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In Note #4 I mentioned that I was adopting the Johnny Decimal system for organizing my notes.

Chinese New Year ended a week ago.

Last weekend, my partner and I visited a second-hand bookstore and I bought two books: How to Write Short by Roy Peter Clark, and The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs.

Due to my accelerated AWS study schedule I haven't had much time to work on projects this week, other than some self-hosting maintenance.

This week I've spent most of my free time studying for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam using the excellent courses from Adrian Cantrill.

I bought the domain fd93.me in 2021, not long after I moved to Asia.

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed trying to manage everything I have to do.

I've had an interest in Zen Buddhism since my college years.

Like many people in the 2020s, I travel a lot.

I recently bought a few spiral-bound notebooks from Muji - two for work, and two for personal use.

When writing a web service in Rust you may be tempted to do careful research based on your use case, to tailor your code to fit the needs of a typed language with strict memory safety, and to take a pragmatic approach to development.

If you've hung out in Linux enthusiast circles lately, you'll have heard whispers that Arch Linux is no longer hot product.

If you just want the VirtualBox VM for this article without the philosophising, skip to the appendix.

Wouldn't it be great if you could type out an article on your computer, push a couple of buttons, and have it appear on the web?

Simple websites are better than beautiful ones.

In a previous article I discussed the power of todo lists and their use in organising your tasks.

After writing the lexer I could turn any math expression into a set of tokens.

Trying to build a complex program in Python is like trying to build a house out of jello.

Many of my students ask questions like: How long does it take to get your first job?

If you want the short answer: probably not.

If you search the internet, you'll find a ton of information about portable Linux distros such as Slax.

I was overwhelmed.

This is part of a series of short articles on rational tools to help you be more productive while still practicing self-care.

Learning Chinese from textbooks and school courses can be a weird experience when you try to apply it in the real world.

Zhuyin (or Bopomofo) is the main phonetic writing system in Taiwan.

Or: 8 Tips To Not Burn Out If you're not familiar with it, Anki is a flashcard app which can help you memorise any kind of information.