I started to use my new Apple M1 MacMini for video editing with DaVincci Resolver 16. That is not native for M1 yet. But that is still very fast. For 1 Minute 4K video, the exporting time is less than 1 minute. I believe the M1 and the new MacOS is tuned for this purpose. Lastly, the internal hard disk for M1 MacMini is very expensive. I got 512GB Hard Disk, but that is very limited. So, I got Samsung T7 external hard. That is still very fast enough for video editing via thunderbolt, that is about 1Gbits and that is around half price of the internal hard disk

During Black Friday sales, I bought a 8 Gen i7 Intel NUC. It got i7-8559U CPU, which is not bad. I got it around AUD$500. It checked 8th gen vs 10th gen is not much different. At the best, that is only 10% more powerful, that is more in gaming. As a development box, that is good enough. Then I bought my 500 m.2 hardk and 32 GB RAM for $277, they are on blakc friday specials too. I found the system is very good. It is quiet and very powerful. I found it even is faster than my work laptop, 8th Gen i7 XPS with 16GB RAM. Maybe, the RAM played the major roles, because I mainly anulgr apps.
Yes, I know the most ideal box, should be a full-size ATX with a desktop i7, but it will cost around $1000. Now, I can build under $800!

The release date of iPhone 12 is delayed a number of times. This week, Apple announced the new iPhone finally. I am looking for a replacement of her iPhone 6. However, after I looked into the specification, iPhone 12 got 5G and a better CPU A14. Moreover, after iPhone 12 is released, iPhone 11 price has dropped around $200, starting from $999. That is a better option for her. She does not required 5G and a high performance CPU. She only needs a phone can take a good photo. I think the best option for her is iPhone11 128GB, that is only $1079

A few weeks ago, I had a "walk" in IKEA. Someone mention IKEA is a kind of theme park, you must get somethings from there. As a programmer, I found there are somethings for programmers. A few years ago, they started to sell USB cables. I found that is a good thing for me. 0.4 M USB type-C or Micro-USB is only for $1.5. That is very similar if I buy them in Hong Kong as the currency rate to HKD is very low. I love them I bought two of them. As other people, if you enter IKEA, you bought something

I have not released any iOS app for a few years. Recently, I am preparing a small app, but I found their UI guidelines are changed. All of my old app icons are not working anymore. I got an error message regarding the App icon background not transparent.But actually, my icon has a transparent background. Finally, I found that is because my icon are having some background shadow. It caused the problems. I need to use a very very simple icon, not 3D effect at all. Then I can pass the requirements!