Timeline

A practical record of registering as a Steam developer, filling out tax forms, passing verification, and choosing a payout method.

Summer vacation is over. I became stronger, so why can I no longer make games?

A record of opening bank accounts, getting phone service, setting up a Hong Kong iPhone, visiting sights, and eating in Hong Kong for the first time.

After making SubaruTap, I started thinking again about what kind of creator I am, what creators need, and how to make better things.

Starting from scratch, I turned an old Windows 7 computer into a Linux server. After reading this, you can get started too.

The Creator's Confidence Cycle – Trapped Within It — Let's find a way out!

In the last six hours of GMTK Jam, I cut down the unfinished puzzles and submitted a small game that was actually playable.

Reposted with original author's permission. Using Loupe to demonstrate what mobile apps can read from your device, photo album, and local network, and how ad SDKs piece together device fingerprints.

Reposted with permission from the original author. Discusses how mobile users are targeted differently, from the perspectives of quick apps, ad SDKs, and device/installed app profiling, and compiles common ad handling methods.

Reposted with original author's permission, detailing common rogue app tactics in ad redirects, user profiling, permission bypasses, risk control evasion, and complaint interception.

All kinds of webmaster communities and organizations! It doesn't hurt to join, so take a look if you're interested!

Getting to know the non-commercial tech organizations and public services curated by Riseup, and documenting the web audit and API capabilities currently offered by sayori.org

Using site profiles, real crawl evidence, and repair reports to understand what a website truly lacks.

Time to reintroduce myself after a while. After all, a few months ago I didn't know about those communities, nor did I expect to build websites, make videos, or even actually fail a course.

From Bangumi's entries and discussions, to the Doki Chinese Club forum I first joined, and finally a quick mention of South Plus.

About to survive the damn finals week, a summary of the past, thoughts on the future, all in one article.

A curated list of articles on this site related to website building, servers, AI resources, communities, and creative tools.

A brief compilation of Tampermonkey scripts, Immersive Translate, Bitwarden, Global Speed, SimilarSites, AI assistant extensions, and privacy extensions.

A brief compilation of NetEase UU Remote, File Converter, LocalSend, Obsidian, OBS, Aseprite, and an Aseprite self-compilation repository.

Documenting Disroot's email, cloud storage, XMPP, and collaboration tools, and using it as an opportunity to reorganize sayori.org's public services suitable for long-term maintenance.

I'll start with GitHub, JetBrains, and Zed, then use YX Flow, GLaDOS, Aliyun, and Pages as needed.

Compiling a few entry points where you can still find free AI APIs, along with navigation sites suitable for checking public-benefit sites and free quotas.

A minimum start guide to Docker for those who just got a server: what containers are, how to read Compose files, how to start, stop, update, and delete them. No theory, just practical usage.

External resource entry points for domains, hosting, comments, monitoring, self-hosting, Cloudflare, analytics, webmaster communities, and blog frameworks.

A compilation of the most practical ways to use Alibaba Cloud's 300 RMB student voucher: ECS, Lightweight Application Server, Wuying Lingdou, Bailian Large Model API, and pitfalls to watch out for before ordering.

A rundown of genuinely useful things in Cloudflare's free tier: Pages, Workers, R2, Tunnel, Email Routing, DNS, Web Analytics, and when it's a better fit than a VPS.

Running Fast Note Sync Service on a 2C2G student server, carving out a private route for Obsidian multi-device sync, backup, and REST/MCP interfaces.

From DNSHE free subdomains and Cloudflare DNS to comment systems, Travellings, Moe ICP, and Forever Blog, giving your freshly set up blog a domain, interaction, and a little chance to be seen.

Deploy ntfy push service with Docker on a student server, so backup scripts, monitoring, and scheduled tasks can all send notifications to your phone.

Deploying Vaultwarden with Docker Compose on a student server, and clearly explaining the truly important parts: HTTPS, disabling registration, backup, and recovery drills.

My real-world setup for a 2C2G Alibaba Cloud student server: Vaultwarden, ntfy, Gatus, Fast Note Sync, AstrBot, and a search gateway. Includes actual memory usage and a list of what not to run.

The first log of Chinese internet communities, focusing only on Linux.do and NodeLoc: what they're good for, and what newcomers should know before joining.

Starting from registering GitHub and Cloudflare, writing articles with my Obsidian blog template, and then publishing to Cloudflare Pages using GitHub Actions.

A guide for college students on AnyRouter registration, SharedChat GPT quota claiming, and cc-switch configuration, to be watched with my Bilibili video.

I've organized my previously scattered notes on internet communities into a wiki-style small forum list repository and a standalone site. PRs are welcome!

My answers to Another Dayu's 9 questions for blog authors.

My answers to Ya Yu's 15 self-reflection questions for independent blogs, a self-check on my relationship with this blog.

Since you're here, why not take a look?

A record of growth from age 18 to 19, including game development, studies, life, personality development, and self-observation.

I asked AI to search for the name Amiya_desi, curious to see my current public internet persona.

A long self-introduction story about losing weight, exercising, making games, hitting pitfalls, and finally bringing an idea to life for the first time.

A public resource index compiled from two browser bookmark bars, focusing on game development, assets, art, music, AI, and learning.

From Alibaba Cloud student coupons to Ubuntu, SSH key login, non-standard ports, and basic firewalls – the first steps to a personal server.

The first post, opening the door for this little personal blog.