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Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 18 posts
Reporting Status and Delivering Bad News in English: Conclusion First, Then Cause, Then the Ask
Get the order wrong when you deliver bad news in English and your explanation reads as an excuse. Here is the structure that puts the conclusion first, the cause second and the ask last, and the reason it works. The exac
2026-08-16 · 19 min read #english#business-english#workplace#reporting#communicationSmall Talk at Work in English: The Elevator, the Office Kitchen, and the Sixty Seconds Before a Remote Meeting
Office small talk differs from hobby-club small talk in two ways. The boundary between safe topics and risky ones is far more sensitive, and nothing in the situation ends the conversation for you, so a person has to do i
2026-08-16 · 18 min read #english#business-english#workplace#small-talk#communicationSpeaking Up in English Meetings: Interrupting, Holding the Floor, and Disagreeing Without a Fight
You go silent in English meetings not because you lack the phrases but because you cannot tell when to go in. English meetings have a fixed set of signals for taking the floor, and those signals are learnable. Here are t
2026-08-16 · 21 min read #english#business-english#workplace#meetings#communicationAsking and Saying No in Office English: Say It in Priorities, Not in "I Cannot"
Refusing in English is hard not because you lack the phrases but because the grammar of refusal is different. In English-speaking workplaces you refuse in the language of priorities, not the language of capability. The f
2026-08-16 · 18 min read #english#business-english#workplace#negotiation#communicationOffice English in Email and Chat: The First Three Lines Decide the Tone
What makes an English email feel off is not its length but its first three lines. Line one sets the distance, line two sets the kind of message, line three sets the deadline, and everything after that is elaboration. Gre
2026-08-16 · 19 min read #english#business-english#workplace#writing#communicationBusiness Trip English: Guest, Expert and Stranger Again, All Inside One Day
English on a business trip is hard because the role keeps changing, not because the vocabulary is hard. A stranger at immigration and at the hotel, a guest in the client lobby, an equal in the meeting room: three changes
2026-08-16 · 32 min read #english#business-trip#business-english#travel#conversationEnglish for AI Engineering Meetings: Saying You Do Not Know Without Losing Credibility
The English an AI team meeting needs most is not the language of certainty but the language that makes uncertainty credible. Reporting eval results together with their limits, flagging a regression whose cause is still u
2026-08-16 · 31 min read #english#business-english#meeting#ai#llmIT English & Japanese Phrases for Developers 2026 - Meetings, Code Reviews, PRs, Incidents, Standups, 1on1s Deep Dive
Practical phrasebook for Korean developers (and other ESL engineers) working in global IT in 2026, covering 21 scenarios: meetings, code reviews, PRs, incident response, 1on1s, standups, RFCs, postmortems, email, Slack,
2026-05-16 · 45 min read #english#it-english#it-japanese#business-english#business-japaneseMorning English Study — Disagreeing Professionally in Meetings
5 practical English expressions for professionally disagreeing in meetings + fill-in-the-blank/speaking/translation/listening challenges
2026-03-14 · 3 min read #english#business-english#meetings#communication#morning-studyRemote Work Async Communication English Guide: Practical Expressions and Strategies for Slack, Email, and Documentation
A comprehensive guide to effective asynchronous communication in remote work environments. Covers Slack etiquette and expressions, email templates, Notion/Confluence documentation patterns, timezone-aware communication,
2026-03-11 · 18 min read #english#remote-work#async-communication#slack#business-englishEnglish Daily Standup Updates: Practical Expressions and Templates
A guide to delivering clear and effective daily standup updates in English for development teams.
2026-03-11 · 3 min read #english#standup#business-english#output#2026-03Essential English Expressions for Tech Meetings — From Standups to Incident Response
A comprehensive guide to essential English expressions for tech meetings. Covers standups, sprint planning, code reviews, architecture discussions, and incident response with practical templates.
2026-03-09 · 18 min read #english#tech-meeting#business-english#communication#2026-03Morning English Podcast: Handling Scope Creep Politely
Practice English expressions for protecting schedules and relationships when project scope expands, in a podcast format.
2026-03-09 · 4 min read #english#podcast#business-english#scope-creep#communicationCross-Team Collaboration English Expression Guide: Effective Communication with Other Teams
A comprehensive guide to cross-team collaboration English expressions for engineers. Covers kickoff meetings, dependency coordination, blocker escalation, shared API contracts, release synchronization, and conflict resol
2026-03-09 · 19 min read #english#cross-team#collaboration#communication#business-englishMorning English — Negotiating Deadlines Professionally
Practical English expressions and speaking drills for negotiating deadlines in the workplace.
2026-03-08 · 3 min read #english#business-english#deadline#speakingThe Complete Guide to English Standup Meeting Expressions for Developers: From Daily Standup to Sprint Review
Learn how to confidently speak English in the daily standup meetings you attend every day. Covers practical expressions for progress updates, blocker explanations, help requests, and sprint reviews.
2026-03-03 · 7 min read #english#standup-meeting#agile#business-english#developerComplete Guide to Agile Sprint Retrospective English: From Facilitating Retros to Action Items
Learn practical expressions for running Sprint Retrospectives in English. Covers 100+ key expressions by situation, from opening the retro, What went well/poorly, Root Cause Analysis, to deriving Action Items.
2026-03-03 · 9 min read #english#agile#retrospective#business-english#scrumThe Complete Business English Guide for IT Companies: From Emails to Incident Response
A comprehensive collection of business English expressions you can use immediately at global IT companies. Covering emails, meetings, Slack, code reviews, incident response, and interviews — a practical English communica
2026-03-01 · 68 min read #english#business-english#it-company#communication#career