Who I Am
I'm Richard Liu, an engineer and hobbyist based in Taiwan who has been writing online since 2004. My work and personal interests revolve around Linux systems, server administration, and emerging hardware platforms — and more recently, practical applications of AI tools.
This site serves as a personal hub. The bulk of my writing lives at blog.richliu.com, where I've built up over two decades of technical notes and personal observations.
Technical Background
- Operating Systems: Long-time Gentoo Linux user (arm64), comfortable with everything from kernel compilation to system tuning
- Server Administration: Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, BIND DNS, Let's Encrypt, WordPress
- Hardware Platforms: ARM (Ampere Altra), RISC-V, Lattice ECP5 FPGA, embedded systems
- AI Tools: Claude Code, LLM-assisted development and real-world application
- Languages: Bash, Python, PHP, Verilog
Selected Projects
- Taco Index — An alternative financial index that tracks US stock market movements against Trump's public statements, built with Claude Code
- Poorman.org — A lab for exploring how AI tools can save time and money in everyday life
- wp-ai-writing-assistant — A WordPress plugin for AI-powered proofreading and auto-tagging, developed entirely via Claude Code
- RISC-V on ECP5 — Running RISC-V Linux on a Lattice ECP5 FPGA board using LiteX and VexRiscv
What I Write About
- Linux system administration and upgrade journals (mostly Gentoo)
- Hands-on AI tool experiences and development logs
- ARM, RISC-V, and FPGA hardware experiments
- Gadget reviews — mostly sourced from Chinese e-commerce platforms
- Movies, games, and family life
About This Domain
richliu.com has been my personal domain for many years. The blog runs on the blog.richliu.com subdomain, while this root domain serves as a landing page and directory for all related properties.
Contact
Feel free to leave a comment on blog.richliu.com, or find me on Plurk.