{ "title": "Nomad Code", "subtitle": "A Digital Nomad & Homelab Survival Guide", "author": "Lin Yuan", "description": "A programmer leaves the office, travels with a laptop, and packs \"home\" into a rack.", "tagline": "Live the life you want — from any city.", "coverGradient": "from-violet-950 via-fuchsia-900 to-orange-900", "readingMinutes": 45, "viralTags": ["DigitalNomad", "Homelab", "RemoteWork", "Tailscale", "Freelance"], "stats": [ { "emoji": "🌍", "value": "7", "label": "Chapters" }, { "emoji": "⏱️", "value": "45", "label": "Min read" }, { "emoji": "📍", "value": "3+", "label": "City ideas" }, { "emoji": "🔥", "value": "12", "label": "Quotes" } ], "hooks": [ { "emoji": "💻", "text": "Week one of remote work: productivity soars. Week two: you can't tell when work ends and life begins." }, { "emoji": "🌴", "text": "Tuesday morning in Chiang Mai: flat white + VS Code, someone writing a travel blog nearby." }, { "emoji": "🗄️", "text": "Homelab is your anchor — not geographic, but digital. Files stay, services stay, waiting for you." }, { "emoji": "🔑", "text": "Tailscale: no matter how IPs change, your devices stay on the same LAN." } ], "chapters": [ { "slug": "00-preface", "title": "Preface: Why I Started Nomading", "emoji": "✈️", "hook": "I didn't want a better desk — I wanted to choose where I sit.", "shareQuote": "Digital nomadism is a way of working: output isn't tied to a place." }, { "slug": "01-first-remote", "title": "That First Remote Friday", "emoji": "🏠", "hook": "Zoom in pajamas might be the most surreal way to work today.", "shareQuote": "Async communication: not \"always online\", but \"clear expectations\"." }, { "slug": "02-chiangmai", "title": "Tuesday Morning in Chiang Mai", "emoji": "☕", "hook": "Nomading isn't wandering alone — it's finding your people on the move.", "shareQuote": "Here, travel and work were never at odds." }, { "slug": "03-gear", "title": "What Actually Matters in Your Bag", "emoji": "🎒", "hook": "Pack too much and you're burdened; too little and you'll regret it.", "shareQuote": "Connectivity matters more than passports." }, { "slug": "04-homelab", "title": "Homelab: Home in a Rack", "emoji": "🖥️", "hook": "An old PC can become the hub of your digital life.", "shareQuote": "Perfect is the enemy of good. Ship first, iterate later." }, { "slug": "05-network", "title": "Connect Home from Anywhere", "emoji": "🔗", "hook": "Body in Bali, hands at home.", "shareQuote": "Homelab services shouldn't face the public internet — that's the baseline for safety." }, { "slug": "06-epilogue", "title": "Epilogue: Freedom as a Daily Practice", "emoji": "🌅", "hook": "Freedom isn't not working — it's choosing where and at what pace you work.", "shareQuote": "Small experiments beat grand plans." } ] }