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Personal blog about Astro, homelab, AI, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, digital nomad life, and web development.
Homelab: ESP32 MQTT Relay Control for Timed Fish Tank Aeration
5V Relay Relay wiring can be complex. I purchased a single-channel 5V relay switch. An ESP32 is connected externally as a controller, and a battery serves...
Homelab: Booting Home Assistant on Orange Pi 3B with PVE
Orange Pi 3B 2GB Raspberry Pi 3B 1GB can install the Home Assistant system. Raspberry Pi 4B 2GB can also install the Home Assistant system. Similarly, the...
Homelab: From Old PCs to Mini PCs to ARM Dev Boards and ESP32
Professional Servers I envy those who own professional servers at home, such as the HP MicroServer Gen10. There's no need to meticulously calculate every...
homelab: Setting Up a Low-Power x86 Mini PC for Windows with WSL2 as a Docker Service
Low-Power Mini PC When discussing homelabs, I've noticed many online videos feature rack servers with an abundance of cores and massive memory. However,...
Homelab: Connecting to Local Windows Desktop with RustDesk
rustdesk GitHub Address: rustdesk Official Introduction An open-source remote desktop application, designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to...
Homelab: Testing and Using Docker on a Windows Host
Local Server Ever since Vultr cloud server unilaterally destroyed my five-year blog server, I no longer trust cloud servers. At that time, I didn't have...
Switching from AList to OpenList for Cloud Drive Mounting
alist After using alist for a few days, I finally configured Baidu Netdisk. I recall seeing posts on v2 about alist, seemingly concerning its closed-source...
How to View Single Astro.js Blog Post Analytics with Umami?
Data Analysis I need my Astro.js blog to have a backend management similar to WordPress. It should have a table to view the total visit data for current...
What's the best OS for Raspberry Pi Zero W?
Raspberry Pi Zero W I have a Raspberry Pi Zero W, and here's a breakdown of system choices. The Raspberry Pi Zero W uses: CPU: BCM2835 Architecture:...
The Low-Cost Hack: Raspberry Pi in 2026: Mastering PVE Virtualization, Edge AI, and Lightweight NAS – A Pitfall Guide
Raspberry Pi I have a few idle Raspberry Pis gathering dust at home, so I've compiled some Raspberry Pi projects. Home Assistant Let's start with...
Beelink EQ59 Mini PC: Setting up WSL2 and Ubuntu 24.04 Server for Docker RSS Deployment
Docker Desktop Issue Log Initially, I installed Docker Desktop on a mini PC running Windows. Installed Miniflux and RSSHub. Miniflux failed to install...
Deploying RSS and Other Feeds on a Mini PC Local Server
Mini PC Server Currently, one of my cloud VPS servers is due to expire in half a month. With only 2GB of RAM, it can no longer meet my current server...
AI on a Budget: Raspberry Pi, Old PCs, No GPU - A CPU-Only Approach
CPU This article primarily organizes local AI solutions that can run on CPU only. These can run on computers without graphics cards, old laptops, or...
Visual Content and API Settings for x
X Its original name was Twitter. I don't have the habit of posting short text-image updates, and I rarely check X or post on X. However, AI told me that...
Testing Blog Post URLs from a Browser
A test note for opening generated Astro blog URLs from the mobile app browser flow before manually sharing posts to X with rich preview cards.
Testing AI Blog Cover Generation and Auto-Publishing with Viral Cover Parameters
Cover Image Test You can write a blog post without accompanying images for the paragraph text. However, it needs a cover image that can instantly convey...
Openclaw and Automation
Automation Originally, I defined a few categories: One is Visualization One is Notification One is Automation Visualization refers to digital...
The Best Ways for Ordinary People to Make Money
Ordinary People A way that only requires a mobile phone to operate. No need to buy other physical goods or virtual services, such as domain names and...
Free Local AI Service Recommendations
Graphics Card My graphics card is a p100-100 6GB. It's a super old architecture chip graphics card that doesn't support new AI features. However, it...
Recommended Free AI Cloud Service Solutions
Preferred Mainstream Tech Giants What I use most often daily: One is the web version of ChatGPT. One is the client version of Codex. GPT is used for...
