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Still a programmer, Tech bro

Coding assistance

December 28, 2024

Looking back at the 2024, the world of AI and assistance coding has evolve quite rapidly. We has evolve from working using chat prompts on code snippet directly from the platform website, to vs code plugin, and now upgrading to another level to be fully […]

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Embracing ownership as manager

December 24, 2024

This year, one pivotal moments that shaped my growth as an engineering manager is this. Shift from managing tasks to owning outcomes. It was also due to the shrinking in team size, that we have to make a tough call to merge team. Definitely not […]

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Finding value in a changing landscape

December 23, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close and we inch closer to 2025, I find myself in a reflective mood, looking back at the year and pondering the concept of “valuable work,” especially in the context of software engineers. This topic has been on my mind […]

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Unpacking the SaaS “AI” magic

October 29, 2024

This is for all the app developers out there. For the sake of convenience AI and LLM will be used interchangeably. More accurate term, LLM is a subset of AI, whereby all the hype is in fact LLM. Therefore, I’ll be using this term instead […]

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Chart plus update

October 26, 2024

It has been a while since the end of the Canva hackathon. I am happy that the idea I am working on has put me on the winning list and pushed me through the marketplace release. Since then, I have been in an endless loop […]

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A win for Canva Devpost Hackathon

September 9, 2024

I am so excited to share that I just ended a Canva hackathon with a consolation prize in the Best Enterprise Category with Canva Chart Plus. How it all gets started In July, I anticipated my weekend to be rather free and there comes a […]

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Frugal Engineering: Doing More with Less

September 2, 2024

Let’s talk about frugal engineering. This is something that I have been unconsciously doing without knowing that it is a thing. Nevertheless, this mindset has helped me to be where I am today. Without realizing it, it helped me to think outside the box and […]

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Operating a Platform team

August 23, 2024

My journey of managing a Platform team has finally come to an end. Slightly more than one and half year the company on #battlemode, we are finally have to give into the reducing head count through natural attrition to cut cost. Still, I wasn’t a […]

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Synergizing security, generative AI, and data on AWS – Workshop takeaway

August 14, 2024

Yesterday, I attended this workshop on Synergizing security, generative AI, and data on AWS. It covers 3 main topics: Also, it comes with 2 pretty fast workshops: 1. Service Screener, 2. AWS Quicksight and Amazon Q. We all know that AWS has hundreds of services […]

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Understanding New Concepts Quickly

June 25, 2024

Staying current with the latest trends and technologies in software development is crucial. Technology, library, and framework rise and sunset quicker than you can imagine. With so many new concepts emerging every day, it can be challenging to keep up. In this post, I will […]

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Experienced SWE and EM. I help and coach people to find passion in tech.

I am a quick learner. Always playing around with the hot and trending stuff for fun and work (LBS, GIS, CRM, Blockchain, ML/AI, Cybersec, etc). My way of engineering is Frugal Engineering. Too many acronyms? Not helping 😛

Still actively programming for personal projects and hackathons. I hope I have the time journal it here. Subscribe follow along this journey with me.

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