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Citing severe storage constraints, Tsinghua University's TUNA mirror site has removed its Anaconda, OpenWrt, Flutter and GitLab EE mirrors. Existing URLs now redirect to the CERNET joint mirror site or to upstream.
GitLab has notified users that it will stop serving accounts in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao, and plans to delete those accounts after September 7, 2026. If you got the email, back up your code, project data and CI configuration as soon as possible.
After 1Password raised prices by 33%, I nearly switched to Bitwarden — but one critical problem made me stay. This post compares the mainstream password managers, analyzes the risks of Passkey lock-in, and shares how to boost security with a YubiKey and successfully negotiate a 25% renewal discount.
Recently, Chinese developers logging into GitLab Global (gitlab.com) were shown a notice titled 'Important Change to Your GitLab.com Account'. The gist: individuals and organizations in Mainland China, Macao and Hong Kong need to migrate their accounts to GitLab China (JiHu) within 60 days, after which the accounts will be deleted.
Today I got GitHub's email, 'GitHub Copilot: What's in your free plan 🤖'. Copilot now has a free tier open to everyone, including two large models: OpenAI GPT-4o and Anthropic.
Hey there. Do you want to take part in building the JH GitLab open source project and become a contributor, but as a newcomer you have no idea where to start? The truth is, anyone can join the JH GitLab open source project and become a contributor — technical background not required.
GitLab didn't disappoint me, but it didn't wow me either — it's the straight-A student, solid but predictable. There's almost no localization, so no pleasant surprises: powerful features, steep learning curve, incomplete Chinese translation. JiHu still has a long way to go on localization.
Google has long supported proactive URL submission, but it's not a point-and-click UI for ordinary users — it's an API for programmers. Plenty of webmasters aren't developers, and since Google requires ownership verification, I can't just build a UI where people paste their own private key. Instead I wrapped Google's API to make it easier to use.
My last post covered building OpenWRT (LEDE) manually. Building yourself gives more freedom, but it means paying for a server. Is there a free one? GitHub Actions Workflows lets you compile OpenWRT (LEDE) for free, and it's fast — the default config builds in about an hour.
Why am I griping about Gitee on my own blog instead of reporting it to Gitee? Because that's one of the things I'm griping about. Their issue workflow is broken too: I filed an issue, an official replied and rejected it, and once rejected I could no longer respond — so here I am, griping on my own blog.
