Posts by Allen Cheung
CSS All the Things
There's no shortage of minimalist text editors and writing utilities on the Mac. For whatever reason, the exact interface to inputting text in a window can be done a hundred different ways, and each permutation deserves its own,…
Review: Invisible Planets
The Three-Body Problem was a fun series. Granted, it won numerous awards, so the quality of the writing[1] and plot points weren’t going in be in question, but I had enjoyed that specific take on science fiction…
Revisiting the Tech Lead/Manager Role
A couple years back, when I was first getting into management and learning from some of the best managers I’ve ever had the privilege of working with, I concluded that the Tech Lead/Manager (TL/M) role—whereby one…
Hooked on Picross
I just discovered Picross. Also known as nonograms, they’re these puzzles that involve filling out 2D—and sometimes, 3D—grids. Clues to which areas are to be filled are listed down the sides of the 2D/3D grid area,…
Trying out the Opera Neon
Remember when having multiple browsers was a requirement for desktop computing? Most users should be past that point. The default browsers for each operating system — Safari on macOS, Microsoft Edge/Internet Explorer 10/11 for Windows, Chrome for Chrome OS,…
Building the Factory that Builds the Widgets
I just spent 40 minutes listening to a trio of software engineers speculate on the motivations of an executive jumping from Apple to Tesla. And while the ATP podcast spends an inordinate amount of time obsessively focused on Apple — its…