Free Website Solution Recommendations
Currently, there are two options One is Cloudflare Pages The other is GitHub Pages I highly recommend the first one because its ecosystem is more...
Planning further PaddleOCR integration for the mobile app.
ocr Whisper and Ollama have already been added to the phone, only PaddleOCR is missing. These three are all projects that are quite friendly for...
Enhancing App Note Module Functionality: Integrating Fast Whisper and Ollama
Adding Fast Whisper For speech-to-text I have already added Android's system voice and Android's Whisper offline edge AI local model. However, the AI...
Ollama and ComfyUI: Productivity and Multimedia
AI CPU For speech-to-text, whisper.cpp is recommended, followed by Sherpa-ONNX . For voice assistants with real-time text streaming, sherpa-onnx (new)...
App Testing Notes: Pushing and Publishing Tags
Development notes about sorting mobile app notes by update time, publishing Markdown to the blog, and improving tag workflows for better content...
I sold my GPU, so I can't really try AI locally anymore.
3060 12gb This was my previous graphics card, used for some AI convenience packages and daily tasks. Trying out the latest local large models, etc. But...
AI Solves Astro.js Upgrade Packaging Issue
A troubleshooting note about fixing an Astro.js upgrade and build packaging issue, then validating that remote mobile publishing works again.
Getting a used backup phone for my main phone
Used Phones Currently, all computers, phones, graphics cards, and electronic products are increasing in price. My current phone is no longer sufficient;...
Google Webmasters: All Indexed, No Ranking
0 Indexing Not a single article has been indexed. Currently, I've written about 70 articles on my blog, over approximately 2 months. At the beginning of...
How to make money with just your phone?
The Importance of Mobile Phones Mobile phones are the devices everyone carries with them at all times. Mobile operating systems are also among the...
I haven't updated my blog in a few days.
Musings I realized it's been many days since I last updated my blog. I originally planned to write on my computer, but I found that I no longer have...
My Mobile Blog Diary Entry
This Article Was Written on My Phone I've found that I can't write too much text at once because the voice-to-text conversion doesn't automatically wrap...
Blog Auto-Publishing Test Again
A short validation note for the automated blog publishing workflow, checking whether generated Markdown content can build and publish correctly.
Testing Asynchronous Queue and Timed Polling for Blog Auto-Publishing
A development note about using an asynchronous queue and timed polling to publish blog posts from a mobile app without blocking the user interface.
Mobile App Release Blog Automated Testing
A release test for packaging the mobile note app and confirming that blog posts can be published from the app with images and valid Markdown.
Automated Testing for Mobile App Blog Publishing
A mobile publishing workflow test for writing Markdown notes on a phone, attaching images, and pushing finished posts to an Astro blog.
Web Development: Adding IndexNow Submission Functionality for Bing
A development note about fixing IndexNow submission errors, avoiding duplicate requests, and improving Bing URL submission for a personal web tool site.
Issues encountered when charging and inflating electric bicycle tires
Charger Green Light A red light indicates charging is in progress, while a green light means it is fully charged. However, recently, even when the...
Some plans for using the Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi Zero W This is a Raspberry Pi development board I bought eight years ago; it lacks a case and has no protective sleeve. Its Wi-Fi hardware...
Flashing Raspberry Pi OS Lite onto a Raspberry Pi Zero W
Preparation: Software Raspberry Pi Software Raspberry Pi Imager Select OS Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy, 32-bit)") Item Details Release date 13 Apr 2026...
Orange Pi 3B: Network malfunction after Linux reboot
The Cause My Orange Pi 3B (8GB, running Linux) rebooted suddenly after a power outage. After rebooting, I discovered network errors: I couldn't SSH into...
Web Development: Updated Node.js version to v24.16.
Development Log I've restarted development on the web application; it is hosted at: smallzhiyuns I plan to implement a menu system that allows users to...
Google Search Console Index Count Dropped to Zero
A note about a new blog losing visible Google indexing, possible causes, and practical steps for improving crawlability, content quality, and sitemap...
