Hardware
9 pagesApple's Latest: 512 GB of Gold-Plated RAM, a Touchscreen MacBook, and Tired Pricing Games
In the early hours of October 29 Beijing time, Apple held an unstreamed “Pro and Tell” event in Los Angeles. It capped a three-day rollout: an OLED iPad mini on Monday, the M6 iMac and base MacBook Pro on Tuesday, and the touchscreen MacBook Pro as …
In the early hours of October 29 Beijing time, Apple held an unstreamed “Pro and Tell” event in Los Angeles. It capped a three-day rollout: an OLED iPad mini on Monday, the M6 iMac and base MacBook Pro on Tuesday, and the touchscreen MacBook Pro as …
My First EV Road Trip
I’ve been driving for 12 years—databases by trade, cars on the road—yet until this trip, I had never once been behind the wheel of an EV. It’s not that I’m some diehard internal-combustion fundamentalist; I just don’t have a daily commute. Back when …
I’ve been driving for 12 years—databases by trade, cars on the road—yet until this trip, I had never once been behind the wheel of an EV. It’s not that I’m some diehard internal-combustion fundamentalist; I just don’t have a daily commute. Back when …
A Tiny Aluminum Cube: Tinkering with the Beelink ME Pro NAS
Last night before bed, I threw together a quick post on the three gadgets middle-aged men obsess over: NAS boxes, routers, and chargers. It picked up more than 30,000 reads in a single day. Apparently the stereotype holds up. In that post, I said I …
Last night before bed, I threw together a quick post on the three gadgets middle-aged men obsess over: NAS boxes, routers, and chargers. It picked up more than 30,000 reads in a single day. Apparently the stereotype holds up. In that post, I said I …
Three Midlife Obsessions: NAS, Routers, and Chargers
The joke goes that middle-aged men have three hobbies: NAS boxes, routers, and chargers. I stayed home for all seven days of China’s National Day holiday. Rather than fight the holiday crowds, I kept my head down and worked. I didn’t spend the entire …
The joke goes that middle-aged men have three hobbies: NAS boxes, routers, and chargers. I stayed home for all seven days of China’s National Day holiday. Rather than fight the holiday crowds, I kept my head down and worked. I didn’t spend the entire …
Local AI: A Question of Power, Not Price
Anthropic’s threat report, OpenAI’s soap opera, the closure of the $200 subscription tier, and rising GPU and memory prices—all of this week’s events tell the same story. Three things happened this week. Taken separately, each looks like industry …
Anthropic’s threat report, OpenAI’s soap opera, the closure of the $200 subscription tier, and rising GPU and memory prices—all of this week’s events tell the same story. Three things happened this week. Taken separately, each looks like industry …
Local AI's Inflection Point: 2027
When subsidies fade, hardware catches up, and open models mature, all three lines cross in 2027. “Build your own AI” goes from idea to reality. A Thought Triggered by a Group Chat A friend in a group chat said the other day that “self-hosting” is …
When subsidies fade, hardware catches up, and open models mature, all three lines cross in 2027. “Build your own AI” goes from idea to reality. A Thought Triggered by a Group Chat A friend in a group chat said the other day that “self-hosting” is …
Meituan Deleted Users' Photos: Overbroad Permissions Are Worse Than a Privacy Leak
Starting on March 18, 2026, a large number of Android users discovered that Meituan had wiped files from their galleries. Photos, videos, audio recordings, PDFs, Word documents: sometimes hundreds of files, sometimes thousands. Android’s own …
Starting on March 18, 2026, a large number of Android users discovered that Meituan had wiped files from their galleries. Photos, videos, audio recordings, PDFs, Word documents: sometimes hundreds of files, sometimes thousands. Android’s own …
Fully Loaded M5 Max: What Does a RMB 58,200 Laptop Look Like?
Apple unveiled the M5 Max MacBook Pro, and I ordered a fully loaded configuration almost immediately: RMB 58,200. 1. A ten-year spending pattern Since graduating, my primary machine has always been the same category: a top-tier MacBook Pro, usually …
Apple unveiled the M5 Max MacBook Pro, and I ordered a fully loaded configuration almost immediately: RMB 58,200. 1. A ten-year spending pattern Since graduating, my primary machine has always been the same category: a top-tier MacBook Pro, usually …
Reclaim Hardware Bonus from the Cloud
Hardware is interesting again, with the AI wave fueling a GPU frenzy. However, the intrigue isn’t limited to GPUs —— developments in CPUs and SSDs remain largely unnoticed by the majority of devs. A whole generation of developers is obscured by cloud …
Hardware is interesting again, with the AI wave fueling a GPU frenzy. However, the intrigue isn’t limited to GPUs —— developments in CPUs and SSDs remain largely unnoticed by the majority of devs. A whole generation of developers is obscured by cloud …