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2022

Frontend

Looking at SwiftUI from a Frontend Perspective

From a UI perspective, frontend and mobile development face similar challenges. Although the languages and development approaches may differ, we both need to build intuitive user interfaces. Naturally, both worlds encounter analogous problems—component-driven development, state management, data flow, handling side effects (API calls or I/O), and so on. To me, this makes it a great space for cross-pollination and learning from each other.
Year in review

2021 Year in Review

Perhaps having accumulated more experience, my perspective on things seems to have broadened. In 2020 and 2021, I began exploring a wide range of fields—such as Arduino, tinkering with Raspberry Pi, diving into AVR, picking up STM32 dev boards to play with, and learning PCB design and 3D printing. I hoped that beyond frontend development, I could integrate with other domains to create more of what I truly want to build. Now in 2022, after two years of exploration, I hope this becomes a breakthrough year where I can produce tangible results.

2021

Dev Note

Amazon Polly - Text-to-Speech with Impressive Results

Polly is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud service that converts text to speech. While text-to-speech itself is nothing new, Polly does an excellent job of generating natural-sounding voices based on sentence structure, making it a tremendous boon for language learners. Beyond that, its potential applications are vast—from generating voiceovers for subtitles, scripts, and narration, to dialogues, or even recording entire podcasts directly with Polly.
Review

Dokugaku Taizen (The Compendium of Self-Directed Learning) – Book Review

I feel this book will eventually be translated into Chinese, so while it is currently only available in Japanese, I wanted to share my reading notes. Spanning over 700 thick pages, it’s even been nicknamed a "blunt weapon book" (#鈍器本) in Japan and topped bestseller lists. Packed with rich content, it is perfect for beginners who want to systematically learn a subject but don’t know where to start.
Frontend

Frontend Anxiety

This article merely expresses my personal viewpoints and reflections, with no intention of criticizing fellow industry professionals. I believe the current frontend domain (referring specifically to web development here) is gradually maturing. With frontend frameworks adopting the core philosophy of componentization and reactive mechanisms, paired with framework-specific syntax, development methodologies, and philosophies, they can handle the vast majority of use cases.