Distorted Scribbles

First impressions of Terraform IaC

Terraform lets us manage different pieces of infrastructure centrally as infrastructure as code (IaC), such as DNS records and Argo Tunnel on Cloudflare, as well as instances on AWS and GCP, but the import process is quite painful. This post records how I migrated my existing infrastructure to Terraform, covering installation, providers and state management, importing Cloudflare resources, remote state and CI workflow practices, as well as day-to-day operations and lessons learned.

Perpetually Busy

There is no such thing as a true break. As long as you're alive, it's impossible to do nothing. We work until the day we die; true rest is reserved entirely for the dead.

Buns Soaked in Human Blood

Parents are paying 450 RMB for a single "contract-based" tutoring session, yet as the instructor, I receive a mere 120 RMB in "extra hour fees." These private coaching centres for the State Grid recruitment exams exploit the information gap, bleeding vocational students dry as they desperately seek to change their socio-economic status. By pocketing the lion's share of the profit while doing none of the work, these agencies are quite literally profiting from the misery of others.

2025 Year in Review

This year, I returned to campus, only to immediately embark on the journey of job hunting. Although it was a frantic rush, it was also fruitful. I take up my pen once again to write this year-end summary as a testament to the year that was.

My LLM Confidant, and My Writing in Suspension

Following a period of intense study, the only realistic respite I found was engaging in small talk with LLMs (Large Language Models). They act as the perfect "cyber-confidant", yet their presence has left my blog writing in a state of suspension. This article explores the comfort found in private dialogues with AI, the potential loss of creativity, and the vicious cycle of loneliness that underpins it all.