One of Vaultex’s most useful features is its full-text search — no external service, no API key, just a local search.xml generated at build time. This post walks through how the search works, how navigation is structured, and the keyboard shortcuts worth memorizing.

Vercel is one of the smoothest ways to deploy a static site — connect your repository and every push to main triggers an automatic build and deploy. For a Hexo blog, the whole process takes under five minutes to set up.

The average webpage is now heavier than the original Doom game binary. We’ve accumulated layers of abstraction, build tools, and runtime dependencies in the pursuit of developer experience — while quietly degrading the user experience. There’s a better way.

“Building a second brain” has become a productivity cliché, diluted by YouTube thumbnails and course sales. The underlying idea is still worth taking seriously — but it’s much simpler than most frameworks suggest.

Obsidian is a powerful note-taking tool, but a new vault is just an empty folder with a plugin manager. The default setup teaches you nothing about how to organize your thinking. Here’s a structure and workflow that survives contact with real use.