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Yuxuan Shui

trace.yshui.dev

As the title suggests, this is a dump of my random thoughts. Well, that is the intention at least. I have just started so it is still pretty barren here.

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Did GitHub Copilot increase my productivity?

I had free access to GitHub Copilot for about a year, I used it, got used to it, and slowly started to take it for granted, until one day it was taken away. I had to re-adapt to a life without Copilot, but it also gave me a chance to look back at how I used Copilot, and reflect - had Copilot actually been helpful to…

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I found an 8 years old bug in Xorg

Let me set the right expectations first. This bug I found is actually not that complicated, it's very straightforward once you see what's going on. But I still think the process it took me to uncover this bug could be interesting. It's also kind of interesting that a simple bug stayed undiscovered for so long. I will…