PinnedDon’t give up entirelyHave you wondered why we all say “Don’t give up”? I have ditched “don’t give up” mentality couple of years ago, instead I have filled myself with “when seeing a sign, please act”. So essentially I only stick to my old gun quite rarely. But I still agree with common…Trading4 min readTrading4 min read
PinnedBreathe for your successIf someone ask me how to be successful, I might say a lot of things. But lately I learned maybe you don’t need to know too many things to be successful. Maybe one to start, that is, breathe. We are all born to breathe, but at least for me, the…Breathing2 min readBreathing2 min read
PinnedUse Cash to Hedge Interest RateIt’s common knowledge that when it comes to the protection, cash never hurts. But do you know cash is a key ingredient in managing the risk of any investment. Let’s jump into it. What is cash? Here the cash isn’t just the money in your hand. It needs to be deposited in a…Investment3 min readInvestment3 min read
PinnedWeakness is a habitEveryone is different, I heard this a lot. No argument for that. For someone who want to change, I recently notice my weakness is probably a habit, and also I recognize the weakness is, more or less a habit. Devil is in the detail Don’t dwell in the why/should part, for instance, by the time…Life2 min readLife2 min read
PinnedMultiple monitors and arrangementsIt’s quite common to have two monitors these days for working with your day to day project. Because people realize it becomes handy when there’s another monitor around when you need that extra space. However there’s a lot of misconception of using multiple monitors to boost productivity, especially when you…Monitor5 min readMonitor5 min read
May 29My learning path of new stuff as a newbieI have been learning Final Cut Pro for couple of months, super happy about the jump from iMovie, and gradually into the Final Cut Pro. I think I approached it with something relatively different this time, thus I’d like to share that with you how I approach new stuff as…Running5 min readRunning5 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·May 10Realistic estimation of the integration of two or more systemsThere’s one thing that we do all the time in computer science, which is making a new system composed of two systems, there’s a lot of terms to describe this behavior, such as composition or system integration. These days we may have done the integration too often to the point…Estimations5 min readEstimations5 min read
Apr 24Take webcam video with blurred background in MacIf you take Zoom or Teams conference call, you might have made your background either removed or blurred in the past. This feature is so handy, since it give us some privacy as well as an artistic lift. Recently I want to take some video of myself with the background…Mac2 min readMac2 min read
Published inJavaScript in Plain English·Apr 16Mock Modules Using JestWhen testing, I kept running into remembering the pattern to mock library functions, especially when I need to deal with different type of imports as well as different compiler such as typescript. So I’d like to summarize the basic way here. Mock a library Say you have a library exporting couple of utility…JavaScript3 min readJavaScript3 min read
Apr 9Position iMovie clips anywhere in the timeline?I’m very new to the movie business, I mean as a content provider as a youtuber. I picked up iMovie initially to cut the scenes since it’s absolutely free. And lately I started to learn Final Cut Pro a bit. So I can speak for one of the most strange…Movies4 min readMovies4 min read
