Backend Engineer · Indie Builder · Digital Gardener
Welcome to my digital garden. Documenting backend system design, indie micro-SaaS explorations, SEO playbooks, and curated book takeaways from Nanjing.
“The slow craft of code and thought, cultivating clarity in the digital wilderness.”
From keywords and launching to collecting payments, engineers tend to put familiar tasks first. After two practical talks, I want to run one small end-to-end experiment over five days instead of adding more preparation.
On Halloween Eve I watched the new Resident Evil movie (《生化危机：爆发夜》). Thin plot, scares for their own sake, gore that made me queasy, and it felt like watching someone play Left 4 Dead 2. The 4D seats were the only highlight, and it reminded me I prefer story-driven films like Green Book.
A single-cable dual-HDMI dock felt perfect at first. After months of cursor lag, sticky window drags, and choppy remote desktop, I switched to a Mac mini with native HDMI plus Apple's official adapter—and I will never go back to DisplayLink dual screens.
From a nearly deserted mall beside Nanjing South Station to a beloved dumpling shop posting a transfer notice, the economic slowdown is no longer just statistics—it is knocking on our door. What can an engineer do next?
I came across a post warning people not to treat the Shengcai Youshu and Gefei communities as a cure-all. It struck a chord: I joined both, once thought of them as the answer, and now I know what each one is really for.
Over 45 days I took 5 personal training sessions and filled in the rest with park walks, Keep cycling, and short Fitness+ classes. Comparing two body composition reports: weight down 1 kg, body fat down 0.4 points, skeletal muscle up 0.4 points. Not a big change, but the right direction.
M. Scott Peck
'Life is difficult.' Facing problems through the four disciplines: delaying gratification, taking responsibility, dedication to reality, and balancing.
Brent Schlender & Rick Tetzeli
The evolution of a reckless upstart into a visionary leader. Reflections on craftsmanship, product iteration, marketing, and managing one's flaws.
Bertrand Russell (Chinese translation by Fu Lei)
Russell analyzes why we are unhappy: abandon self-centeredness, broaden your interests, and engage with life to find real happiness.
Daniel Kahneman
System 1 judges fast by intuition; System 2 is slower and more logical. How fast thinking shapes our thoughts and choices.