# Shing Lyu's Blog

> Shing Lyu (呂行) is a software architect, author, and speaker with expertise in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), Rust programming, AI/LLM integration, and agentic workflows. This blog at shinglyu.com covers practical software engineering, cloud infrastructure, AI tools, productivity systems, and technical deep-dives from a practitioner with a unique East-West perspective (Taiwan–Netherlands).

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## About

- [About Shing Lyu](https://shinglyu.com/about.html): Software architect, author of "Practical Rust Projects (2nd ed.)", contributor to Firefox/Servo and RustPython, cloud and AI practitioner.
- [All Posts](https://shinglyu.com/all-posts.html): Complete chronological index of all blog posts.
- [Projects](https://shinglyu.com/projects.html): Open-source projects and notable work.
- [Talks & Publications](https://shinglyu.com/publications.html): Conference talks, articles, and book publications.

## Recent Posts


- [Using .github-private to Share Copilot Custom Agents Across All Your Personal Repos](https://shinglyu.com/blog/2026/05/28/github-private-repo-personal-copilot-agents.html): Published 2026-05-28.
- [Building a DIY Document Scanner with a Cardboard Box](https://shinglyu.com/blog/2026/05/22/diy-document-scanner.html): Published 2026-05-22.
- [Why AI-Generated Personal Software Should Default to Plaintext](https://shinglyu.com/blog/2026/04/25/plaintext-as-the-new-standard-for-personal-software.html): Published 2026-04-25.
- [Running GitHub Copilot Cloud Agent on AWS CodeBuild with Self-Hosted Runners](https://shinglyu.com/blog/2026/04/20/copilot-cloud-agent-custom-runner-aws-codebuild.html): Published 2026-04-20.
- [Automating Weekly Research with GitHub Agentic Workflows](https://shinglyu.com/blog/2026/04/15/automating-weekly-research-with-github-agentic-workflows.html): Published 2026-04-15.
- [hledger and AI: Managing Your Finances in Plain Text](https://shinglyu.com/blog/2026/03/18/hledger-and-ai.html): Published 2026-03-18.
- [ADR in Code: Architecture Compliance with AI Code Reviews](https://shinglyu.com/blog/2026/03/01/ai-adr-code-review.html): Published 2026-03-01.
- [ADR as Event Sourcing: Rethinking Software Architecture Documentation in the Age of AI](https://shinglyu.com/architecture/2026/02/17/adr-as-event-sourcing.html): Published 2026-02-17.
- [My Complete Remote Vibe Coding Setup for Busy Parents](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2026/01/28/my-remote-vibe-coding-setup.html): Published 2026-01-28.
- [TOGAF Practitioner exam tips: A strategic approach to passing](https://shinglyu.com/enterprise-architecture/2026/01/21/togaf-practitioner-exam-tips.html): Published 2026-01-21.
- [10 Years of shinglyu.com](https://shinglyu.com/web/2026/01/17/10-years-of-shinglyu-com.html): Published 2026-01-17.
- [Poor Man's Raycast: Replace Raycast Features Using Only macOS Built-ins](https://shinglyu.com/productivity/2026/01/09/poor-mans-raycast-replace-app-launcher-features-using-only-macos-built-ins.html): Published 2026-01-09.
- [Vibe Operations—The Next Indispensable Trend](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2025/11/07/vibe-operations-the-next-indispensable-trend.html): Published 2025-11-07.
- [Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Exam Changes October 2025: Key Updates You Need to Know](https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/10/28/google-cloud-professional-cloud-architect-exam-changes-october-2025-key-updates-you-need-to-know.html): Published 2025-10-28.
- [Poor Man's Raycast: Replace Raycast Features Using Only macOS Built-ins](https://shinglyu.com/productivity/2025/10/17/poor-mans-raycast-replace-raycast-features-using-only-macos-built-ins.html): Published 2025-10-17.
- [Serverless Rust on GCP Cloud Run: From Basic Deployment to Optimized Container Builds](https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/10/08/serverless-rust-on-gcp-cloud-run-from-basic-deployment-to-optimized-container-builds.html): Published 2025-10-08.
- [Rust Serverless on the Big Three Clouds: AWS, Azure, and GCP Compared](https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/09/16/rust-serverless-on-the-big-three-clouds-aws-azure-and-gcp-compared.html): Published 2025-09-16.
- [When Customers Say No: The Unexpected Door Solution Architects Should Never Ignore](https://shinglyu.com/blog/2025/09/07/when-customers-say-no-the-unexpected-door-solution-architects-should-never-ignore.html): Published 2025-09-07.
- [Building a Database-Backed API with Serverless Rust on Azure](https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/08/10/building-a-database-backed-api-with-serverless-rust-on-azure.html): Published 2025-08-10.
- [Serverless Rust on Azure: Deploying a Rust Azure Function](https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/07/26/serverless-rust-on-azure-deploying-a-rust-azure-function.html): Published 2025-07-26.

