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Professional PDF Book Exporter: Export Hugo Markdown Books to PDF
A guide to exporting Hugo-based Markdown books to professional PDFs, covering multilingual support, emoji rendering, code highlighting, image processing, chapter ordering, custom covers, and key technical details. Includes an overview of the PDF Book Exporter architecture and usage, suitable for technical documentation and eBook publishing.
Building 3D Icons with JSON Prompts: The Power of Structured Prompting
Using the example of generating Jelly-style 3D icons, this article delves into the writing and best practices of JSON Prompts to make your AI outputs more precise and efficient.
WisprFlow Is Overrated: Why I Uninstalled It After a Week
A real user review after a week with WisprFlow speech recognition: unstable service, non-realtime transcription, confusing command recognition, large disk usage, and poor value—why I chose to uninstall it.
Building Your AI Capability Map: I've Launched an AI Resource Library for Developers
I’ve launched a new AI page on jimmysong.io, featuring a curated collection of high-quality tutorials, open-source projects, tools, and products for developers. With bilingual support, tag classification, and GitHub comments, it’s continuously updated to explore the endless possibilities of artificial intelligence.
Reflecting on a Journey: From Tetrate to What’s Next
As I wrap up an unforgettable chapter at Tetrate, I reflect on the path from Hadoop to Service Mesh to AI—and look ahead to new possibilities in developer experience and community building.
AWS Kiro First Impression: An AI IDE Focused on Workflow
A hands-on review of AWS’s new AI programming IDE — Kiro, covering its Spec mode, task orchestration capabilities, current shortcomings, and my expectations for its future.
OpenRouter Insights: Behind the Scenes of an Aggregated AI Model Gateway
While researching how to call Claude Code, I took a deep dive into the OpenRouter AI Gateway aggregation platform, exploring its features, business model, and ecosystem, and compared it with other mainstream AI gateway solutions like Portkey, LiteLLM, and Kong.
This article summarizes how to use advanced AI coding tools such as Claude Sonnet-4 and Gemini 2.5 Pro for free or at low cost, recommends high cost-performance main tool combinations, and provides a detailed comparison of usage and pricing to help developers achieve the best vibe coding experience at minimal cost.
Mac mini M4 Base Model Expansion Experience
A detailed account of the entire process of expanding the Mac mini M4 using a Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD, including reasons for purchase, expansion plans, performance comparisons, development environment setup, compatibility migration, daily development experience, and docking station usage insights. The article also shares actual test data and cost breakdowns, providing practical references for developers and office users looking for a cost-effective desktop machine.
Data-Driven: How I Built My Website Content Analysis Dashboard
To better understand my website content, I developed a brand new /analysis page. This article shares its features, build process, and technical implementation, hoping to provide you with inspiration.