216. Fried Rice 中
The cover photo was taken over the weekend while out in the city. I went to a purely vegetarian restaurant called Qingchunli in Kerry Center. As a fried rice lover, I usually order it if it’s on the menu—the taste was quite good, and their Mapo Tofu was also delicious.
Record the down-to-earth trending technologies seen every week, and publish them here after screening. If you find it good, you can follow this weekly to get update notifications.
Trending Tools
JetBrains Maple Mono: A combined CJK and Latin font
https://github.com/SpaceTimee/Fusion-JetBrainsMapleMono
An open-source user created a combined CJK and Latin font for my favorite programming font, JetBrains Mono, called “JetBrains Maple Mono.” It looks great! I chose JetBrainsMapleMono-NF-NR-XX; its Chinese characters are more compact than default ones and look very comfortable.
AstroWind Template
https://github.com/onwidget/astrowind
If you need to build a product official site, corporate site, or personal site, try AstroWind. Developed using Astro 5.0 + Tailwind CSS, it has all the basic framework elements—perfect for teams without a designer.
x-kit: Tool for scraping and analyzing X (Twitter) user data and tweets
https://github.com/xiaoxiunique/x-kit
A tool for scraping and analyzing X user data and tweets. It automatically fetches basic info and tweets for specified users, periodically updates timeline data, and supports local storage and GitHub Actions for automation. You can use it for interesting things like displaying your recent tweets on your blog.
ZeoSeven Fonts: Free commercial fonts and WebFonts CDN
https://fonts.zeoseven.com/
A passion project providing simple ways to embed fonts into your website via CDN. Includes favorites like LXGW WenKai and JetBrains Maple Mono. If you’re looking for beautiful fonts, check here.
Wis: A tool for querying domain information
https://w.is/
What a short domain name! A tool for querying domain info—very comprehensive.
Just Looking Around
K-Drama: “When Life Gives You Tangerines”
https://movie.douban.com/subject/36053256/
Surprisingly rated 9.5 on Douban! Good K-Dramas often get high scores there, but this one might be as good as “Reply 1988”—very beautiful and touching.
Reflections on opening a coffee shop in 2024—from opening to transferring
https://sspai.com/post/96419
An article on sspai by an author who ran a coffee shop for 10 months and finally said goodbye by transferring it. Physical businesses really require industry experience.
