Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• Converting V-Log LUTs to Standard: An Amateur Exploration of LUMIX, ISO, and Color Science

  10 Jul, 2026

  Starting from the ISO 640 floor imposed by V-Log-based photo styles, I analytically remap creative LUTs onto a Standard/sRGB input base using Panasonic's published V-Log OETF and V-Gamut matrix, then verify the cross-Photo-Style ISO rating and SNR differences with RAW test shots.

• Early Summer Snapshots

  9 Jul, 2026

  Practice shots from June to early July with a new Lumix S9 — a double rainbow after the rain, lakeside gardens, a rainy airport, a stacked moon close-up, and a hike at MacRitchie Reservoir.

• A Beginner's Course in Photographic Lens Optical Design: From Aberrations and Classic Lens Groups to Computational Optics

  9 Jun, 2026

  From paraxial ideals and Seidel aberrations to classic lens groups like the Cooke Triplet, Double Gauss, telephoto and retrofocus, then on to aspherics, special glass, MTF and computational optics — a beginner's course that threads photographic lens design into one coherent picture.

• Tricks Claude and ChatGPT into Accepting API-Key-Only MCP Servers

  26 Apr, 2026

  Facing Claude and ChatGPT's OAuth-only restriction, I built MCP-Key2OAuth — a lightweight Cloudflare Workers proxy that lets any API-key-authenticated MCP server connect to major AI clients without touching the backend.

• Taiwan Travelogue

  20 Apr, 2026

  A travel log from late 2025 with a friend, going from Taipei south through Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung, then returning home via a Hong Kong layover.

• Idle Router + Xiaomi Speaker: Hardcore Guide to Low-Cost LAN AirPlay 2 Audio Bridging

  22 Mar, 2026

  A practical guide and troubleshooting record on using an idle OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt router to build a low-latency AirPlay 2 receiver for the Xiaomi Smart Speaker Pro.

• AI Secondary Screen (Part 2): Building a Personalized Multi-Source News Recommendation Feed with LLMs

  10 Feb, 2026

  A practical project demonstrating how to build a personalized news recommendation system using LLMs.

• AI Secondary Display (Part 1): Reviving a Forgotten Kindle, Crafting an Elegant E-Ink Desktop Dashboard

  10 Feb, 2026

  Transform a dust-gathering Kindle Oasis 2 into an elegant desktop E-Ink secondary display.

• OSS Migration Log: Moving Image Hosting to Cloudflare R2

  23 Jan, 2026

  Countdown to Tebi.io Shutdown. A log of the emergency migration of my image host to Cloudflare R2. Encountering pitfalls with KV storage high-frequency write limits, I solved the index reconstruction challenge at a low cost by using a Python script to modify backup metadata and switching to the D1 database.

• No Longer Writing for Utility: Upgrading Both Content and Framework

  14 Jan, 2026

  When the requirement shifts from a "public resume" to "long-term writing," the tech stack should also switch to something lighter and handier.