Clash for Android Download and Setup: Clash Meta APK Guide (2026)
Official download: MetaCubeX / ClashMetaForAndroid Releases. This guide uses the maintained Clash Meta for Android. Open Assets and choose an .apk file containing universal if you do not know your phone's architecture; use arm64-v8a if you know the device supports ARM64.
The latest official release checked on October 1, 2026 was v2.11.35. Use the release page for subsequent versions; installation and subscription steps follow below.
Redirect an Old Domain with Cloudflare
I migrated this blog from WordPress to GitHub Pages to reduce maintenance, hosting cost, and page weight. Existing articles already had incoming links, so the old hostnames needed to redirect to the new site without discarding each request path.
This guide uses a Cloudflare Single Redirect to send requests for blog.ermao.net and ermao.net to www.ermao.net.
Backing Up a TrueNAS Virtual Machine
TrueNAS virtual-machine backup
Deploy aria2 with Docker and Use WebSocket RPC
This guide deploys aria2 in Docker and connects a browser controller over JSON-RPC. It also explains why WebSocket RPC is preferable to aggressive HTTP polling and how to put an intentionally remote endpoint behind TLS and access controls.
Read Plain-Text Books in Vim with a Quick-Exit Key
This lighthearted guide shows how to read a plain-text book in Vim, move through it with a single key, save the last position, and exit quickly.
February Odds and Ends
Quite a lot has happened lately.
Plenty happened before too; I simply never remembered to write it down. With some free time today, I browsed the blogs of people I do not know and found their everyday stories surprisingly interesting.
It has also been a long time since I wrote a simple account of my own life.
Ermao
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