Liangzhu Cabin

The cover photo was taken over the weekend at a wooden cabin in Kaiyuan Senbo, Hangzhou. Quite poetic—I especially loved the bamboo forest behind the balcony. The air was great for a morning walk, though I imagine it’s even better in spring or summer.

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Immich: High-performance self-hosted photo and video solution
https://github.com/immich-app/immich
Found Immich on GitHub—a high-performance self-hosted solution for photos and videos. It’s under very active development and is a solid choice for self-hosted backups.

Best websites a programmer should visit (Chinese version)
https://github.com/tuteng/Best-websites-a-programmer-should-visit-zh
This repository is perfect for beginner engineers. You can pick your favorite sources for in-depth reading.

Technical Learning

The System Design Primer
https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer
This primer on GitHub is excellent—a comprehensive collection for learning how to design large-scale systems.

Wang Huiwen’s Tsinghua Product Course
https://nanqiang.feishu.cn/wiki/wikcncDyFTq1agB5UaEZnUGZD4g
Wang Huiwen’s product course at Tsinghua is well worth a read, especially for product managers or engineers wanting to understand business logic.

Learning AI with Li Mu
https://www.youtube.com/@mu_li
Learning AI with Li Mu can even be treated as leisure—very high quality. Also available on Bilibili.

Just Looking Around

Youtube Video: Incense and Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbkc_0Ns6q0
Very cool. This video is perfect for having open on a monitor while you work on something else on your laptop. Very atmospheric.

Mi Motion-Activated Night Light 2 is very useful
https://www.mi.com/nightlight
The Mi Motion-Activated Night Light 2 is great for places where you don’t want to turn on the main light. it turns on automatically when someone passes by. Three batteries last about a year. At only 35 RMB, it’s a high-value item. I have two outside our bathrooms—truly great value.