About Me

Basic Information

A Bit About Me

Hi, I'm Bojun Feng. My friends usually call me David for convenience. I like programming and am interested in large generative models, although I'm not a big fan of low quality generated content on social media.

I believe strong, positive relationships is a determining factor for lifelong happiness. The internet is a possible medium to meet interesting people and establish such relationships - yes, even in the age of automated bots and AI generated slop.

This website is my attempt to create an authentic corner of the internet where I share information on things that interest me to attract likeminded individuals.

If you liked my blog and want to chat, you can do so Here!

I do not use AI to write my articles. I also try to minimize their usage for proofread. As a result, there might be some grammar mistakes and weird phrasing. If you noticed any, please shoot me an email!

P.S. For today's class, I had to scramble to get the site ready, so the chaos blog IS AI-generated (based on my original project, of course!), sorry about that!

Why Not Use AI To Write?

Long story short, I value the ability to think and write like a human in the age of AI.

After being drowned in AI generated slop since GPT came out, I found myself surprisingly good at detecting mainstream AI generated content with little human effort behind. I actually started to appreciate authentic human-written articles more than ever.

As a side effect of being drowned in AI generated slop, I also found myself sounding (and thinking) increasingly like an AI chatbot at times! This is an extremely worrying trend.

This site serves as an AI detox center where I force myself to articulate my thoughts with my brain. In fact, I force myself to rewrite each article until they pass several popular AI detection tests. It has been both painful and rewarding.

About My Name

Most of my friends just use my nickname David for convenience, and I am completely okay with that. In case you would like to pronounce my actual name, however, this section provides some helpful information.

• My first name is Bojun (博骏 / bó jùn / bo2 jun4)
• My last name is Feng (冯 / féng / feng2)

Each character represents a syllable. There are 2 syllables in my first name and just 1 syllable in my last. Here is how to pronounce each syllable:

• Bo sounds like 'Bore', but without the r — just a smooth 'baw' sound.

  • Say this syllable with a rising intonation, like you’re asking a question.

• Jun sounds like 'June', but with a tighter, rounded lip shape for the vowel—almost like saying 'ee' with puckered lips.

  • Say this syllable with a dropping intonation, like giving a firm answer.

• Feng rhymes with 'Lung' or 'Hung', but starts with an 'f' sound, like in 'Fun'.

  • Also say this syllable with a rising intonation, like you’re asking a question.

In Chinese, usually the last name goes before the first name, so my full name would be Feng Bo Jun. However, in practice that doesn't really matter. Feel free to just call me Bo Jun.

Citations

Without any of these people, this blog would look very different. I owe them many thanks!

Do Trong Khanh (Karhdo)

This blog's code base heavily borrowed from his blog Karhdo's Blog - Coding Adventure, which he generously open sourced under the MIT license.

Ang Wei Feng (Ted)

The front page hero section is adapted from his blog Ted Thoughts. While the blog is not open source, permission has been granted from the author.

Qibin Ma

The day time thread cursor effect on the front page is adapted from his blog maqib.cn, which he generously open sourced under the MIT license. Note: Site is in Chinese

Pavel Dobryakov & React Bits

The night time splash cursor effect on the front page is copy pasted from the open source project React Bits. I first saw this effect in Pavel Dobryakov's open source GitHub repository, but did not have the expertise to convert the WebGL code into a proper react component.