Alex Hsu (English)

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/seed-readers This is the second post in the [How a first-time author sells 1,000 books] series.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/1000-books-constraints My first book, Life Is Also a Game, goes on sale this Saturday at major bookstores across Taiwan.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/last-time "Ichigo ichie" comes from the Japanese tea ceremony.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/japanese-blog When I first set up this site, I wanted to support Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and English.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/am-i-free I've noticed that the more limits I set for myself, the freer I feel.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/good-games I revamped my bookshelf into a media shelf and added games.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/no-way-roundup This is the roundup of the IndieWeb Carnival (June 2026): No way!?

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/breakup-song This month, while digging through old music on a hard drive, I unearthed a demo with my own voice on it that I'd completely forgotten I'd ever made.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/fee Back in March, I was surprised.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/ai-cover Lately I've seen a lot of people push back against AI touching their creative work.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/first-song When I was a kid, my mom made me play piano.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/english-class Back in school, English class was the one I hated most.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/forest I recently opened up You Don't Procrastinate in Video Games for early readers.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/grug This is my submission for the June 2026 IndieWeb Carnival.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/no-way (This post includes some interactive components and it's best viewed on my blog.) 📖 The roundup is live!

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/cold Foreword: Next month I'm hosting IndieWeb Carnival with the theme "No way!?"

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/dentist Dentist A Six months ago, I got my teeth cleaned for the first time in Malaysia.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/anything "Anything can happen anytime."

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/no-comments Last month, I wrote about whether a blog should have a comments section.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/game-over In games In games, dying isn't game over.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/endgame In games In games, a lot of players hit level 99 and log out.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/naming-movies I've lived abroad for most of my life.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/two-translators Thirty years ago, there was only one translation house in town.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/boss-prep In games Random mobs on the road?

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/reach-out Steph Ango reviews his year with 40 questions every December.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/extrovert I always thought I was an introvert.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/protect-exp In games In games, dying costs you EXP.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/easy-mode In games Most games let you pick a difficulty before you start.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/walkthrough In games In games, looking up a walkthrough when you're stuck is obvious.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/same-level In games In games, dungeons usually have level requirements.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/omakase I removed the Simplified Chinese toggle.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/player In games In games, you're just a player.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/five This month marks five years since I quit Meta.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/past-boss In games In games, every boss is terrifying the first time you meet it.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/party In games In games, you can solo most of the time.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/alt-character In games In games, once your main hits endgame, things start to get a little boring.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/your-character In games In games, you can only control one character: your own.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/disappear-test Most people don't realize what matters until they've already lost it.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/blog-questions-challenge I love reading Manuel Moreale's People and Blogs newsletter.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/invest-time In games In games, every level-up is paid for with the time you put in.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/passive-skills In games Skills in games come in two types.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/coding Before college, I had no idea what Computer Science or programming even was.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/fuchiko Ten years ago, before Pop Mart and NFTs were a thing, I went through a phase where I was hooked on blind boxes.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/turn-on-comments Update: Why I turned off comments Even before I started my YouTube channel, one of my biggest fears was the comments section.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/blog-countdown Let's say I have 10 years of blogging left.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/publish-date Self-hosted static sites have a problem.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/text-autospace When you write Chinese, there's a common practice of manually inserting spaces between Chinese characters and English words or numbers.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/explore-map In games The map always starts dark.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/expensive-book I bought a $100 book.

Link: https://alexhsu.com/en/gym-podcast I've always fantasized about the day I become disciplined enough to have muscles, a great body, six-pack abs, and I could go shirtless jogging down the street showing off my results.