Welcome! I'm NatsuCamellia, a 4th grade computer science undergraduate in NTU. I'm currently doing research on Linux kernel in NTU SSLab. I write down the fantastic things I learn and share interesting and informative articles here. In my leisure time, I read books, study operating systems, and play with whatever catches my eye.
I believe that helping others with what I know is the most meaningful thing to do. I hope to help the world by contributing to open-source software or improve the software everyone uses daily. Probably the fastest way to help is to join a company that builds software used by many people. Yes, my dream goal is to work at Google or other impactful tech companies.
Projects and Contributions
My Projects
- COOL Tracker：NTU COOL is the learning management system used by National Taiwan University. It's not compatible with the official mobile app developed by Canvas LMS team. Because I really want to check the status of assignments conveniently and have notifications when they are about to be due, I developed this unofficial mobile app for NTU COOL. It's open-source and available on GitHub.
- Star Telescope：This is a tool for browsing the history data of 繁星計劃 in Taiwan. It's a project I did during the 3rd grade of high school. My goal was to help students find the best-fit university department based on their interests and scores. But it's now archived because I wasn't good at writing maintainable code back then, which made it hard to maintain or add new features. You can see my reminiscence about it.
My Open-Source Contributions
- NearDrop：This is an unofficial Google Nearby Share/Quick Share app for macOS. This is helpful for sharing files between Android and macOS devices. It was good but didn't support Traditional Chinese, so I added Traditional Chinese localization.
Programming Languages
I'm most fluent in C (also, Chinese), but I love how different programming languages work, such as Haskell, Prolog, etc. If you're also interested, I recommend you take the Programming Languages course on Coursera. My favorites are Rust, Haskell, Kotlin, and Python.
Operating Systems
macOS
Before entering university, I used Windows in my daily life. But after getting a MacBook for my studies, I found that macOS is way better than Windows. Since then, macOS has become my favorite OS, and I've decided not to buy any more Windows computers.
Linux
I like to learn and appreciate Linux. Jserv says,
"Linux is a microcosm of the IT industry; learning Linux helps you understand the entire IT industry."
「Linux 是資訊產業的縮影，學好 Linux 就能了解整個資訊產業。」
I think this is true.
Android
Android is my favorite mobile OS. I'm a fan of Google and use a Google Pixel 8, which I bought in April 2025. You can read my review of Pixel 8 here.
Music
I listen exclusively to Japanese songs. Here are my all-time favorites.
Anime
I seldom watch popular anime; instead, I prefer less well-known ones. My favorites are:
- (Movie) さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう, 朝花夕誓 — an incredibly underrated anime movie.
- 宇宙よりも遠い場所, 比宇宙更遠的地方 — an inspiring story.
- 星屑テレパス, 星靈感應 — also inspiring.
- Violet Evergarden — a masterpiece.