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Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 109 posts
How to Build a Sense of Humor — Are Funny People Born That Way?
Funny people are not born; they are built. From observation and timing to callbacks, the right dose of self-deprecation, and prepared improvisation, this essay cheerfully lays out how to train a sense of humor like a mus
2026-06-20 · 19 min read #culture#humor#comedy#self-improvement#storytellingThe Science of Healthy Relationships — What Makes Couples Last
Couples who last are not lucky — they have different habits. From the Gottman Institute Four Horsemen to the magic 5-to-1 ratio, attachment theory, and the art of fighting kindly, here is what science reveals about lasti
2026-06-20 · 40 min read #relationships#psychology#gottman#attachment#communicationPeople Matter Most — Considerate Writing and Speaking
We craft perfect code yet often miss the people. Communication that considers the reader and the listener, the balance of softness and honesty, and how to communicate through documents, laid out with real cases and dialo
2026-06-19 · 24 min read #communication#empathy#writing#people#collaborationExpression, Voice, Intonation: The Nonverbal Interface Stronger Than Words
The same sentence can land in opposite ways depending on your face and intonation. From an engineer perspective, this essay covers how much weight nonverbal cues carry, how to work with expression, voice, posture, and ey
2026-06-19 · 25 min read #communication#nonverbal#self-improvement#public-speaking#soft-skillsSeeing Others Like a Mirror — Reading Needs and Trading Places
Everyone thinks of their own interest first. If that is true, then reading the other person Needs is ultimately my job. This essay covers the skill of mirroring others to practice perspective-taking, how to apply it in r
2026-06-19 · 34 min read #communication#empathy#relationship#collaboration#persuasionSimulation — The Person Who Pictures It in Advance
People who speak well, sing well, and play table tennis well share one thing. They picture the moment in advance and prepare. This essay argues that the secret of improvisation is actually preparation, drawing on real re
2026-06-19 · 35 min read #self-development#preparation#mental-rehearsal#productivity#communicationHow to Communicate Through Documents — Writing That Gets Read Again
Documents are the center of collaboration and handoff, and because they are read again and again, they deserve care. This covers document structure that puts purpose and conclusion first, consideration for the reader, as
2026-06-19 · 20 min read #documentation#writing#communication#async#collaborationAsk and Sync Often — Underestimate the Boss's Memory, Don't Overestimate Their Intuition
Whether what you're doing is heading the right way is best known by the person who gave you the work. This covers the value of regular alignment, the art of asking, expectation management, and the balance of guarding aga
2026-06-19 · 23 min read #communication#sync#feedback#collaboration#culturePeople Who Think Deeply and Care About Others Speak Well
Speaking well is not the ability to talk fast and endlessly. It is the result of thinking one more time before speaking and genuinely caring about the listener. As a developer at LINE learning English and Japanese, I gat
2026-06-19 · 27 min read #communication#empathy#listening#culture#soft-skillsBecome a Clear Person: An Attitude That Clears Away Ambiguity
Trust accrues to people whose opinions are clear, whose positions are clear, and whose commitments are clear. Ambiguity looks comfortable but sends an expensive bill. Here is how to communicate with fact-based clarity an
2026-06-19 · 23 min read #clarity#communication#decisiveness#trust#self-improvementHonesty and Integrity — Lie About One Thing and You Cast Doubt on Ten
A record of how a single small lie cracks the dam of trust, and why honesty is the most self-interested long-term strategy there is. It also covers how to share bad news early and how to balance transparency with self-pr
2026-06-19 · 25 min read #honesty#integrity#trust#communication#cultureEarning the Right to Speak — How to Make Your Voice Count in Meetings and Organizations
The right to speak is not granted by title; it is earned through trust and contribution. This piece covers prepared speaking, timing, the craft of dissent, drawing out quiet colleagues, and finding your voice asynchronou
2026-06-16 · 19 min read #career#communication#leadership#meetings#mindsetHumble Yet Sharp — Speaking in Facts
Humility and confidence do not collide. Separate opinion from fact, speak with data, remove ambiguity, and hold strong opinions loosely. This piece covers the trap of political speech and the craft of delivering feedback
2026-06-16 · 17 min read #communication#mindset#career#decision-making#feedbackUnderstand the Why, Not Just the What — How to Work With Your Manager
How to grasp the purpose behind a request instead of its surface. Alignment conversations, managing up, proposing better alternatives, scripts for asking why politely, the craft of giving and receiving feedback, and maki
2026-06-16 · 15 min read #career#management#communication#feedback#mindsetHow to Define Problems and Ask Questions — The Problem Matters More Than the Answer
Solving the wrong problem quickly is the most expensive kind of waste. This piece lays out problem-definition techniques like 5 Whys, reframing, and inversion, along with the structure of good questions, scope clarificat
2026-06-16 · 22 min read #problem-solving#product#communication#critical-thinking#reframingAlways Ask Back — Good Questions Make Good Outcomes
The output of someone who asks one clarifying question before acting diverges sharply from that of someone who does not. From the danger of assumptions, to the craft of asking back to find the intent behind a request, to
2026-06-16 · 17 min read #mindset#questions#communication#requirements#collaborationGetting Good at a Language — Turning Input Into Output
If you listen and read constantly but your speaking and writing never improve, it is because your input never becomes output. This essay covers comprehensible input, the output hypothesis, shadowing and chunking, the fea
2026-06-16 · 23 min read #culture#language-learning#english#habit#productivityAssume Good Intent and Trust People — The Basic Premise of Collaboration
The same message reads completely differently depending on how you interpret it, and that changes the whole texture of collaboration. This essay covers why assuming good intent is so powerful, why verification is still n
2026-06-16 · 25 min read #mindset#collaboration#trust#communication#teamworkIn the End, People Do the Work — What It Means to Respect People on a Software Team
A look at how things that appear to be technical problems are often really problems of people and communication, with respect expressed as concrete behavior rather than abstraction. It covers conduct in code review and d
2026-06-16 · 22 min read #respect#teamwork#engineering-culture#communication#collaborationSaying I Do Not Know — The Power of Intellectual Honesty
Admitting what you do not know is not a weakness but the fastest way to build trust. From the real cost of bluffing, to the craft of saying "let me check and get back to you", to the habit of separating facts from guesse
2026-06-16 · 18 min read #mindset#intellectual-honesty#trust#communication#career