordable solutions for reproducing the looks from Kamen Rider The series and Shin Kamen Rider that started from a Tieba post, with different attempt combinations. The characteristic is to use common off-the-shelf products as much as possible.
Process for getting a free cryptocurrency hardware wallet
FedEx Stole My Package Worth $1500 and Closed My Account Without Notice.
Personal experience summarized Canada international student basic bank account/card knowledge.
People who don't like to add spaces between Chinese and English when typing will have a hard time in relationships. There is a 70% chance they will marry someone they don't love at the age of 34, while the remaining 30% of people can only leave their inheritance to their cats in the end. After all, both love and writing need proper spacing.
I have organized all my referral codes here. I would be very happy if you can use them.
One afternoon at mealtime, I clicked on Spy x Family and watched three episodes continuously, then decided to stop watching before the plot officially unfolded and write a sharp review.
CoverView is a web project developed by React, less than 500kb in size, open-sourced on GitHub
Cory Arcangel's 2002 artwork Super Mario Clouds uses a real Nintendo NES cartridge, with hardware modifications made to the cartridge to remove all content except the clouds and blue sky.
Independent game designer Steven Harmon created a website called Toilet Game Studies in 2017
Come Drink with Me - Hu Jinquan's first martial arts film and the pioneering work of Shaw Brothers' new school of martial arts cinema. Its status and significance are naturally monumental. In 1966, such a color martial arts film was groundbreaking, but fifty-six years later, does it still hold viewing value?