ChengHao's Status

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“What’cha doin?” — Isabella, Phineas and Ferb

💭 What’s Going On
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🎙️ Tons of speaking gigs incoming: Two major talks in July — one at iPlayground 2026 (Taipei, Taiwan) and another at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 (Yokohama, Japan). If you’re attending either, come say hi!
😮‍💨 Tired of social media: I really hate seeing posts that stir up my emotions. Over time, it’s left me feeling mentally drained and unable to focus. If I ever stop managing my social presence, I’d delete all my social media accounts without hesitation.
🚶 Turning off notifications while walking: For the same reason, I turn on Do Not Disturb as soon as I head out — no games, no distractions. I just walk to work and give my brain a break from constant stimulation.

🌐 Trying out a new browser: Since Arc Browser is no longer shipping new features, I’ve been looking for a new browser. I was eyeing Orion (promoted by Kagi), but after two days of work I went back to Arc Browser.
- A few reasons: the 1Password extension doesn’t support fingerprint unlock, it feels less smooth than Arc, and the mini window has weaker support for multiple Profiles. I’m not sure whether the last two issues are due to Safari or WebKit — let me know if they improve.
🏛️ Presidential Reception: Won the Open Source Contribution Award at IMA 2025 and took a group photo with other awardees and the President. Fun fact: I got a solo shot on the Presidential Office’s Flickr — successfully brought Kagamine Rin into the Presidential Office!
🤝 Founded the Kubernetes Taiwan Contributors Community: I collaborated with opensource4you to create a new Slack channel dedicated to discussing contributions to Kubernetes and related subprojects. Want to join? Check out the link.

在黑暗中相遇 (Meeting in the Dark): Currently reading. Early on, there’s the story of Jacob — alone, he encountered God and wrestled with Him. Perhaps it’s only when we walk into solitude that we have a chance of encountering the eternal.
多巴胺國度 (Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence): Pleasure and pain are conjoined twins — if you indulge in pleasure first, pain follows. Drug abuse is a prime example: it delivers 10× the dopamine of sex, completely throwing off the pleasure-pain balance. Conversely, leaning into pain first brings pleasure afterward — but some people chase pain to the point of self-harm. Both sides carry the risk of addiction. Start by observing your own daily behaviors and reclaim your mind-body balance.

🍎 Apple Container: Contributed several PRs — most were merged, and I even appeared in the project’s Contributors.

🪞 Can’t bring myself to let AI fully take over: At least for now, I write every post myself. AI only handles translation and some grammar polishing (final review and edits are still mine).
- I have so many topics I want to write about, and I recently tried letting AI take over — but I didn’t like the grammar or content it produced. It just didn’t feel like me, the way a giant PR makes you not want to review it.
- In the past, when I’d later search and find my own old writing, I could say: “Oh right, I researched this before!” But if one day I were to stumble across an AI-generated post under my name (none yet), I imagine it would feel foreign — is that author name really me?
🤖 The “involuntarily” open-sourced Claude Code: I read someone’s analysis — it has short-term context, long-term context, and project-shared context. This is pretty much how the human brain works, and I find it fascinating!

🥗 Healthy meals: Eating healthy to lose weight — salad, purple rice, tofu × 2.
💪 Protein powder: Two cups a day. Brand: The Vegan — also picked up the Black Gold VVVIP membership.

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