How to Use ComfyUI LTX 23 Text to Video to Create 1080p AI Videos
Continuing from the Previous Issue After successfully running ltx2.3, let's start by selecting the simplest mode: Text-to-Video. Locate the module shown...
PaddleOCR PP-StructureV3 CPU Offline PDF to Markdown Conversion
A practical note about using a CPU-compatible offline PaddleOCR PP-StructureV3 package to convert PDFs and images into Markdown for AI workflows.
Fashn Vton 15 Open Source Free AI Virtual Try on
fashn-vton-1.5 GitHub Repository: fashn-vton-1.5 Hugging Face Model: fashn-vton-1.5 Official Website Introduction: fashn-vton-1-5 Downloading Model...
LTX 23 Text to Video Open Source Free 12gb Vram Supported
ComfyUI-Manager GitHub Repository: ComfyUI-Manager Open the directory ComfyUI\custom nodes . Open Git Bash within this directory and enter the command:...
ComfyUI Offline Installation Package and Workflow Usage
Downloading the Offline Version of ComfyUI GitHub Link: ComfyUI windows portable nvidia cu126.7z Since I have an NVIDIA graphics card, I downloaded the...
CYD ESP32 Bitcoin Lottery Miner Project Notes
A practical note about using a CYD ESP32 board as a novelty Bitcoin lottery miner while learning SHA256, Stratum, mining pools, and embedded hardware.
Cyd Bongocat Desktop Pet
First, a Look at the Result The image below shows a little cat typing on a keyboard. Displayed above it is computer system information, such as CPU...
Cyd Display PNG Images as a Full Screen Album
First, Check Out the Result The images were generated using the Stable Diffusion WebUI (320 x 240 pixels). The images were then compressed and cropped...
Cyd Turn on The Screen and Display Text
CYD I only learned today that the ESP32 board with a built-in screen I purchased is known as the "CYD"—short for "Cheap Yellow Display." Its specific...
Digital Nomads Ask Gemini and Google Trends
The Google Series As the saying goes: If you research a platform on that platform—using it and singing its praises—you will be rewarded with traffic...
Digital Nomad Reflections on Raspberry Pi and AI
Google Data I sent my Google Search Console data—specifically the data from the past week—to ChatGPT. Based on ChatGPT's analysis, Google has...
Digital Nomads Google Website SEO Keywords and Search Intent
Keywords These can also be understood as the thematic niche or domain of a blog website. Take Reddit, for instance: it functions as a forum. Or Hacker...
Digital Nomad Learning and Organizing Google SEO
SEO I used to be quite averse to SEO, as it seemed to conflict with the way I wanted to express myself through my blog. I wanted to simply jot down my...
Digital Nomads Convert Videos to 3d for Real Time Viewing in Your Browser
3D Gaussian Splatting Project Repository: supersplat A free, open-source tool designed for inspecting, editing, optimizing, and publishing 3D Gaussian...
Digital Nomad If You Dont Know What to Write Simply Document What Youve Thought About and What Youve Done
Data Analysis Below is the 7-day data from Google Search Console for my blog site. As you can see, the first two entries show display counts that are...
Digital Nomads in Remote Rural Areas Be Wary of Snakes Insects Rodents and Antsand Stay Alert for Heavy Rains and Earthquakes
Renting Because the cost of renting is low, I chose to rent a place in a rural area on the outskirts of the city. However, certain problems are now...
Digital Nomad My Latest Side Hustle Direction and Planyoutube and Blogging
Side Hustle Focus If your direction is wrong, the harder you work, the more you fail. My latest strategic direction is as follows: On YouTube, I will be...
Digital Nomads Summer Essentials
USB Mini Fan Summer temperatures seem to be climbing higher and higher these days. It’s no longer enough to just turn on the AC or a fan when you’re...
Digital Nomads Dont Book a Hotel for Multiple Days at Once I Recommend Booking It One Day at a Time
Hotel Stays The biggest piece of negative feedback I have from this trip concerns booking hotels: book them one day at a time—never for two days or a...
Digital Nomads Minimalist Gear and Rented Items
Asset-Light Living The ideal scenario is to carry all your basic survival essentials in just a single backpack—no need for any additional suitcases....
