It’s time to make my weekly journal entry.
:: Search Engine Optimization :: 🔍
I didn’t do anything new this week; I only checked the results of my previous efforts. The Google API turned out to be useless. I ran all my pages through https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotification…, but in the end, not a single page appeared in Google Search Console. Overall, it’s quite logical to expect disappointment from Google in 2025 🧐. The search engine operates by its own inscrutable internal laws.
:: Vacation :: 🗓️
My long-awaited vacation has begun, and it is my first vacation of 2025. Before this, there was one week in the summer, but during that week I had to travel to courses every morning from Monday to Saturday, so my rest wasn’t very fulfilling. I hope I can rest better during this current vacation ⛅.
:: Home PC Upgrade :: 🖥️
This week I bought a new graphics card: an AMD Radeon 7900 XT, a previous-generation video card with 20 GB of VRAM. I think this card should perform well in AI because the amount of video memory is crucial for AI tasks. The card was released at the end of 2022, and now they are selling off the last remaining units from warehouses at a big discount. I have already sold my previous graphics card; it served me for two years. So, taking into account the discount and the sale, this 20 GB powerhouse cost me only a third of its price.
By the way, GPU manufacturers have already realized that large amounts of memory are great for running AI, so they have slashed VRAM to the minimum in recent cards; among the 2025 models, GPUs with over 16 GB come with a price tag of approximately: infinity 💸.
