How Much I Spent on AI
A breakdown of my AI spending from August 2023 to May 2026, spanning nearly three years. Conclusion: most of the time I used free options, and actual out-of-pocket expenses were C$120.00 + U$13.54 + £11.00 + ¥99.00.
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lyric-romanizer Pt. 1: Stop Reinventing the Wheel
OpenKara needed CJK lyric romanization. While researching, I found a ready-made engine inside the Spotify Karaoke Chrome extension. One GitHub Issue later, I extracted it into a standalone npm package — lyric-romanizer — supporting 12 native scripts and 4 API-based scripts.
lyric-romanizer Pt. 2: I Gave Up on Cantonese Auto-Detection
While adding Cantonese support to the lyric romanization tool, I went in circles with auto-detection and finally settled on explicit parameters.
Getting Cursor 4.6-opus-high-thinking for Free (A $600 Bug)
Last month I found a bug that let you use Cursor's 4.6-opus-high-thinking model for free, indefinitely. It got patched within days.
Clouds in Super Mario
Cory Arcangel's 2002 artwork Super Mario Clouds uses a real Nintendo NES cartridge, with hardware modifications made to the cartridge to remove all content except the clouds and blue sky.
Toilet Dilemma
Independent game designer Steven Harmon created a website called Toilet Game Studies in 2017
Come Drink with Me: The Foundation of Shaw Brothers Martial Arts Cinema
Come Drink with Me - Hu Jinquan's first martial arts film and the pioneering work of Shaw Brothers' new school of martial arts cinema. Its status and significance are naturally monumental. In 1966, such a color martial arts film was groundbreaking, but fifty-six years later, does it still hold viewing value?