## Optional


- [Why the % Sign Breaks Your Website (And How to Fix It)](https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/07/22/why-the-percent-sign-breaks-your-website-and-how-to-fix-it.html)
- [How I Wrote a Book with AI](https://shinglyu.com/writing/2025/07/13/how-i-wrote-a-book-with-ai.html)
- [From DevTools Detective to Automation Hero: My Quest for Dutch Subtitles](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2025/06/06/from-devtools-detective-to-automation-hero-my-quest-for-dutch-subtitles.html)
- [Vibe coding a PII Anonymizer CLI: how gen AI makes me build tools faster than ever](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2025/05/28/vibe-coding-a-pii-anonymizer-cli-how-gen-ai-makes-me-build-tools-faster-than-ever.html)
- [Agentic Software Installer - A Genius or Terrible Idea?](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2025/04/04/agentic-software-installer-a-genius-or-terrible-idea.html)
- [Make AI Draw Architecture Diagrams with AWS Icons](https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/03/24/make-ai-draw-architecture-diagrams-with-aws-icons.html)
- [Engineering Better Online Meetings: Hardware, Software, and Environment](https://shinglyu.com/productivity/2025/03/20/engineering-better-online-meetings.html)
- [Building a Fast and Accurate Transcription Tool on Linux](https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/02/11/building-a-fast-and-accurate-transcription-tool-on-linux.html)
- [My Productivity System for 2025](https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/01/27/my-productivity-system-for-2025.html)
- [Building a temporary camera app with Windsurf](https://shinglyu.com/web/2024/12/28/building-a-temporary-camera-app-with-windsurf.html)
- [Beware of scammer who uses my identity](https://shinglyu.com/web/2024/11/19/beware-of-scammer-who-uses-my-identity.html)
- [CDK to Terraform Migration with Gen AI](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2024/10/15/cdk-to-terraform-migration-with-gen-ai.html)
- [My Wayland adventure](https://shinglyu.com/web/2024/09/17/my-wayland-adventure.html)
- [Disable pycodestyle Check in SageMaker Notebooks](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2024/08/19/disable-pycodestyle-check-in-sagemaker-notebooks.html)
- [How Many Models Can You Fit into a SageMaker Multi-Model Endpoint?](https://shinglyu.com/web/2024/08/09/how-many-models-can-you-fit-into-a-sagemaker-multi-model-endpoint.html)
- [Demystifying The Options for Triggering AWS CodePipeline with Amazon S3 Events](https://shinglyu.com/web/2024/08/02/demystifying-the-options-for-triggering-aws-codepipeline-with-amazon-s3-events.html)
- [Turning Hand-Drawn Architecture Diagrams into Digital Diagrams with Generative AI](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2024/07/12/turning-hand-drawn-architecture-diagrams-into-digital-diagrams-with-generative-ai.html)
- [Streamline my local transcription command for Raycast](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2024/06/10/streamline-my-local-transcription-command-for-raycast.html)
- [Transcribe voice to text locally with Whisper.cpp and Raycast](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2024/05/25/transcribe-voice-to-text-locally-with-whisper-cpp-and-raycast.html)
- [Understanding SageMaker Project Template Internals](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2024/01/28/understanding-sagemaker-project-template-internals.html)
- [Using LLM to get cleaner voice transcriptions](https://shinglyu.com/ai/2024/01/17/using-llm-to-get-cleaner-voice-transcriptions.html)
