Hi there 👋

I'm a full stack developer from Nanjing, China 🇨🇳. I'm 34 years old and has been coding professionally for 7 years.

I use a few programming languages (Ruby, Javascript/Typescript, Python, Rust, and Golang) to talk to computer. Though constantly changing, the primary framework I will use for new project is still Ruby on Rails.

My toolbox

I used a few tools/apps for my daily usage and development, generally I would like to stick to one platform and use the native solution whenever possible.

📫 E-mail

Primary: iCloud + Hotmail

Alternative: Gmail for Google account setup mainly, so many junk mails there and no way to cleanup.

👁️ Anonymous

Primary: Hide my email from iCloud (Requires iCloud+)

Alternative: Duckduckgo email protection and Firefox email relay service

🗄️ VPN

Primary: ExpressVPN for AppleTV and macbook, iPhone

Alternative: Shadowsocks with accounts purchased from conyss

㊙️ Password manager

Primary: iCloud keychain (Apple products only)

Note: Used to have 1Password, dropped it as it is a paid app and compared with native iCloud keychain, it doesn't offer much addtional value to me (I use primary Apple products iPhone + Mac). Also tried ExpressVPN Keys for a while, the function is too simple and geniuely not easy to use, not to mention that it only supports Google Chrome.

📓 Knowledge base

Primary: Logseq, the cross platform sync solution is based on iCloud.

Alternative: Notion + iCloud notes

🏄‍♂️ Browser

Primary: Safari (So I could use native password manager easily), Firefox focus is also used on iOS, which is used as an ad blocker extension.

Alternative: Chrome + Firefox, both offers great profile switch function.

☁️ Domain registration

Primary: Cloudflare

🤖 Automation

Primary: Alfred, classic automation tools for Mac users, still receive regular updates.

Workflows:

• ChatGPT
• Hackerboard