in|retrospect
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The Arrogance of Adolescence
I recently attended a conference for engineering leaders based in San Francisco. It was a 2-day affair, and along with the usual talks and networking, the organizers smartly set up their venue for roundtables, 1:1s, and other peer-to-peer conversations…
Losing Thinking by Losing Writing
This tweet from Paul Graham a while back gave me the perfect excuse to write about one of my favorite topics, the idea of thinking by writing: Observation suggests that people are switching to using ChatGPT to write things for…
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 in strategic locations around the…
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;…
When to Code Creatively
This article caught my attention: Being "rockstars": when software was a talents/creatives industry 🎭 The post meanders quite a bit, but the central theme is that the author laments the loss of creativity in software development. Their solution,…
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 the breakneck pace of releases…