- [Summarize Text Quickly with Raycast and Amazon Bedrock](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/10/20/summarize-text-quickly-with-raycast-and-amazon-bedrock.html)
- [How to link to external files in Joplin](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/09/14/how-to-link-to-external-files-in-joplin.html)
- [Introducing the llm-chain-mock Driver for Cost-Effective LLM Testing](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/08/15/introducing-the-llm-chain-mock-driver-for-cost-effective-llm-testing.html)
- [My New Book: Practical Rust Projects, 2nd Edition](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/08/04/my-new-book-practical-rust-projects-2nd-edition.html)
- [Getting Started with Rust llm-chain using the LLaMa driver](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/08/02/getting-started-with-rust-llm-chain-using-the-llama-driver.html)
- [Using sepia theme in Brave's SpeedReader](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/07/18/using-sepia-theme-in-brave-s-speedreader.html)
- [How to create your own private LLM using only AWS CLI](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/07/03/how-to-create-your-own-private-llm-using-only-aws-cli.html)
- [Disabling the Link Lost alarm on iTag BLE tracker](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/06/03/disabling-the-link-lost-alarm-on-itag-ble-tracker.html)
- [Conferences are not about sessions](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/05/02/conferences-are-not-about-sessions.html)
- [Why Both Knowledge and Experience Are Critical for a Software Developer's Career](https://shinglyu.com/web/2023/04/08/why-both-knowledge-and-experience-are-critical-for-a-software-developer-s-career.html)
- [How to learn an AWS service quickly](https://shinglyu.com/aws/2022/07/22/how-to-learn-an-aws-service-quickly.html)
- [My Productivity System](https://shinglyu.com/productivity/2022/03/06/my-productivity-system.html)
- [Consistent Hashing and why it might not be the correct answer to your system design interview](https://shinglyu.com/web/2022/02/11/consistent-hashing-and-why-it-might-not-be-the-correct-answer-to-your-system-design-interview.html)
- [Generating a notification sound in command-line](https://shinglyu.com/micro/2020/07/04/generating-a-notification-sound-in-command-line.html)
- [How to import serde's custom derive macors properly?](https://shinglyu.com/micro/2020/06/24/how-to-import-serde-s-derive-macors-properly.html)
- [Caveats in Terraforming WAF V2 for CloudFront](https://shinglyu.com/micro/2020/06/23/caveats-in-terraforming-waf-v2-for-cloudfront.html)
- [Check MongoDB index usage statistics](https://shinglyu.com/micro/2020/06/10/check-mongodb-index-usage-statistics.html)
- [RFC2616 is dead, read RFC723X](https://shinglyu.com/micro/2020/06/10/rfc2616-is-dead-read-rfc723x.html)
- [Lessons learned in writing my first book](https://shinglyu.com/web/2020/04/05/lessons-learned-in-writing-my-first-book.html)
- [Update AWS Security Groups with Terraform](https://shinglyu.com/web/2020/02/06/update-aws-security-groups-with-terraform.html)
- [Moving AWS Service across accounts using Terraform](https://shinglyu.com/web/2019/09/30/moving-aws-service-across-accounts-using-terraform.html)
- [Switching Between Multiple Local Backends in Terraform](https://shinglyu.com/web/2019/04/06/switching-between-multiple-local-backend-in-terraform.html)
