Server

I’m writing this at the end of November (11/30). I checked: in August I shut down my self-hosted Misskey and went back to vnil.de; I think I moved the blog to CNBlogs then. My own machine arrived (mom bought it—thanks, mom). The problem was syncing the blog across two PCs. My Obsidian notes auto-synced to GitHub, but git push then git pull felt clunky, so I switched back to Notion. When I only had one machine I’d left Notion for Obsidian because latency killed me and image uploads had size limits—but two machines created a new problem (note sync), so a different tradeoff made Notion reasonable again. It even feels faster and more usable now—a nice surprise. Then I turned off my server: save money, and servers felt like overhead—I wanted a lighter headspace… Via the Nobelium project I turn a Notion database into a static site on Vercel (roughly), bind my domain, migrate some old posts (dropped many—some too formula-heavy and Notion math isn’t classic Markdown… some too image-heavy… some I was too lazy to reformat… fine, I’ll write anew)—migration done. My ideal blog is minimal friction outside the writing itself (hence the CNBlogs detour…). This setup matches that. I created this page in Notion right after shutting the server and only titled it—never wrote—until today’s spark made me dump everything in one note.

Fedi

I’ve been on the Fediverse a lot lately—short posts for thoughts or daily life, anime screenshots to Fedi—different from before (lots of posting), because tiny updates flooded friends’ timelines and I wondered if that annoyed anyone (haha). I added “unfollow anytime” to my bio—thanks to everyone who’s still here. Anime really inflated my post count. I recently read about how SNS reshapes reward circuits—I think I’m a bit affected; I’ve fallen into checking WeChat and Fedi irregularly. I keep tweaking: WeChat Moments off (though I peeked today…), Xiaohongshu uninstalled long ago—when I need restaurant ideas I use the web version, which is fine and doesn’t waste time. I want to keep that—don’t let attention get fractured. Going forward, try not to open Fedi while coding or studying.

Blog

Yesterday I loved an article about Faker “the Undying” from a Hupu thread page (not my favorite UI) and thought: could I mirror pieces I like on my blog for myself? The idea grew: the blog could “aggregate”—e.g. anime posts from Fedi could become one article, less noise for the timeline, richer and less fragmented. The blog is my turf; audience doesn’t matter—the organizer and writer is the main beneficiary. I plan to rescue older Fedi threads (e.g. Cowboy Bebop caps) into posts, and put anything substantial (not just crumbs) on the blog going forward.

AI

GPT helps with dull homework or bland copy. Cursor helped a lot with code too. When stuck I now reflexively ask GPT, then search. But with Cursor-assisted coding, some code started feeling fuzzy in memory—I distinctly lay in bed one night thinking about code written with Cursor, wondering if an unused variable could go; next day it was actually used. After a couple repeats I deleted Cursor. Lately ChatGPT‑4 feels dumbed down and won’t read PDFs/images—my first instinct was to shop another model.

If I have to edit GPT output (or GPT’s edits), I feel a slight dread and stall—that’s dependency and laziness. What matters is thinking and how you solve problems. If AI hands the answer, skills atrophy and fragility grows.

So I need hard boundaries: GPT for boilerplate reports and boring assignments—free time for what deserves thought. For learning, GPT can clarify or extend—but no GPT while writing code if I want to be a solid engineer.

Leaning on translators is the same trap; I’m watching that—getting better, and English reading feels faster (maybe imagination not imagination). Keep at it.

In the End

Writing today felt rusty—sentences didn’t flow on the first pass—maybe GPT habits plus long time away from writing (mostly the latter? Still: stay wary of GPT). Life is habits—keep reminding myself.

This also warms up a year-end review. Enough—I’m off to consolidate Fedi posts.