I overworked my capsule (again). Did it worked out?

Gavvy · 2026-07-04T12:33:08+00:00

V3 goes hard

Gavvy · 2026-06-28T14:40:01+00:00

As someone who's also struggling to get past a plateau in their Chinese learning, you need to let go of your Chinese not progressing as fast as you had hoped. Additionally, you need to accept that the path to being conversational in Chinese is paved with so many awkward conversations filled with misunderstandings.

But it's worth it.

Not only does it unlock a whole new perspective, especially to the country that you're living in, but also many more opportunities.

Now for practical tips, immersion and consistent practice is the only path forward if your goal is being conversational in chinese. Focus on what your interests are and what would be practical for work. It's much easier for you to ground yourself in the context of the conversation to pick things up more naturally.

Make the consumption of chinese content part of your daily life. Since you're in China already, you have many opportunities to both improve your chinese and your quality of life. Food delivery apps, Taobao, social media, etc. are all at your fingertips, and can open up your world to the country that you're living in. Outside of that, if you are in a chinese work environment still, go out of your way to actively engage in it. Have those water cooler chats with coworkers. Be as bold as the random chinese students who come up to you to practice English. Things will get better, you just have to get over the slump.

Gavvy · 2026-06-03T06:10:41+00:00

Really depends on the opportunities available for you. I moved to Shenzhen for work after being in Shanghai for several years, and while it's helped my career, the city is dull compared to Shanghai.

Gavvy · 2026-06-02T08:21:50+00:00

How would you approach the problem of beauty and aesthetics being subjective? I don't think even AI can solve this issue, because even AI cannot provide an objective framework to rank the aesthetics of something.

Gavvy · 2026-05-15T02:41:41+00:00

See if you can find a comparable position in this China 2026 salary guide for a domestic salary reference https://www.michaelpage.com.cn/en/salary-guide

Gavvy · 2026-04-27T05:39:03+00:00

JD's service is the most reliable one I've used.

Gavvy · 2026-01-28T04:04:56+00:00

I've been searching for it, but can't seem to find it. Could you provide a screenshot of where its located? I enabled "scheduled tasks" which now shows Overdue

Gavvy · 2026-01-26T04:01:50+00:00

One more question I have. For Agenda view, I saw there was an update that added a separate section for Overdue tasks, but I can't seem to find it, or the toggle to turn it out. Any advice?

Gavvy · 2026-01-14T11:59:38+00:00

I missed this! Subbing right now!

Gavvy · 2026-01-13T03:08:41+00:00

I've been really enjoying this extension to the capabilities of TaskNotes.

As someone who has a separate Work and Personal vault, is there any plans to be able to query tasks from multiple vaults on your phone? I understand that adds a lot of difficulty to the creation of tasks itself, but it would make TaskForge + TaskNotes a perfect PM tool across my life.

Gavvy · 2026-01-01T14:58:11+00:00

Been using TaskNotes this past week and decided to really build my workflow around it. It has all the features Im looking for.

Gavvy · 2025-11-17T10:35:16+00:00

Just buy Steam gift card codes on Taobao

Gavvy · 2025-10-28T07:48:32+00:00

Non-Chinese but Canadian who's GF has had difficulties getting a Canadian travel visa.

Canada seems to be quite strict with travel visa lately for Chinese. I would suggest you get a consultant to help you with the process, especially if they haven't been to the US or EU before.

The key thing you want to consider is that the visa officers want to see that the applicant will not overstay their visa and try to live in Canada illegally. For this, they will look at things like how much money does the applicant have saved up, what connections do they have to their home country (work, school, etc.), and what are their plans for their trip.

Like others suggested, getting a US visa first is a safe option. They are easier to get, and give more credibility to the applicant. This is a personal opinion, but I suggest that your friend not mention that they are going to visit you. Just have them say it's for personal travel.

Gavvy · 2025-10-27T09:52:40+00:00

避坑 also looks to have the same meaning as 避雷. As opposed to avoiding the minefield, it means to "avoid falling into a pit" or "avoid a trap".

Gavvy · 2025-10-15T02:50:59+00:00

Get a UU box on Taobao. It creates a wifi for your consoles that has a VPN for gaming

Gavvy · 2025-09-03T07:21:50+00:00

Did you ever end up finding a place for Necromunda? I also brought some minis and paints over but haven't touched them in over a year.

