You do not need New Year’s resolutions to be healthy. Here are my tips. It is that time of the year again when the initial New Year’s resolutions might be replaced with failures, disappointments, and rationalization. As an encouragement, I am sharing my tips for a healthy life. My advice…

Here is my milestone report after learning Vietnamese for six months I started learning Vietnamese in the past six months or so. The motivation was for business. I was assigned to start a business in Hanoi for my company so I had to meet and make connections with Vietnamese. For…

Here are my tips from my own massive layoff experience My heart goes out to those who have received layoff notices. Two of my former employers, Microsoft and Amazon, announced laying off 10,000 and 18,000 employees respectively and other Big Tech companies are doing something similar. As someone who has…

Is America a democratic country when there is no freedom of speech? The US midterm elections results are in and the ‘red wave’ that people anticipated turned out to be just a small splash. …

Learning a foreign language is often finding your ‘Rosetta Stones.’ — · What Is a Rosetta Stone? · The Bible · Songs I studied several languages in my lifetime including English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and French, apart from my native tongue Korean. Of these languages, I was able to speak English and Chinese fluently. …

Is CI/CD the same as DevOps? Is CI/CD the holy grail of DevOps? · What Is DevOps Anyways? ∘ The Waterfall Model ∘ The Agile ∘ DevOps · Different shades of CI/CD ∘ Continuous Integration ∘ Continuous Delivery ∘ Continuous Deployment · Is CI/CD required for DevOps? DevOps is touted…

Why does good software go bad? What can you do to prevent its regression? · A Tale of Two Bugs · What is Regression Testing? · Why the Product Regresses · Why Regression Testing Is Difficult · Two Approaches to Regression Testing ∘ The Staged Method ∘ The Selection Method · Regression Testing Best Practices ·…

What does it take to be self-disciplined? I found it takes more than willpower. I have been an avid runner for quite some time. My first marathon was the 2013 Rock ’n’ Roll Seattle Marathon. It was a half marathon. My first full marathon was the same race the next…

Here are the facts and lessons that I learned by writing on Medium so far. I have been writing Medium articles for over a year now, having published 33 articles in over a year. My original goal was to write at least two articles per month and I think I…