01
KnightClub
Private, offline-first chess improvement.
I wanted chess study to stay private and understandable, with no account standing between a player and the board.
01Home / Direction
19:31Bearing
The last
blue hour.
最后的蓝调时刻
I'm Austin Liu — a builder, traveller, writer, and photographer in Adelaide. This is a field guide to the things I am making and the moments I want to keep.
02Projects / Ambition
19:43The Opening
Useful things,
built with intent.
Projects shaped by real needs: private chess training, focused scholarship preparation, and memory that works with you.
Three independent builds. Pick one up, turn it over, keep moving.
Explore every build0103Auto · drag anytime
03Moments / Memory
19:55What the Tide Kept
Places return
in fragments.
Light on a riverbank. Rain over a road. A city louder at night. Seven chapters, kept without trying to make them perfect.
04Notes / Reflection
20:07Water in the Dark
Thinking,
before it settles.
Three build journals and seven photographic field notes. Written to notice what a system—or a frame—chooses to keep.
01
Read all notes Denki · 7 min read
02Memory Needs a Calmer Interface
What building Denki taught me about local-first study, honest scheduling, and making review feel less like another inbox.
ScholarBank · 7 min read
03Why I Removed 14,400 Questions
ScholarBank became more credible when I stopped treating question count as a substitute for content integrity.
KnightClub · 7 min read
04No Account Between Me and the Board
Inside KnightClub: private game data, bounded Stockfish analysis, and an on-device loop from play to practice.
Victoria · 2 min read
The Great Ocean Road
Layered limestone, a cloud-heavy horizon, and the coast changing from one stop to the next.
05About / Return
20:19One Window Left
A life with
more than one room.
Born in China, based in Adelaide, always moving between disciplines. No single pursuit gets the whole house. Technology, design, photography, people, and the road outside each leave a light on.
About Austin
I like making useful things feel considered. Some weeks that means studying carefully; others mean debugging a product, walking through a new city, or noticing how evening light changes a familiar street.
Adelaide, South Australia
The longer version Now · Winter 2026
- BuildingKnightClub, ScholarBank, Denki, and quieter tools that respect attention.
- LearningClinical craft, systems thinking, and how good products earn trust.
- ExploringPhotography, systematic strategies, and cities on foot.
- KeepingA little more room for books, music, friends, and unplanned days.
The light is still on
austinliu234@gmail.com