What I'm doing now
(This page records my recent status. It’s inspired by Derek Sivers.)
Meet Derek Sivers
It has been a long time since I knew Derek the first time from his article Parenting : Who is it really for?, and finally met him on Decemember 4th, 2025. We took a city walk and talked a lot, mostly about programming, especially WeChat, he wants to publish all things through API, very cool. Besides, we talked about the life in Shanghai, learning Chinese, and kids, it’s a great memory. I’m scared to meet new people, espically have a talk for hours, but talking with Derek is really nice.
Figure 1: A selfie of Derek and me
Self-hosting
Kamal is a great tool for deployment, which requires only SSH and Docker. I use it to deploy not only Rails applications but also self-hosted services, as described in Kamal. It brings back the real joy of hosting things on bare-metal machines.
4K Monitor
Just purchased a 4K monitor, and I regret not having it earlier.
Agentic coding
I’ve been using Claude Code and sometimes Amp for agentic coding in my daily work. I’m also starting experiments with v0 to create concept prototypes using shadcn/ui components, which I could use directly in my Rails+Vite project.