217. Camping Trip 中
The cover photo was taken while camping at the Jingshan Flower Sea in Hangzhou during the Qingming Festival. I bought a combined tent and canopy the day before the holiday; it’s quite useful and easy to set up. This place is great for camping—not too crowded, with mountains, water, flowers, and grass—very comfortable.
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Trending Tools
Microsoft releases another great AI tutorial
https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners
Microsoft has released another solid AI learning tutorial: ai-agents-for-beginners. It teaches you how to develop Agents over 10 lessons. I plan to go through it slowly.
Report on how engineers actually use AI
https://www.wired.com/story/how-software-engineers-coders-actually-use-ai/
Found a report titled “How Software Engineers Actually Use AI,” based on a survey of 730 programmers. It reveals some interesting data.
Beautiful theme for JupyterLab
https://github.com/catppuccin/jupyterlab
If you use JupyterLab, try this beautiful theme. I also use Catppuccin for my VS Code—the color configuration is very pleasing.
hcache: Tool for quickly finding the largest caches in the system
https://github.com/silenceshell/hcache
A command-line tool for quickly finding the largest cache files and processes in the system. It supports JSON, table, and histogram output formats—simple and useful.
Just Looking Around
6,000 words + 6 cases: Beginner’s guide to MCP
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BjsoBsUxCzeqXZq46_nrog
A simple guide introducing, configuring, and obtaining services for MCP, as well as configuration for common software and parameters—suitable for a general audience.
GPU study notes: Working principles, programming models, and architectural design
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/IzsI_dzX6AxFnJGg8zewEw
The author organized notes on how GPUs work, their programming models, and architectural design, hoping to help others understand the “why” behind the “how.”
Earning less than 3,000/month even after App Store homepage features: Retrospective after two years of independent development
https://www.v2ex.com/t/1121385
It’s actually quite hard to make money from independent development—product, development, and operation are all essential. This retrospective is excellently written and very comprehensive. Finally, the author joined the Immersive Translate team; congratulations.
