16 hours agoIs it an end-to-end test, a regression test, or an acceptance test?You know what “unit test”, “integration test”, and “system test” mean. But what about “end-to-end tests”, “regression tests”, and “acceptance tests”? This post disambiguates them for you. Speak of scopes Let’s start with a one-paragraph refresher about unit tests, integration tests, and system tests: First, there are unit tests. They test the smallest…Testing4 min readTesting4 min read
Mar 21Organize software documentations by 5W1HStruggling to arrange your 50+ wiki pages into a manageable number of sections? The 5W1H — who, what, where, when, why, and how — might be a better way to organize your articles. Why organize by 5W1H?Documentation7 min readDocumentation7 min read
Feb 19Things we can learn from supervillains — Public SpeakingPublic speaking can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. By taking cues from some of the most iconic villains in popular culture, you can learn to communicate with confidence and authority. From Doctor Octopus’ attention-grabbing stunts to Bane’s rousing speeches, there is much to be learned…Public Speaking3 min readPublic Speaking3 min read
Sep 16, 2022How to convert a Maven project to Gradle in real lifeBecause gradle init isn't enough. Motivation. Nearly all tutorials online will tell you to run gradle init , which will detect Maven's pom.xml and convert some basic configurations to Gradle's build.gradle. That's sweet, but you almost always need more than that. …Maven4 min readMaven4 min read
Jun 12, 2022Convert a Google doc to a doc siteI have a huge Google doc: Unwieldy! I want to make it as approachable as documentation sites like this:Hacks4 min readHacks4 min read
May 28, 2022What do Chinese people do in the Bay Area? — 1: The Three Banalities2 million Asians reside in the SF Bay Area. In the tech industry, more than half workers are Asian. I bet there’s one on your team. Have you ever been in a Monday 1:1 with an Asian colleague, who — upon your clichéd prompt of “so how was your weekend”…Culture4 min readCulture4 min read
Apr 2, 20227 tools for visualizing a codebaseNeed to write a README file, but not sure what to say? If this is a frustration that bothers you frequently, you might consider beefing your document up with a diagram. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words, as the cliche goes. This article collects tools that generates…Software Development4 min readSoftware Development4 min read
Feb 5, 2022How to host a virtual event quick and cheapWant to make an online gathering look as legitimate as possible, without breaking a bank? Let me share some tips. Before we start In their article 10 tips for hosting virtual events, Zak Ramdani spelled out some general considerations, including: Why are you hosting the event? What do you want to get out…Virtual Events4 min readVirtual Events4 min read
Feb 1, 2022Note-taking apps I’ve used from the age 9 to 27Since my last article on note-taking reached #1 on Hacker News, many have asked, “Have you tried X?” Let me answer this question with another post. Starting with walled gardens A Word document was my dear diary when I was 9 years old. Password protected, it felt secure enough to hide my childish thoughts…Note Taking App5 min readNote Taking App5 min read
Jan 31, 2022Toilet-less condos, London tube slide fails, and defensive designsWhen you prepare yourself from damages, you’re said to be defensive. When you prepare your creation against misuses/abuses, you’re said to be designing defensively. Hostile v.s. non-hostile Defensive designs can be either hostile or non-hostile. A major category in hostile designs is architecture. The most prominent example is perhaps anti-homeless measures. …Economics3 min readEconomics3 min read
