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      <p class="eyebrow reveal">Harbin, China · Working worldwide</p>
      <h1 class="hero-heading reveal"><span class="line">Independent</span><span class="line indent">engineer <span class="accent">& builder</span></span></h1>
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        <div class="hero-note"><p class="eyebrow">What I do</p><p>I turn ambitious ideas into useful software — from AI creative tools and native apps to developer infrastructure and semantic systems.</p></div>
        <div class="hero-actions"><a class="button primary" href="#work">Explore the work <span class="arrow">↓</span></a><a class="button" href="mailto:crapthings@gmail.com">Start a conversation <span class="arrow">↗</span></a></div>
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    <div class="ticker" aria-hidden="true"><div class="ticker-track"><div class="ticker-content"><span>AI-native products</span><span>Full-stack systems</span><span>Swift apps</span><span>Creative tooling</span><span>RDF & SPARQL</span><span>Cloud infrastructure</span></div><div class="ticker-content"><span>AI-native products</span><span>Full-stack systems</span><span>Swift apps</span><span>Creative tooling</span><span>RDF & SPARQL</span><span>Cloud infrastructure</span></div></div></div>
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      <div class="section-head reveal"><p class="eyebrow">Selected work · 2025–26</p><h2>Tools with a point of view.</h2></div>
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        <a class="project reveal" href="https://github.com/crapthings/zimagetrainer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="project-index">01</span><div><h3 class="project-title">Z-Forge</h3><p class="project-meta">AI training studio · TypeScript / Python</p></div><p class="project-copy">A local-first workflow for building Z-Image Turbo LoRAs — dataset checks, captioning, training, checkpoint comparison, and generation in one place.</p><span class="project-arrow">↗</span></a>
        <a class="project reveal" href="https://github.com/crapthings/meteor-storyboard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="project-index">02</span><div><h3 class="project-title">Storyboard Studio</h3><p class="project-meta">Generative media · Meteor / React</p></div><p class="project-copy">A multi-shot creative studio for turning a narrative into organized visual sequences, generated assets, and a production-ready storyboard workflow.</p><span class="project-arrow">↗</span></a>
        <a class="project reveal" href="https://github.com/crapthings/SweetUn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="project-index">03</span><div><h3 class="project-title">SweetUn</h3><p class="project-meta">Native macOS utility · SwiftUI</p></div><p class="project-copy">A tiny native archiver with a suspiciously enthusiastic bull. Fast queues, useful progress, and zero Homebrew homework.</p><span class="project-arrow">↗</span></a>
        <a class="project reveal" href="https://github.com/crapthings/tsl-hex-tiling" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="project-index">04</span><div><h3 class="project-title">Hex Tiling</h3><p class="project-meta">Realtime graphics · WebGPU / Metal</p></div><p class="project-copy">Mip-correct, non-repeating texture tiling implemented for both Three.js TSL and Apple Metal — built for modern realtime PBR materials.</p><span class="project-arrow">↗</span></a>
        <a class="project reveal" href="https://github.com/crapthings/odin-garden" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="project-index">05</span><div><h3 class="project-title">Odin</h3><p class="project-meta">Semantic systems · RDF / SPARQL</p></div><p class="project-copy">A ground-up ecosystem for streaming RDF, graph storage, bounded reasoning, and SPARQL execution — designed around evidence and interoperability.</p><span class="project-arrow">↗</span></a>
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      <div class="section-head reveal"><p class="eyebrow">My practice</p><h2>One builder, multiple depths.</h2></div>
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        <article class="practice-card reveal"><span class="practice-number">01 / PRODUCT</span><h3>From fuzzy idea to shipped tool.</h3><p>I shape the product, find the smallest useful system, build the interface and backend, and keep going until it works in real hands.</p></article>
        <article class="practice-card reveal"><span class="practice-number">02 / AI</span><h3>Useful AI, beyond the demo.</h3><p>Training and inference workflows, multimodal generation, agent orchestration, evaluations, and the unglamorous reliability work around them.</p></article>
        <article class="practice-card reveal"><span class="practice-number">03 / NATIVE</span><h3>Software that belongs on the machine.</h3><p>Focused desktop and browser experiences that respect local data, platform conventions, and the speed people expect from daily tools.</p></article>
        <article class="practice-card reveal"><span class="practice-number">04 / SYSTEMS</span><h3>Low-level when the problem calls for it.</h3><p>Networking, graphics, databases, parsers, query engines, and carefully bounded abstractions in Rust, Go, Swift, TypeScript, and Odin.</p></article>
        <article class="practice-card reveal"><span class="practice-number">05 / DELIVERY</span><h3>Cloud foundations without the theatre.</h3><p>Practical deployments across Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud, Vercel, Runpod, Alibaba Cloud, and Tencent Cloud — optimized for the actual product.</p></article>
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      <div class="stack-intro reveal"><p class="eyebrow">Working toolkit</p><p>I choose technology for leverage, not identity. These are the tools I reach for most often.</p></div>
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        <div class="stack-row"><span class="stack-label">Languages</span><div class="stack-list"><span>TypeScript</span><span>JavaScript</span><span>Python</span><span>Swift</span><span>Rust</span><span>Go</span><span>Kotlin</span><span>Java</span><span>Odin</span></div></div>
        <div class="stack-row"><span class="stack-label">Product & web</span><div class="stack-list"><span>React</span><span>Next.js</span><span>Meteor.js</span><span>Three.js</span><span>SwiftUI</span><span>Chrome Extensions</span></div></div>
        <div class="stack-row"><span class="stack-label">AI & media</span><div class="stack-list"><span>Hugging Face</span><span>Diffusers</span><span>Transformers</span><span>LoRA Training</span><span>Multimodal Models</span><span>Agent Workflows</span></div></div>
        <div class="stack-row"><span class="stack-label">Systems & data</span><div class="stack-list"><span>WebGPU</span><span>Metal</span><span>QUIC</span><span>RDF</span><span>SPARQL</span><span>Semantic Reasoning</span></div></div>
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      <p class="eyebrow reveal">Have a difficult idea?</p><h2 class="reveal">Let’s make it <span>real.</span></h2>
      <div class="contact-row reveal"><p class="contact-copy">I’m interested in ambitious product builds, AI-native workflows, creative technology, and infrastructure problems with real edges.</p><a class="button" href="mailto:crapthings@gmail.com">crapthings@gmail.com <span class="arrow">↗</span></a></div>
      <footer class="footer"><span>© <span id="year">2026</span> Zhanghong · Built by hand</span><div class="footer-links"><a class="text-link" href="https://github.com/crapthings" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">GitHub</a><a class="text-link" href="https://zhanghong.me" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Website</a><a class="text-link" href="https://soundcloud.com/drujk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Music</a></div></footer>
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