Building a place to keep notes
Why a personal site still feels useful in a feed-shaped internet, and the practical decisions behind this one.
Personal notebook / Est. 2026
Zhiyu's
Notes.
Systems, small experiments, and a record of the things worth keeping.
A small corner of the web
This is a working notebook rather than a polished archive. I write here to make ideas concrete: infrastructure I have built, tools I am learning, and observations I do not want to lose.
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Notes in progress
A small server, carefully set up
Notes on keeping services understandable, portable, and easy to repair.
Attention is a technical skill
On taking better notes, setting smaller scopes, and leaving a useful trail for future me.