Digital Nomad Homelab Temperature Humidity Monitoring ESP32 Dht11 Home Assistant Esphome
Shelving Unit My homelab is primarily housed on a shelving unit in the living room. It currently holds two routers (including an R5C "soft router"...
Digital Nomads Homelabs and Travel
Outdoors and Beyond For a digital nomad, life isn't just about traveling from place to place; it also requires establishing a personal "home base." This...
Digital Nomads Blog Traffic Sources and Design
Blog Traffic Currently, my blog receives almost zero traffic; the only visits recorded are my own direct visits. Regarding external links, my primary...
Digital Nomad Zhonglian Noodles Three Delicacy Noodles Sweet Potato Green Pepper
Digital Nomad When traveling, the greatest allure isn't the scenic beauty—it's the food. I look forward to visiting deserts, the Arctic, the open ocean,...
Digital Nomads: Anything You Can't Cash Out Isn't Real Income
A practical note on digital nomad income streams, delayed payouts, identity checks, travel safety, and why cash flow matters more than dashboard balances.
Digital Nomad Google Ads and Affiliate Commissions
Digital Nomad Initially, I intended for this blog to focus primarily on topics like the Raspberry Pi or the ESP32. However, upon further reflection......
Amazon Affiliate Commissions and Bing Search Engine Indexing
Affiliate Program I signed up for the Amazon Affiliate Program today. For instance, if you need to purchase an ESP32, you can simply click the link to...
Bicycle Turn Signals and Cycling Accessories
Bicycle Turn Signals Electric scooters come equipped with turn signals, but bicycles typically do not—which isn't exactly safe. So, I did a quick search...
The Efficiency and Threats of AI
As Far As I Know Even with open-source code repositories—such as GitHub—where a single project might boast 10,000 stars or more, large corporations...
If I Were to Start Running a New Blog Again or Teach a Student This is What I Would Do
If I Were to Start Over It has been over 10 days since I set up this Astro-based blog site. If I were to do it all again, here is how I would proceed:...
Testing Whether The Article Cover Displays Correctly as a URL Link When Sharing a Blog Post to X
Cover Image Code Currently, the article cover image feature for X (formerly Twitter) is implemented by modifying the Astro framework, with assistance...
Submit URLs Individually via Google Search Console to Accelerate Crawling and Indexing Speeds
Individual URL Submission Open Google Search Console. Enter the URL you wish to submit into the search box located at the top of the page. For example:...
Configuring an ESP32 with MicroPython to Control a Power Switch via a Relay Using MQTT
Hardware Components The previous article discussed the ESP32 code—specifically, how to integrate the MQTT library and configure the high/low logic...
I Received My First Organic Blog Traffic from X
Umami Analytics Data Currently, I prefer checking my Umami analytics data; it is much simpler and clearer than Google Analytics. I noticed that my blog...
YouTube Automated Livestream Setting Up Interactive Aquarium Aeration
Interactive Gameplay Currently, this project focuses on fishkeeping (I may add turtles later, or perhaps consider kittens depending on circumstances)....
YouTube Automated Live Streaming and Interactive Live Streaming Strategies
Unmanned Livestreaming Born a Male—I Apologize Whether it’s short-form video, long-form video, or livestreaming—as long as the medium is visual—women...
Open Source AI for Image Background Removal Rembg Can Be Used to Create Transparent Portraits and More
Video Demonstration Project Introduction Project Name: rembg Project GitHub Repository: https://github.com/danielgatis/rembg This project is a tool...
How Do We Establish Digital Assets That Transform Our Lives and How Can We Generate Income Through The Internet
Documenting the Thought Process It is difficult to strike a balance between pursuing one's personal interests and making money. I often find myself...
Setting Up Automated Live Streams on YouTube Interactive Strategies
Streamer.bot Streamer.bot is a software recommended by x ai. It allows you to configure interactive elements for your YouTube live streams. To use it,...
The Bing Website Administrator Backend is Finally Displaying Data Although The Data is 0
Bing Webmaster Data Today marks Day 7. The Bing Webmaster admin dashboard is finally displaying statistical data. That "48-hour" message did not match...
