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Immortality is probably a bad idea
Funny thing happens as you grow older beyond 30+ years old: new trend is happening, the kids are adopting it, and we the 30-something dinosaur couldn’t understand why the heck this becomes a thing and trendy. It is a continues loop of whats and whys: sometimes it’s...
The path in life isn’t always obvious.
I think one big blindspot in 21th century life is for the first of twenty years something of your life, your life path seems obvious and well made as long as you are in the school-system. Be a toddler Get in to kindergarten Get into elementary school Every year, rise...
Seeing future
If your prediction is very accurate, you are practically “see” the future. Maybe not the entire picture of the future, maybe only a fraction of it, but a future nevertheless. Say you bought a plot of a land and you plan to build a house. Since you have plenty of...
Seeing things differently
My former manager once jokingly told me that learning typography is a curse because texts are everywhere these days yet most texts have incorrect kernings: Everywhere you see is never ending incorrect spaces between letters. That day i realize that people see the...
The math in convincing someone
If you are having a debate with someone, that’s because you have two different arguments. Arguments are conclusion that you made based on compilation of different thoughts. These thoughts are basically variables, and conclusions are made based on combination of these...
AI Agent (July 2025)
I’ve been using Cursor (IDE + integrated AI Agent) for the past couple of weeks now and how it feels so far: it is good but it is only as good as your capability of giving it the right direction and the right context. What I feel is left unsaid so far: Coding skill...
We probably no longer know each other
I just realized this recently: I think i’ll have a hard time recognizing who I was 5 years ago. Me 10 years ago is even more unrecognisable from the current me. In a nutshell, people change. World view, body shape, experience, confidence, etc. Then it hits me: If I...
Marriage, Like Life, is a Team Sport
It took me years to realize that most thing in life are team sports. There are occurrences where you can thrive alone but in many circumstances, you need to be in a team where you can took advantage of the team’s resource + teamwork so you can grow and even outgrow...
Needing, Choosing, and Loving Microsoft
Satya Nadella said this during Windows 10 event in 2015: We want to go from users needing Windows to choosing Windows to loving WindowsSatya Nadella My first reaction toward this was combination of chuckle, shrugging, and a good-luck-bro. I’ve been (and still) so deep...
Junior, Mid, Senior, and Managerial Roles
My somewhat simple observation on roles in a tech organization: Junior role: Not familiar with the codebase, don’t know who to ask yet, have significant amount of insecurity when asking because still in a phase of proofing thy worth, solving what’s in front of their...
Thoughts
Stuffs that crossed my mind
Immortality is probably a bad idea
Funny thing happens as you grow older beyond 30+ years old: new trend is happening, the kids are adopting it, and we the 30-something dinosaur couldn’t understand why the heck this becomes a thing and trendy. It is a continues loop of whats and whys: sometimes it’s...
The path in life isn’t always obvious.
I think one big blindspot in 21th century life is for the first of twenty years something of your life, your life path seems obvious and well made as long as you are in the school-system. Be a toddler Get in to kindergarten Get into elementary school Every year, rise...
Seeing future
If your prediction is very accurate, you are practically “see” the future. Maybe not the entire picture of the future, maybe only a fraction of it, but a future nevertheless. Say you bought a plot of a land and you plan to build a house. Since you have plenty of...
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Immortality is probably a bad idea
Funny thing happens as you grow older beyond 30+ years old: new trend is happening, the kids are adopting it, and we the 30-something dinosaur couldn’t understand why the heck this becomes a thing and trendy. It is a continues loop of whats and whys: sometimes it’s...
The path in life isn’t always obvious.
I think one big blindspot in 21th century life is for the first of twenty years something of your life, your life path seems obvious and well made as long as you are in the school-system. Be a toddler Get in to kindergarten Get into elementary school Every year, rise...
Seeing future
If your prediction is very accurate, you are practically “see” the future. Maybe not the entire picture of the future, maybe only a fraction of it, but a future nevertheless. Say you bought a plot of a land and you plan to build a house. Since you have plenty of...
Seeing things differently
My former manager once jokingly told me that learning typography is a curse because texts are everywhere these days yet most texts have incorrect kernings: Everywhere you see is never ending incorrect spaces between letters. That day i realize that people see the...
The math in convincing someone
If you are having a debate with someone, that’s because you have two different arguments. Arguments are conclusion that you made based on compilation of different thoughts. These thoughts are basically variables, and conclusions are made based on combination of these...
AI Agent (July 2025)
I’ve been using Cursor (IDE + integrated AI Agent) for the past couple of weeks now and how it feels so far: it is good but it is only as good as your capability of giving it the right direction and the right context. What I feel is left unsaid so far: Coding skill...
We probably no longer know each other
I just realized this recently: I think i’ll have a hard time recognizing who I was 5 years ago. Me 10 years ago is even more unrecognisable from the current me. In a nutshell, people change. World view, body shape, experience, confidence, etc. Then it hits me: If I...
Marriage, Like Life, is a Team Sport
It took me years to realize that most thing in life are team sports. There are occurrences where you can thrive alone but in many circumstances, you need to be in a team where you can took advantage of the team’s resource + teamwork so you can grow and even outgrow...
Needing, Choosing, and Loving Microsoft
Satya Nadella said this during Windows 10 event in 2015: We want to go from users needing Windows to choosing Windows to loving WindowsSatya Nadella My first reaction toward this was combination of chuckle, shrugging, and a good-luck-bro. I’ve been (and still) so deep...