Posts by Allen Cheung
It’s Hard to Think Rationally about Bigger Housing Numbers
Sometimes it just feels wrong, even when the math technically checks out. This question caught my eye the other day on Quora: Why do people complain about cost of living in the Bay Area so much when it seems like…
Learning Front-end Development, One Step at a Time
I reacted viscerally to seeing this handbook the other day: Front-end Handbook In which I commented via Twitter: http://twitter.com/allenmhc/status/658745015435300864 First off, I was reacting probably more harshly than I should have. The author has good…
Review: The Dark Forest
The Dark Forest is the second book in the sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem. I had previously reviewed the first book, so skip this post if you don’t want to be spoiled, or at least readthe previous review.…
A Weighted Decision List
Sometimes I’m analytical to a fault. Take the traditional pros-cons list. I like the idea, in that listing out the goods and bads of a singular item should make for a more quantified, analytical position. Its criticized, however, for…
Cross-Posting to Medium
I’ve enabled the new Wordpress plugin that cross-posts my blog to my Medium profile. It’s my latest attempt to advance my understanding of online publishing and the economics of writing. Previously, I had tried to do a similar…
A Square Retrospective
It’s been an amazing four years at Square. By the time I write and edit and post this, it will be over a month since I’ve parted ways with the startup. Despite the time off, I haven’t…
