The Dying Art of Photography
I print out a fair amount of photos throughout the year. There are canvas prints that I opportunistically order on sale to hang up the stairs[1]; bigger posters that I frame and hang up...
Asian Real Estate Attitudes
As a first-generation Asian-American immigrant, the duality of Eastern and Western culture is a part of everyday life. There are holidays and traditions on both sides that we end up celebrating; home-cooked meals that cater to multiple styles of cooking; plurality in spoken languages; subconscious biases and expectations of our roles from society. Granted, I&...
When to Code Creatively
This article caught my attention: Being "rockstars": when software was a talents/creatives industry š The post meanders quite a bit, but the central theme is that the author laments the loss of creativity in software development. Their solution, then, is to compare the tools and processes and workflows of creative professionalsāmusicians, actors,...
The Reinventions of Final Fantasy
My in-game counter says it took me about 47 hours to finish my first play-through of Final Fantasy XVI. It's been 6 years since the last mainline Final Fantasy[1], and compared to...
Review: Road to Nowhere
When the full name of the book is Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation , the subtitle gives the inquisitive reader a good idea of what they're in for: a tearing down of how silicon valley has arrogantly muscled their way into the transportation industry, often for...
Iterative Recruiting
When you make a transition from an individual contributor to a people manager, people might have told you how it's an entirely new skillset to develop, that the job expectations are related but fundamentally different, and that it can be a trial by fire. There will be a period of learning and acclimation,...