About
Hi, I'm Lee. Writing this marks the sixth year of my blog, so I'm leaving a few words here to look back on the scraps of these years.
In middle school, a WeChat public-account post pulled me into building a static blog. GitHub, Git, and a flood of unfamiliar tools followed — broken env vars and cryptic errors drove me up the wall.
In ninth grade, stuck at home for online classes, restless thoughts found their way online through my fingers. I bought my first Alibaba Cloud server, opened a terminal, set up Baota and WordPress. Having a site of my own felt unreal — and it made me happy in a way I couldn't touch offline.
I used to think a blog that didn't run on my own server was "fake," so I tried Typecho, Halo, and more. They were fine, but I seemed to love the building more than the writing. Whenever I sat down to write, my brain stalled — a blog with a shell and no soul.
So I swapped those stacks for Astro. Going forward I want a slower update pace, and to fill in the person behind the site.
Journey
First site2019
- Saw this article on APPSO and started blogging with GitHub + Gridea. The site back then
- Moved hosting to Tencent Coding the same year.
Servers2020-2022
- Inspired by a Bilibili video, bought my first server and started self-hosting.
- In 2021 the server moved back to mainland China with ICP filing; the name changed from HKU'S BLOG to YoungLee's BLOG.
- In 2022, after access issues, switched to Microsoft Azure with the server in Korea.
Gaokao & university2023-2024
- 2023: preparing for the gaokao.
- 2024: updating casually at university.
Settling in2025
- A theme I liked went open source — renovated the blog.
- Switched to Astro, slowed down, settling in.
Thanks to these friends (in no particular order)
Bhao(Thanks for patiently answering so many of my questions)
Libertystore(The first person who asked to exchange links — thank you for the recognition)
海岛心hey(Thanks for the software that brought me into this circle, and for free Gridea Web)
Thanks, always.