Personal

Badminton

I play badminton in my spare time, and I am roughly at Zhongyu Level IV. I am always happy to find people to play with!

Tech

I like tools that make everyday computing feel more efficient, expressive, or simply more fun.

Before the “LLM Era”, I enjoyed writing code and building small tools for daily use, including Chrome extensions, zsh/vim/tmux configurations, and notification bots.

Now that coding agents can write many of those snippets faster, I often ask them to handle these small customizations for me. My interest has shifted toward how to cooperate with coding agents effectively.

Languages

I enjoy learning languages because each language gives access to different ways of thinking and different cultural materials.

Besides Mandarin Chinese (my mother tongue) and English, I am learning:

• Cantonese

  My expression and grammar are near-native, but my pronunciation of some finals and tones still needs work.

  I learn Cantonese because Hong Kong culture has had a strong influence on me through films and music. I especially enjoy Hong Kong singers such as Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, and many others.

• Japanese (日本語、にほんご)

  Around JLPT N4. I study vocabulary and grammar mainly on Duolingo.

• Hokkien

  I can handle basic daily conversations.

  Hokkien is my heritage dialect, but my family did not use it frequently when I was growing up, so I have been relearning it on my own.