YouTube Platform Moderation Problems for Small Creators
A practical note about YouTube Partner Program revocation, AI-content disclosure, platform moderation risk, and why creators should keep an independent...
Add Google Analytics and Google Search Indexing Progress
Google Analytics Yesterday, I posted on Reddit asking how long it typically takes for search engines to index my articles. Today marks the sixth day,...
YouTube Favors Authentic Content and Bans AI Related Content
AI Bans YouTube is currently banning AI-related content on a massive scale, and many channels are being caught in the crossfire. For instance, channels...
I Think The Google Webmaster Experience is Better Than Bing Webmaster
Google Search Console I submitted the verification request for Google Search Console three days ago at 6:00 PM (almost simultaneously with Bing...
Migrating Astro from Ssr to Ssg from Cloudflare Workers to Cloudflare Pages
Blog Access Limits Cloudflare Workers is indeed excellent, but it tracks your access counts and imposes a daily usage cap. If you are running a simple...
Summary and Compilation of Recent YouTube Data Analysis
Video Analysis The day before yesterday, I uploaded four long-form videos to YouTube. They received essentially zero views and generated no...
Astro Share Article Cards to X Modified Cover Image Parsing Rules
Problem Description I am unable to use images located in the public directory to set the cover image for individual Astro posts. Official Documentation:...
Astro Blog SEO How to Speed Up Indexing on Bing
IndexNow Log I submitted my blog site to Bing Webmaster Tools approximately two nights ago, around 8:00 PM (I had only created the blog and published my...
How Can You Make Money Using AI How Does AI Generate Income
Making Money with AI We are now living in the age of AI; to thrive, we must learn how to leverage AI to generate income. First and foremost, we need to...
How to Choose a YouTube Content Niche and Topicand Why AI is The Best Subject
YouTube Beginner As of right now, I am still a complete YouTube novice; I have absolutely no idea how to run a channel that generates both traffic and...
How to Use AI to Create Short Videos That Get Millions of Viewssuch as Ltx23
AI Short Videos First, let's clarify one point: does YouTube support AI-generated short videos? YouTube is currently cracking down on low-quality,...
Qwen3.6 35b A3b Local Large Language Model
Local AI Large Language Models Currently, I am using LM Studio, with my primary model being Qwen3.5-35B-A3B; it averages a generation speed of 20 tokens...
How to Get YouTube Video Recommendations and Traffic
Preface Having uploaded hundreds of videos and researched numerous content niches on YouTube, I’ve discovered several inherent patterns—rules that...
Astro Recommends Cloudflare Workers but Not Pages
Preface I am not very familiar with Astro; I only started using it yesterday, prompted by an AI. I thought I had deployed my Astro project via...
How Long Does It Take for a New Blog Site to Be Indexed by The Bing Search Engine
Reddit: Discussions on Blogging I’ve read through a number of posts regarding blogging, and there are essentially a few recurring questions that every...
Set Up IndexNow for The Bing Search Engine
Preface I still have a very limited understanding of search engines, SEO, and related concepts. It was only yesterday that I learned about IndexNow;...
YouTube Description Links Do Not Count as External Backlinks for Bing Blog Site
Website Indexing I noticed a discussion on Reddit regarding this topic. The indexing criteria for search engines like Bing do not simply depend on the...
My First Blog Post: Using Astro and Cloudflare Pages
Testing and Documentation On YouTube: In my first video, I shared Cloudflare Pages. It allows you to deploy your static websites and blogs—such as the...
Prioritize Creating YouTube Shorts Producing Content Based on Trending Topics
Current Thoughts Regardless of whether or not you have been approved for the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), your top priority every day should be to...
Some Detail Optimizations for an Astro Blog Site
Today's Summary I built my own static blog using Cloudflare Pages, Astro, and GitHub. I set up Umami analytics for the blog (hosted via a self-managed...
Using a Blog to Drive Traffic to YouTube
Why I Created This Blog There are many reasons for this. As I mentioned previously, a blog can serve as a textual companion to your YouTube...