My Favorites

I created this blog to save and quickly access my favorite websites and software. Here’s a categorized list of useful sites and tools that I frequently use and recommend.

🤖 Chat AI

• ChatGPT — AI-powered assistant.
• Perplexity — AI-powered search engine.
• NotebookLM — AI-powered research notebook.
• Deepseek — AI search engine.
• Claude — AI assistant by Anthropic.
• Hugging Face — Open-source AI community and tools.

🎓 Research & Learning

• Google Scholar — Academic papers and research articles.
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control — Journal for automatic control research.
• arXiv Robotics — Preprint server for scientific papers.
• Coursera — Online courses from top universities.
• 中国大学MOOC — Chinese university MOOCs.

🤖 Robotics & Control

• ROS Documentation — Robot Operating System docs.
• MATLAB Answers — MATLAB & Simulink community forum.
• CasADi — Symbolic framework for automatic differentiation and numeric optimization.
• CARLA — Open-source simulator for autonomous driving research.
• Raspberry Pi — Single-board computer.
• ESP32 — Low-cost, low-power system on a chip microcontroller.
• Arduino — Open-source electronics platform.

🛠️ Development & Coding

• GitHub — Code hosting and version control.
• VSCode — Source-code editor.
• Google Colab — Online Jupyter notebook environment.
• Anaconda — Distribution of Python and R for scientific computing.
• MATLAB — Numerical computing environment.
• Docker — Containerization platform.
• LeetCode — Coding challenges and interview prep.
• Stack Overflow — Developer Q&A community.
• Kaggle — Data science and machine learning community.
• Gymnasium — Reinforcement learning environments.

🚀 Productivity & Tools

• Overleaf — Online LaTeX editor for research papers and documents.
• LaTeX Math Symbols — LaTeX math symbols reference.
• Notion — All-in-one workspace.
• Notion Calendar — Calendar templates for Notion.
• Obsidian — Knowledge base that works on local Markdown files.
• Zotero — Reference manager and PDF reader.
• Adobe Acrobat — PDF reader and editor.
• calibre — E-book management software.
• Readwise — Retain and organize your reading highlights.
• WakaTime — Time tracking for developers.
• Draw.io — Diagram and flowchart creation tool.
• Grammarly — Writing assistant for grammar and style.
• DeepL — High-quality translation tool.
• Eudic — English dictionary app.
• MoJisho — Japanese dictionary app.
• Firefox — Web browser.
• Brave — Privacy-focused web browser.

📰 Reading & Feeds

• Reader — RSS feed reader.
• Kindle — E-book reader.
• inoreader — RSS feed reader.
• AlternativeTo — Find alternatives to software and apps.
• Medium — Blog platform with articles on various topics.
• LinkedIn — Professional networking platform.
• Quora — Q&A platform.
• 知乎 — Chinese Q&A and knowledge sharing platform.
• Qiita — Japanese developer knowledge sharing platform.

🎮 Entertainment & Social Platforms

• YouTube — Video platform.
• Bilibili — Chinese video-sharing platform.
• Apple Music — Music streaming service.
• X — Social media platform (formerly Twitter).
• Reddit — Community discussion platform.

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📺 YouTube Channels

• 3Blue1Brown — Math and science videos.
• Veritasium — Science and engineering videos.
• Lex Fridman — AI researcher and podcast host.
• Steve Brunton — Applied mathematics and engineering.
• Linus Tech Tips — Technology reviews and tutorials.
• Marques Brownlee — Technology reviews.
• Ali Abdaal — Productivity and study tips.