ColdCraft Launch Announcement
ColdCraft.ai — an award-winning, AI-powered cold email tool that integrates with your LinkedIn, resume, calendar, and more — is out of private beta.
Blog Posts by Year
I document my programming journey, tips, and what I’ve learned in the posts below. You can find out more about my experience with coding, personal wins, or how to solve a specific problem by searching for a post here or simply scrolling down.
2024
2023
Lingotrack Launch Announcement
My passion project, a social platform for language learners to track progress and find accessible media, is now live on the web and Product Hunt!
How to Create a Free Custom Email Address with SendGrid
A comprehensive guide on how to set up a send-to and receive-from custom email address using Porkbun and SendGrid — without paying for anything except your d...
2022
My Chinese Learning in 2022, Wrapped!
A lage infographic summarizing how I spent my year learning Chinese and what I accomplished.
Passing the HSK 6 With Virtually No Preparation
Webnovels, television, and a pinch of practice got me to pass the most difficult Chinese proficiency exam.
A Guide and 5 Defenses Against Chinese Reading Fatigue
What I’ve learned improving my Chinese reading stamina from thirty minutes to hours at a stretch — and how you can apply it to see the same gains.
I Tracked my Chinese Learning for Three Months — Takeaways
Three months of tracking every single minute spent learning Chinese. Here are the activities I did and what I learnt.
Improving your Chinese Reading Speed — 7 Strategies I used to Double Mine
How I reached a native-level Chinese reading speed and you can too.
2021
Winter Holiday Project: A Language Learning Dashboard
As shared recently, I’ve been spending a lot of time learning Mandarin Chinese lately. To track my progress, I’ve built a language-learning dashboard I’d lik...
HSK 5 in 15 months — Chinese-learning Tools, Tips, and Techniques I’ve Learned in One Guide
Resources, study tips, and more I’ve found after 15 months of self-studying Mandarin Chinese, in one large blog post.
Winning my First Hackathon — Product & Lessons Learned
I won ‘Best Solo Hack’ for the first hackathon I ever participated in — here’s what I did, learned, and made.
9 Months and 3 HSK Levels — my Ultimate Chinese Study Guide
My study tips and resources after 9 months of studying Chinese, collected into one blog post.
2020
Introducing Online Life Calendar
Learn about Online Life Calendar, I site a built to help you visually track and plan your life.
Building the Simplest REST API Possible
A quick tutorial demonstrating how to build the simplest REST API possible — clientside and serverside — with Python Flask and vanilla JavaScript.
Web Scraping in Python with BeautifulSoup
An introduction to web scraping in Python with the requests and BeautifulSoup libraries, with a simple example project.
The Pomodoro Technique: Double your Productivity
Find out how to double your programming productivity with the globally-used Pomodoro time-management technique.
Your Guide to the GitHub Student Developer Pack
A simple, easy-to-follow guide to accessing the GitHub Student Developer Pack and the many tools from tech companies offered for free within.
The Keys to Keeping Yourself Motivated to Write
A look at what tools and tips you can leverage to stay focused while writing or even just begin doing so.