About

Hi!  I'm John, or @johnzhou721 on GitHub.  I'm a high schooler from Texas.  I like to code, do math, and write.  I also have a variety of other interests; read more about me in general at my first post.  In this blog, mostly technical content will be posted.

FAQ

Are the blogs archived?

Yes. I do it in PDF format on a Google Drive.  More information can be found in this post.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mwOsvirqs5PYRuyZs-qqlTNLnD6edHZZ?usp=sharing

How do you do your styling?

I used the builtin color tweaks, and the more general layout and fixes are done with CSS (injected into the HTML template, which I can modify).  You can read my list of takeaways and code for my CSS setup at the link.

Guessing why I style my website with this color scheme is left as exercise.  (See also: Left as exercise, a funny blogpost about this phrase.)

How do you typeset code and math?

highlight.js and MathJax injected into my HTML theme template.  It's a bit cubersome for code, but I can just write $\LaTeX$ and the equations magically come out.

Copyrights?

Tinkerer © 2026 by johnzhou721 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

See the copyrights page for more info.

Supporting my work

I plan to set up GitHub sponsors in the near future; watch this space. If you're interested in supporting me through either a general sponsorship or contract work, read johnzhou721/sponsorship-info first. TL;DR I am not affiliated with the core teams of projects I contribute to, and donations should not be directed toward my volunteer work at CPI.