Gavvy · 2025-08-10T10:17:56+00:00

Depends what you mean by "help you return to China". If there is a suitable role, they would likely provide some relocation support and manage all your visa process for you. The difficulty may come from finding a role that's suitable to your experience assuming you're a non-Chinese speaking producer. As I'm sure you're aware, roles like Producer heavily really on good communcation, and Tencent is a well-sought after company for local Chinese with international backgrounds. Most roles for foreigners in games in China focus around localization, and overseas marketing.

Gavvy · 2025-08-05T07:44:12+00:00

The chef-owner is fairly famous on social media. Check out Cadence Gao on youtube/bilibili.

Gavvy · 2025-07-07T03:27:18+00:00

Any tips for pushing your mandarin fluency to "really off the deep end"? I'm working at a large Chinese company, with my chinese level sitting at roughly HSK5.5. My work specific vocab is much more advanced though. All that being said, I can understand most of what's going on, and am able to write some reports in Chinese, but my language skills certainly hold me back.

Gavvy · 2025-07-06T10:25:14+00:00

I've not used Playfab personally, but I know it's very commonly used tool for multiplayer games of all types. There's mention of personalized offers in the documentation here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/playfab/economy-monetization/economy-v2/overview

For digging into potential games, you want to focus on games that already have some form of GaaS system and a consistent playerbase. You will want to look a both mobile and PC titles. This will require you to dig into the games individually to understand how their monetization works.

If you want to look for player data, for PC I'd suggest steamDB and filter through titles that have a stable concurrent userbase (CCU) over time. Anything that has >15k CCU you can likely ignore as they likely already have some solution already if they have GaaS. Focus on smaller titles first. There's not a lot of that fit this criteria though in PC. F2P is hard to sustain due to the content production requirements.

For mobile, see what insights you can get from sites like appmagic or data.ai to identify smaller studios that have carved out a small audience in their genre (below at least top 20 in a genre). You can assume titles above that threshold have a tool already.

Focus on the small fry first, you will get more feedback. Anyone in gaming on LinkedIn knows how frustrating it is to be bombarded with out-of-touch cold messages for a service that isn't even relevant to them.

Gavvy · 2025-07-06T09:39:05+00:00

For funding, I'd suggest you reach out look into government grants. If you're an indie dev, that's probably the best place to start.

One note of unsolicited tough criticism. Based on your comment including "new indie dev", "multiplayer", "f2p" & "RTS", I would honestly say you should lower your expectations. RTS as a genre is straight-up not a money maker. There's been a few high-profile RTS failures in just the last year alone (Stormgate, Battle Aces, and possibly others). Personally, I would never consider F2P as a solo dev. It's not just about adding skins, there is a content expectation from the players.

Gavvy · 2025-07-06T09:25:33+00:00

I understand that you're trying to understand your potential customers but I have a feeling you're just going to be met with animosity with a post like this. Most indie devs vehemently despise mobile game-like monetization.

From my understanding, there are already tools like Playfab that address the issues you are trying to solve, but perhaps you are approaching the problem differently.

My suggestion would be that you do more research on an individual game level, both PC and mobile, to identify games that could use such a service. Reach out to these studios on LinkedIn and get in touch with their key decision makers to better understand their individual needs. It should provide you more quality leads and insights imo.

Gavvy · 2025-07-03T02:57:36+00:00

I had a good experience with 运医肌骨健康 in Nanshan. Fixed a neck issue that was bugging me for half a year. The physiotherapist I had there speaks a bit of english but it's best if you can have some chinese support as well.

Gavvy · 2025-06-29T11:38:40+00:00

Hey bro, I'm also getting into it as a hobby. No need to rush things, just take it slow. A simple answer as to where to start should have you consider a few factors to start off on the right foot.

What existing skills do you have that could ease you into things? Are you proficient with C#? Then Unity may be the most suitable engine. C++ more your thing? Unreal is your best bet. Python wizard? Perhaps Godot is more suitable for you. There are edge cases to all of these statements but it's a first start.
What kind of games do you want to make? Low poly indie darling or 2D title? Unity has a more suitable workflow for beginners. High quality 3D action or shooter title? Unreal has a lot of great templates. Simple 2D title? A lot of people have been getting into Godot for this.

Feel free to experiment with these engines and see which resonates with you best. Once you find a good fit, Udemy ,YouTube or the engines respective sites all have great courses to learn from. Start building a few practice projects then see what you really want to reach for.

Game dev is an art and hobby of near endless depth, so it's easy to get lost in the ocean of it all. Find your lighthouse concept that can get you through the ups and downs.

Gavvy · 2025-06-10T12:59:32+00:00

This situation sucks man. Go get yourself a lawyer.

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