From Cloudflare Pages to EdgeOne Makers: A Chinese Developer’s Migration Story If you’re a frontend developer or someone who runs their own personal site, you’re probably familiar with Cloudflare Pages. Git push, auto-build, global CDN distribution, and edge functions — a powerful combination that simplifies static site hosting to the extreme. But if you’re serving... » read more

Once you have xh installed, this article will get you up to speed quickly. It covers common scenarios like GET/POST/Headers/Sessions/Download/curl translation — read through and you’ll be able to use it in your daily work. Basic Requests GET — The Simplest Start xh httpbin.org/get Colorful JSON response instantly — no need to even write -X... » read more

If you’ve ever wrestled with curl syntax — -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"key":"value"}' — and thought there has to be a better way, you’re not alone. xh is a Rust-powered command-line HTTP client that reimplements HTTPie’s intuitive design with far better performance. What is xh? xh is a friendly, fast tool for sending... » read more

macOS users can install xh even more easily than on Linux — one Homebrew command and you’re done. Whether you’re using Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) or Intel, it works right out of the box. Homebrew (Recommended) Homebrew is the most popular package manager for macOS, and xh is in the main repository: brew install xh Verify... » read more

To be honest, I’ve always had one regret: Linux has so many excellent terminal AI agents, but what about GUI applications? My parents don’t know how to open a terminal. My colleagues don’t want to touch the command line to write documents. Don’t Linux desktop users deserve a nice-looking AI chat window? —Of course they... » read more

Have you ever had this experience? You open a terminal, facing a wall of error messages, not knowing where to start. Copy and paste into ChatGPT, switch back to the terminal to execute, nope — switch back to ask again, switch back… I’ve had enough of that. So this weekend, I spent two days testing... » read more

I spent an afternoon today tinkering with the blog, giving the homepage a fresh look. There weren’t many changes — just three things: removing that huge welcome banner, adding a sidebar, and fixing the categories. But each one was more trouble than I expected. Writing it down for the record — maybe it’ll be useful... » read more

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Talking about input methods on Linux, what probably comes to mind is fcitx, Sogou Pinyin Input Method, Rime, and the like. Actually, there are quite a few good Linux input methods available nowadays. I’ve collected them for everyone. The list is in no particular order: Baidu Input Method Download link: https://srf.baidu.com/site/guanwang_linux/ Sogou Input Method Download... » read more

Markdown Manager Plugin Test This is a post published by the new Markdown Manager plugin. Feature Test Checklist Markdown editor Task list support Strikethrough syntax Bold and Italic Inline code Table Test Feature Status Notes Task list ✅ – [x] Syntax renders correctly Table ✅ GFM table Code block ✅ Fenced code blocks Code Block... » read more

From code completion to apt install ./tux-im.deb: mypy strict, CI evolution, deb packaging. This is part 8/8 of the TUX IM Dev Log: From Zero to 0.1 series. Part 8 · Releasing 0.1.0: mypy strict, CI, deb packaging Code completion doesn’t mean you can ship. Between the last line of code and apt install ./tux-im_0.1.0-12_all.deb,... » read more

The InputMode protocol allowed emoji mode and Google Pinyin ctypes binding to be integrated with nearly zero cost. This is part 7/8 of the TUX IM Dev Log: From Zero to 0.1 series. Part 7 · From Emoji to Google Pinyin: The Triumph of the InputMode Protocol The previous post covered ASR, which was a... » read more

AudioCapture / ASRClient / OverlayWindow — how three modules work together. This is part 6/8 of the TUX IM Dev Log: From Zero to 0.1 series. Part 6 · Making Chinese Input “Talk” — ASR Speech Input Subsystem Pinyin, Wubi, and mixed input are all keyboard input. Voice input is a different paradigm: the user... » read more

Wubi’s “dead key passthrough” and wbpy’s dual-buffer synchronization design philosophy. This is part 5/8 of the TUX IM Dev Log: From Zero to 0.1 series. Part 5 · Wubi and Mixed Input: Wubi + Wbpy — Two Philosophies Pinyin is a “stream” — a string of letters corresponds to a list of candidates. Wubi is... » read more

Pinyin query: 110 lines of trie code, word frequency boosting, atomic user dictionary persistence. This is part 4/8 of the TUX IM Dev Log: From Zero to 0.1 series. Part 4 · Pinyin Mode: trie, Word Frequency, User Dictionary This post starts the technical deep dive. Pinyin query is the hottest code path in the... » read more

The InputMode protocol wasn’t designed — it was carved out by bugs, one by one. This is part 3/8 of the TUX IM Dev Log: From Zero to 0.1 series. Part 3 · The Core Architecture Carved Out by 6 Bug Fixes The previous post covered crashes — but crashes are just the surface. Beneath... » read more

IBus engine crash = desktop crash. 8 pitfalls nearly made me give up, and how cddcb40 saved the day. This is part 2/8 of the TUX IM Dev Log: From Zero to 0.1 series. Part 2 · The First Scream of the IBus Engine — How I Crashed the Daemon In Part 1, I set... » read more

TUX IM started from 5 files, 132 lines of Python. This is part 1/8 of the TUX IM Dev Log: From Zero to 0.1 series. Part 1 · From an Empty Repo to the First Character ‘Di’ — Why I Rewrote an Input Method Prologue: Why an Input Method? In spring 2026, I was typing... » read more

Writing an OS Kernel from Scratch – Part 12: stdin/stdout/stderr in VFS — Making User Programs “Talk”! # Writing an OS Kernel from Scratch – Part 12: stdin/stdout/stderr in VFS — Making User Programs “Talk”! “Your OS can run user programs, but how do they interact with the outside world? Today, we wrap the serial... » read more

Writing an OS Kernel from Scratch – Part 23: Framebuffer — Run Your OS on a Graphical Interface! “VGA text mode can only display characters; a real graphical interface requires pixel-level control. Today, we implement the Framebuffer driver, enabling your OS to draw points, lines, rectangles, and even display images!” In previous posts, our output... » read more