Timeline

Articles and diary entries arranged by publication date, so each day leads back to what was written then.

Thu, July 23, 2026

3 articles · 1 diary entry

2026-07-23

(Repost) Why do other apps immediately know what you just searched for? (Including iOS)

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.

Diary: 2026-07-23

Didn't get much done yesterday... This morning, I lost control again and slept late, only getting to bed at 2 AM... The only good news this morning was finding my old power bank... Then I spent the whole morning just scrolling through videos, feeling pretty useless... Why am I such a good-for-nothing? Didn't make either of the two videos I planned yesterday... I'm really... fed up. Why am I so useless? Why, why, why, why, why, why?

(Repost) Following up on the last post: How is your phone treated differently by them?

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.

(Repost) An Insider Reveals How Rogue Apps Trap and Hunt Users

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

Mon, June 22, 2026

7 articles · 1 diary entry

2026-06-22

Get a Free Domain for Your New Blog, Then Show Up in Webmaster Communities

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.

Running ntfy on a 2C2G Student Server: Giving Myself a Notification Button

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

What Can a 2C2G Student Server Run: Don't Overload the Little Machine Yet

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.

Setting up Vaultwarden on a 2C2G Student Server: Don't Let Your Password Vault Run Naked

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

What can you buy with Alibaba Cloud's 300 RMB student voucher: A guide to using it before you waste it

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.

Tinkering with Fast Note Sync on a Student Server: A Private Sync Layer for Obsidian

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.

What Cloudflare's Free Tier Can Do for Developers: The Cyber Philanthropist's Free-for-All

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.

Diary: 2026-06-22

New diary entry. Finally got around to shooting some videos today, haha. Also, finally got this fast note sync configured, haha. Servers can actually do quite a lot. By the way, I wonder if there's a project on GitHub similar to awesome_cloudflare that lists what small servers can do?