2025 Year-End Summary2025 has flown by so quickly. It feels like the older I get, the faster time passes.This year has been somewhat too uneventful. Apart from a few moments that stood out, most of the time life was as bland as water, so there isn't much worth recording this year.Stumbling Forward in the Quagmire of ResearchThis year I finally got my first (conference) paper accepted. Although it has some recognition in the coding field, it's not an SCI paper after all, so I'll keep working hard. However, the serious problem now is that I can't attend the conference in person, which might lead to the paper being withdrawn. Ahhh, that would really be the end. I hope I can appeal successfully.Also, the AI Codec direction I've been working on feels like there's less and less room for improvement. This year I've also been trying some new directions, such as optimizations related to large models, but there hasn't been much progress yet. Some previous projects are still dragging on without results, and I'm also being chased by graduation and the joint training required by the training plan, so the pressure is quite high. I hope for a good breakthrough next year.Finding Joy in Life Through TravelThis year I finally had a few opportunities to travel outside of business trips. Besides going to Shanghai multiple times for various exhibitions, I went to Harbin at the beginning of the year, and during the summer vacation I finally visited Japan, which I had always wanted to go to. Although I also went to Shenyang, Dalian, and Macau, those were for business conferences, so there wasn't much chance for sightseeing.Harbin in winter is definitely worth visiting, after all it's a sight that southerners rarely get to see (but the crowds at the attractions are really huge). Experiencing temperatures of minus ten to twenty degrees Celsius for the first time, stepping into the icy world of the north for the first time, it was a pretty good travel experience.This year my summer vacation started at the end of August, so I was still on break in early September. Taking advantage of the dirt-cheap flights and hotels (5 days and 4 nights for just over ¥2000 in total), I went on a pilgrimage to Kyoto and Toyohashi. When I personally walked into the places where anime characters "lived", blending the virtual and the real, this experience transcended mere sightseeing.New Technologies, New AttemptsGiven the Next.js experience I've accumulated before, I've been learning by doing this year, and I've gained some experience in developing web pages with AI. So this year I also joined a senior's startup company, helping with some operations and development work.Additionally, I made a small website based on my own needs — RD Curve AI, which helps researchers in the compression field analyze experimental results, record data, and plot RD curves. Feel free to try it out if you need it, and feedback is welcome.In the past, I felt that many people were unwilling to accept new technologies, stuck in their comfort zones, working and living with old tools and methods. But this year, the development of AI has been so rapid that even I don't have the energy to try those new technologies. What can n8n's workflow automation do for me? What improvements do new models bring, and how can they help me? ... Apart from AI programming genuinely broadening my development capabilities, other things seem to be subtly changing my life, but I've gradually become numb to it.Hello, 2026Last year I said "contentment brings happiness," but the rapid passage of time this year still makes me slightly anxious. I hope to work harder in 2026 and accelerate forward.
2025 Year-End Summary
2025 Year-End Summary
2025 has flown by so quickly. It feels like the older I get, the faster time passes.
This year has been somewhat too uneventful. Apart from a few moments that stood out, most of the time life was as bland as water, so there isn't much worth recording this year.
Stumbling Forward in the Quagmire of Research
This year I finally got my first (conference) paper accepted. Although it has some recognition in the coding field, it's not an SCI paper after all, so I'll keep working hard. However, the serious problem now is that I can't attend the conference in person, which might lead to the paper being withdrawn. Ahhh, that would really be the end. I hope I can appeal successfully.
Also, the AI Codec direction I've been working on feels like there's less and less room for improvement. This year I've also been trying some new directions, such as optimizations related to large models, but there hasn't been much progress yet. Some previous projects are still dragging on without results, and I'm also being chased by graduation and the joint training required by the training plan, so the pressure is quite high. I hope for a good breakthrough next year.
Finding Joy in Life Through Travel
This year I finally had a few opportunities to travel outside of business trips. Besides going to Shanghai multiple times for various exhibitions, I went to Harbin at the beginning of the year, and during the summer vacation I finally visited Japan, which I had always wanted to go to.
Although I also went to Shenyang, Dalian, and Macau, those were for business conferences, so there wasn't much chance for sightseeing.Harbin in winter is definitely worth visiting, after all it's a sight that southerners rarely get to see (but the crowds at the attractions are really huge). Experiencing temperatures of minus ten to twenty degrees Celsius for the first time, stepping into the icy world of the north for the first time, it was a pretty good travel experience.
This year my summer vacation started at the end of August, so I was still on break in early September. Taking advantage of the dirt-cheap flights and hotels (5 days and 4 nights for just over ¥2000 in total), I went on a pilgrimage to Kyoto and Toyohashi. When I personally walked into the places where anime characters "lived", blending the virtual and the real, this experience transcended mere sightseeing.
New Technologies, New Attempts
Given the Next.js experience I've accumulated before, I've been learning by doing this year, and I've gained some experience in developing web pages with AI. So this year I also joined a senior's startup company, helping with some operations and development work.
Additionally, I made a small website based on my own needs — RD Curve AI, which helps researchers in the compression field analyze experimental results, record data, and plot RD curves. Feel free to try it out if you need it, and feedback is welcome.
In the past, I felt that many people were unwilling to accept new technologies, stuck in their comfort zones, working and living with old tools and methods. But this year, the development of AI has been so rapid that even I don't have the energy to try those new technologies. What can n8n's workflow automation do for me? What improvements do new models bring, and how can they help me? ... Apart from AI programming genuinely broadening my development capabilities, other things seem to be subtly changing my life, but I've gradually become numb to it.
Hello, 2026
Last year I said "contentment brings happiness," but the rapid passage of time this year still makes me slightly anxious. I hope to work harder in 2026 and accelerate forward.