Randy's Blog
In this era of increasingly powerful AI, one question I've been pondering more often is whether we tend to overvalue intelligence. Several things sparked this line of thought. Firstly, the rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) strikes me. In terms of "intelligence"—reasoning, learning speed, breadth of knowledge—they already far surpass human capabilities. Crucially, this kind of…
This year is my 6th years as a software engineer. Upon seeing Addy share what he learned from his 10 years at Google, I began to reflect on my own experiences over the years. I've compiled 10 insights that I've gathered during my journey. Here they are for you: Maintaining a Problem-Solving Mindset From my observations, the common trait among those who excel in their work through technology is…
I built Cusdis in April 2021, an open-source, light-weight, privacy-friendly alternative to Disqus. I built it in just a week and got a large amount discussions on HackerNews . It also was shown on HackerNews front page. In this post, I want to share how did I build Cusdis and what I've learnt in this project. Especially some experiences of efficiently building application with Next.js. How did I…
I set a $20/month open-source donation budget for myself