Balcony BBQ

The cover photo is from last Saturday night—a BBQ on the balcony with music, plum wine, and a few good friends while watching the city lights. it was a wonderful evening.

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The Art of the Command Line
https://github.com/jlevy/the-art-of-command-line/blob/master/README-zh.md
Mastering the command line is an often-overlooked skill, but it’s one of the best ways to improve your flexibility and productivity as an engineer.

Implementing HEVC Hardware Decoding in Chromium
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/541082191
A landmark contribution to the Chromium project by the ByteDance team, enabling 8K HDR HEVC decoding. proud to see this was led by an alumnus from my university!

Why is Turbopack 700x Faster than Webpack?
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SRp408d-7T8nsPU4WjlMrQ
A look at the technical architecture of Next.js’s new Rust-based bundler and why it’s so much faster than its predecessors.

Storyset: Customizable Animated Illustrations
https://storyset.com/
A massive collection of free, high-quality illustrations that you can customize and even export as animated code for your web projects.

Shapefest: 3D Hands and Objects Library
https://www.shapefest.com/
A huge library of free 3D models with a playful, high-quality aesthetic—perfect for adding depth to your UI designs.

Telegraph: Minimalist Anonymous Publishing
https://telegra.ph/
An extremely simple, login-free tool from the Telegram team for publishing rich web pages. it supports images, embeds, and has a very clean API. perfect for when you need to share a formatted page without the overhead of a blog.

Min: A Minimalist Web Browser
https://github.com/minbrowser/min
A lightweight, open-source browser that focuses on a distraction-free experience. it’s still in early development, but it shows a lot of promise for minimalism fans.

npkill: Clean up your node_modules
https://github.com/voidcosmos/npkill
If you’re running low on disk space, try npx npkill. it scans your system for node_modules folders in old projects and lets you delete them instantly.

Just Looking Around

Liu Run 2022 Annual Speech: Delivering Certainty
In a world defined by “uncertainty,” the natural human response is to seek out the familiar. but as Liu Run points out, real opportunity is often hidden within that very uncertainty.

The Cities Powered by Foxconn
At its peak, the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou alone produced half of all iPhones worldwide.

Must Watch: “San Yue Has a New Job”
https://movie.douban.com/subject/35637224/
A moving new series that follows a young woman working in a funeral home. it uses the stories of the deceased to reflect on life, growth, and family. the performances are exceptionally sincere.