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9 pagesCodex Edited My Video in One Shot for About 8 Yuan

WeChat article When GPT-6 Astra came out a little while ago, I heard that people were using it with Codex to edit videos, with pretty good results. With another update out, I finally had to try it myself. Yesterday, I took part in a panel discussion …
WeChat article When GPT-6 Astra came out a little while ago, I heard that people were using it with Codex to edit videos, with pretty good results. With another update out, I finally had to try it myself. Yesterday, I took part in a panel discussion …
Instantly Clone PostgreSQL Databases—No Black Magic Required

Six months ago, on January 8, 2026, I wrote Git for Data: Instant PostgreSQL Database and Instance Cloning, introducing a new feature in PostgreSQL 18 and Pigsty v4.0: instant database cloning. With filesystem copy-on-write (CoW) and PostgreSQL 18’s …
Six months ago, on January 8, 2026, I wrote Git for Data: Instant PostgreSQL Database and Instance Cloning, introducing a new feature in PostgreSQL 18 and Pigsty v4.0: instant database cloning. With filesystem copy-on-write (CoW) and PostgreSQL 18’s …
Your SaaS, Someone Else's Kill Switch

What Slack’s withdrawal from Greater China reveals about the digital age’s most overlooked risk April 1, 2026. April Fools’ Day. But for the thousands of Slack-using teams across Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China, what happened that day was no …
What Slack’s withdrawal from Greater China reveals about the digital age’s most overlooked risk April 1, 2026. April Fools’ Day. But for the thousands of Slack-using teams across Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China, what happened that day was no …
Typeless: A Semantic Voice Input Method Built for Vibe Coding

Remember this meme about the hardware a vibe coder really needs in 2026? In a sense, it is already here. A while back, someone recommended a voice input tool called Typeless. After trying it out, I was genuinely impressed. Over the past couple of …
Remember this meme about the hardware a vibe coder really needs in 2026? In a sense, it is already here. A while back, someone recommended a voice input tool called Typeless. After trying it out, I was genuinely impressed. Over the past couple of …
How to Pay for ChatGPT and Claude in China with Visa and Apple Pay

Starting January 15, 2026, Visa credit cards issued in mainland China officially support Apple Pay. For developers and users in China, this opens up a clean, safe, and low-cost path to subscribe to overseas services like ChatGPT and Claude. As I …
Starting January 15, 2026, Visa credit cards issued in mainland China officially support Apple Pay. For developers and users in China, this opens up a clean, safe, and low-cost path to subscribe to overseas services like ChatGPT and Claude. As I …
Pig, The Postgres Extension Wizard

Title: Meet Pig: The Postgres Extension Wizard Ever wished installing or upgrading PostgreSQL extensions didn’t feel like digging through outdated readmes, cryptic configure scripts, or random GitHub forks & patches? The painful truth is that …
Title: Meet Pig: The Postgres Extension Wizard Ever wished installing or upgrading PostgreSQL extensions didn’t feel like digging through outdated readmes, cryptic configure scripts, or random GitHub forks & patches? The painful truth is that …
PgAdmin Installation and Configuration

PgAdmin4 Installation and Configuration PgAdmin is a GUI designed specifically for PostgreSQL. It works very well. It can run as either a local GUI program or a web service. Since PgAdmin’s GUI components have display issues on Retina screens, this …
PgAdmin4 Installation and Configuration PgAdmin is a GUI designed specifically for PostgreSQL. It works very well. It can run as either a local GUI program or a web service. Since PgAdmin’s GUI components have display issues on Retina screens, this …
Wireshark Packet Capture Protocol Analysis

Wireshark is a very useful tool, especially suitable for analyzing network protocols. Here’s a simple introduction to using Wireshark for packet capture and PostgreSQL protocol analysis. Assuming debugging local PostgreSQL instance: 127.0.0.1:5432 …
Wireshark is a very useful tool, especially suitable for analyzing network protocols. Here’s a simple introduction to using Wireshark for packet capture and PostgreSQL protocol analysis. Assuming debugging local PostgreSQL instance: 127.0.0.1:5432 …
Common Linux Statistics CLI Tools

top free vmstat iostat top Display Linux tasks Summary Press space or enter to force refresh Use h to open help Use l,t,m to collapse summary sections Use d to modify refresh interval Use z to enable color highlighting Use u to list processes for …
top free vmstat iostat top Display Linux tasks Summary Press space or enter to force refresh Use h to open help Use l,t,m to collapse summary sections Use d to modify refresh interval Use z to enable color highlighting Use u to list processes for …