I'm Not Dead, Just Really Busy Lately

Sorry folks, I haven’t updated the blog in a while.

I’m not dead, I’m just really busy lately.

What I’ve Been Working On

Sorry everyone, I’ve been swamped. First, I was preparing for an internship - after a long process, I finally got an offer from a research institute. And before I left, someone reached out asking if I could build a platform for them. It started as a student competition project, but then they asked if I could sell it to their school department, so I’ve been working like crazy on it.

But this project is pretty interesting. I can share the tech stack - yesterday I set up a Linux server and deployed Gitea, created a code repository, pushed my progress, and got the services deployed and live. It was exhausting. This was actually my first time doing a proper Linux web service deployment. Since this project has confidentiality requirements, I can’t open-source the code, but I can write several related blog posts based on this experience. It’s a big system meant for the school to use.

Layer	Technology	Description
Frontend	Vue 3	Composition API, single-file components
Build Tool	Vite	Dev server and production build
Styling	Tailwind CSS	Main styling for website and admin pages
Router	Vue Router	Routes for website, login, admin, and visualization pages
Icons	lucide-vue-next	Icons for admin, login, and showcase pages
Auth Service	Node.js + Express	/api/auth/login, /api/auth/me and other auth endpoints
Auth Method	JWT	Token stored in frontend after login
Database	MySQL	Stores accounts for three ends, SQL in back_end/sql/
Analysis	Python + FastAPI	Hotel review scraping, data reading, sentiment analysis API
Sentiment	Transformer / local model files	Models in back_end/models/, inference pipeline in progress
Process Mgmt	pm2	Manages hotel-auth and hotel-analysis on Linux server
Web Entry	nginx	Serves static frontend, proxies /api and /analysis
Auto Deploy	Gitea Webhook + systemd + bash	Push to main triggers webhook, runs scripts/deploy.sh
OS	Ubuntu Linux	Target deployment on Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Why the Blog Went Quiet

I’m about to start my internship soon, and I’ve been busy with this other project. I really haven’t had the energy to write. I actually wanted to write some tutorials about MATLAB - like how to configure MathWorks’ official MATLAB MCP, how to use it to design a proper EMS for a solar parking lot. But I only got halfway through that research when this new job came along. I’ve been coding and testing non-stop, and honestly, I just don’t have the bandwidth.

What’s Next

Once I’m back to writing, I’ll definitely finish those MATLAB tutorials. I also made a modified Claude Code project that reuses local Codex CLI login state to use Claude Code with Codex - that’s a fun alternative to reverse proxies for API access. A few days ago while working on the Linux server for this project, I had a random thought: could I make a modified Claude Code server运维助手 (operations assistant)? Just use natural language for server operations. But I haven’t tried anything yet - I’m still busy finishing the client’s endless list of requirements, working from morning to night. Once I settle into my research institute internship, I’ll write about some of the more advanced tech I’m learning there, assuming there’s no NDA blocking me.

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Anyway, I’m still here. The blog will keep updating - just maybe not weekly.

If there’s something you’d like me to write about, let me know in the comments.