- [Simplify Your CI Pipeline Configuration with Jsonnet](https://shinglyu.com/devops/2019/02/28/simplify-your-ci-pipeline-configuration-with-jsonnet.html)
- [Download JavaScript Data as Files on the Client Side](https://shinglyu.com/web/2019/02/09/js_download_as_file.html)
- [AWS Route 53 Load Balancing with Terraform](https://shinglyu.com/web/2019/01/29/multi-region-domain-names-and-load-balancing-with-aws-route53.html)
- [Counting your contribution to a git repository](https://shinglyu.com/web/2018/12/25/counting-your-contribution-to-a-git-repository.html)
- [New Rust Course - Building Reuseable Code with Rust](https://shinglyu.com/web/2018/11/16/new-rust-course-building-reuseable-code-with-rust.html)
- [Chatting with your website visitors through Chatra](https://shinglyu.com/web/2018/08/13/chatting-with-your-website-visitors-through-chatra.html)
- [How to Unit Test WebExtensions](https://shinglyu.com/web/2018/06/24/how-to-unit-test-webextensions.html)
- [如何貢獻開源專案？](https://shinglyu.com/web/2018/05/12/how-to-contribute-to-open-source.html)
- [Merge Pull Requests without Merge Commits](https://shinglyu.com/web/2018/03/25/merge-pull-requests-without-merge-commits.html)
- [Minimal React.js Without A Build Step (Updated)](https://shinglyu.com/web/2018/02/08/minimal-react-js-without-a-build-step-updated.html)
- [Taking notes with MkDocs](https://shinglyu.com/web/2018/01/02/taking-notes-with-mkdocs.html)
- [Make LastPass Work Across App and Website](https://shinglyu.com/web/2017/10/16/make-lastpass-work-across-app-and-website.html)
- [Porting Chrome Extension to Firefox](https://shinglyu.com/web/2017/08/07/porting-chrome-extension-to-firefox.html)
- [退役了如何註銷護照上的出境管制章](https://shinglyu.com/misc/2017/07/13/rdss-passport-deregister.html)
- [Install Ubuntu 16.04 on ThinkPad 13 (2nd Gen)](https://shinglyu.com/web/2017/07/11/install-ubuntu-16-04-on-thinkpad-13-2nd-gen.html)
- [An Overview of Asia Tech Conferences in 2017](https://shinglyu.com/web/2017/01/21/an-overview-of-asia-tech-conferences-in-2017.html)
- [Vim QuickFix for Rust and Servo](https://shinglyu.com/web/2016/12/25/vim-quickfix-for-rust-and-servo.html)
- [Beginner's guide to git rebasing and squashing](https://shinglyu.com/web/2016/11/08/servo-rebase-and-squash-guide.html)
- [Mutation Testing in JavaScript Using Stryker](https://shinglyu.com/testing/2016/10/11/Mutation_Testing_in_JavaScript_Using_Stryker.html)
- [2016 COSCUP, Modern Web and Taiwan Code Sprint](https://shinglyu.com/web/2016/09/04/2016-conferences.html)
- [Identify Performance Regression in Servo](https://shinglyu.com/web/2016/07/18/identify-performance_regression-in-servo.html)
- [Show Firefox Bookmark Toolbar in Fullscreen Mode](https://shinglyu.com/web/2016/06/20/firefox_bookmark_toolbar_in_fullscreen.html)
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- [Rust Code Completion with YouCompleteMe](https://shinglyu.com/productivity/2016/05/13/rust-completion_with_ycm.html)
- [Visualizing Performance Data on Perfherder](https://shinglyu.com/web/2016/05/07/visualizing_performance_data_on_perfherder.html)
- [Minimal React.js Without A Build Step](https://shinglyu.com/web/2016/04/06/minimal_react.html)
- [How AlphaGo Can Teach Us About Software Testing](https://shinglyu.com/testing/2016/03/19/how_alphago_can_teach_us_about_qa.html)
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- [Mutation Testing in JavaScript Using Grunt Mutation Testing](https://shinglyu.com/testing/2016/02/15/Mutation_Testing_in_JavaScript_Using_Grunt_Mutation_Testing.html)
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