About "Undertide"

First of all, welcome. I’m Alex, and this is my personal website.

If you want to visit my main personal site, click here.

The site’s Chinese name, “于潮汐之下,” is also the Chinese title of one of my songs, Stay Under the Tide. I wanted a quiet place on the internet where I can share many kinds of content. Whether it’s audio engineering, natural science, computer technology, daily writing, thoughts on literature/film, or consumer electronics reviews, you’ll find them here. I hope every visitor can discover something interesting.

About This Website

• The homepage has three entrances:
  • Writing: every article in chronological order, also browsable by year.
  • Academica: course notes and academic essays.
  • Topics: articles grouped by tag.
• Search and the English/Chinese switch are at the top of every page.
• Clicking “Undertide” in the top-left corner takes you back to the homepage.

About Me

For visitors meeting me for the first time, here is a short profile.

Basic Info

• I am from Wuhan, Hubei, and currently live in Toronto, Canada.
• Besides my legal name and Alex, I also use other names:
  • Alexxon: artist name
  • Kircerta: the name I use most often right now
• I graduated from the University of Toronto in 2026, where I studied mathematics.
• I am also an audio engineer and music producer. I work fluently in Ableton Live and a range of plugins. My current focus includes mixing/mastering techniques for adding controllable nonlinear characteristics in fully digital production environments, and sound design with different synthesizers. I treat music with the same seriousness as my academic work; both are equally important to me.
• My artist name is Alexxon, and my work can be found across platforms.
• In addition to original music, I also work with indie game developers as a composer and sound designer. An upcoming release is 丰收牌局 (Spring 2026).

Interests Beyond Academics and Audio Engineering

• I am learning electric guitar. My current goal is to play Yorushika’s Ai Nijou (藍二乗).
• I passed Grade 10 piano (China Musicians Association) in primary school. I only remember a few pieces now, and I am trying to pick it up again.
• I have been an anime fan for about ten years. I started watching in 2015 and still follow seasonal releases. I also watch Chinese animation. I keep a Bangumi account and occasionally post strong opinions there.
• My favorite sport is cycling.
• I am currently learning Final Cut Pro.
• I like video games, but I’ve lost interest in them for now.
• I follow hardware and consumer electronics (such as GPUs, processors, and phones).

Citation and Reposting Policy

• As long as local laws and regulations are respected, any original content on this site may be reposted with attribution and without prior notice.
• For content marked as reposted, please follow the original source’s own reposting terms.

Miscellaneous

• Embedded formulas on the website may occasionally fail to render. If that happens, please refresh the page.
• If refreshing does not solve it, close the page, clear your browser cache, and load the site again.

Special Thanks

• Hugo: for the framework used to build the site.
• Field: the site’s own theme, designed by me.
• MathJax: for embedded TeX rendering.
• GitHub: for cloud storage.
• Vercel: for deployment support.

And to you, for visiting. Thank you for reading.