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Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 254 posts
The Complete Guide to Multimodal LLMs: Vision, Document Understanding, OCR, Video, Audio, and the Specifics of Korean (2025)
The text-only era is over. In 2025, LLMs handle images, documents, video, and audio naturally. GPT-4o/Claude 3.5/Gemini/Qwen2-VL/Pixtral compared, Document AI and layout understanding, the modernization of OCR, video and
2026-04-15 · 14 min read #multimodal#vision-llm#document-ai#ocr#whisperOLAP Engines 2025 Comparison Guide: DuckDB, ClickHouse, Snowflake, StarRocks, Pinot, Druid, Trino, Benchmark Traps, Engine Placement (2025)
Season 5 Ep 3. No single engine covers all of OLAP. DuckDB brings the single-node revolution, ClickHouse handles real-time OLAP, Snowflake and BigQuery offer managed convenience, StarRocks, Doris, Pinot and Druid take on
2026-04-15 · 12 min read #olap#duckdb#clickhouse#snowflake#bigqueryLLM Evaluation & Observability: Eval Harness, LLM-as-Judge, Tracing, Regression Prevention (2025)
Claiming a new model "seems better" is not science. The 1 failure mode of 2025 LLM products is "not measuring". Eval harness design, LLM-as-judge pitfalls and calibration, 3-layer observability (Trace/Span/Metric), produ
2026-04-15 · 11 min read #llm-eval#observability#llm-judge#distributed-tracing#langsmithThe Complete Developer Mental Health Guide: Impostor Syndrome, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, and Recovery (2025)
What the Stack Overflow survey revealed about developer mental health. How impostor syndrome forms and how to work through it. The line between anxiety and clinical anxiety. The science of CBT and meditation. Using EAP,
2026-04-15 · 15 min read #mental-health#impostor-syndrome#anxiety#depression#burnoutThe Complete Developer Writing Guide: Design Doc, RFC, Blog, Book, Conference Talk (2025)
80% of a Staff+ engineer's influence comes from writing, not code. Breaking down Google's Design Doc template, the RFC processes of Rust/Python/Node, the blogs of Julia Evans/Dan Luu/Stratechery, the O'Reilly/Manning pub
2026-04-15 · 17 min read #writing#design-doc#rfc#tech-blog#conference-talkThe Complete Guide to Developers and the Next Ten Years of AI: How to Survive and Thrive in the Copilot/Cursor/Claude Era (2025)
How Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, and Devin are changing daily development work. Three scenarios (optimistic, neutral, pessimistic) for how the job changes over the ten years from 2025 to 2035. How the junior role change
2026-04-15 · 15 min read #ai-future#copilot#cursor#claude-code#agentic-codingDeveloper Time Management & Productivity Complete Guide: Deep Work, GTD, Calendar Blocking, Burnout Prevention (2025)
Applying Cal Newport Deep Work to a developer daily life. Organizing scattered work with David Allen GTD. Calendar Blocking vs Time-boxing. Slack/Email/Meeting triage. Pomodoro, 90-minute ultradian rhythm, Manager vs Mak
2026-04-15 · 12 min read #productivity#time-management#deep-work#gtd#calendar-blockingThe Complete AI Engineer Career Guide — From Junior to Principal: Leveling, Interviews, Portfolio, Compensation, Remote, and the Next Decade (2025-2026)
AI Engineer is the fastest-forming role since 2023. This 600-line guide lays out level-by-level expectations from junior to principal, interview and portfolio strategy, compensation structures across Korea, the US, and g
2026-04-15 · 15 min read #career#ai-engineer#leveling#interview#portfolioData Orchestration 2025 Complete Guide: dbt, SQLMesh, Dagster, Airflow, Prefect, Data Contracts, CI/CD (2025)
Season 5 Ep 4. If engines query, orchestrators govern the pipelines. The standardization of dbt and its limits, the revolt of SQLMesh, the asset-centric model of Dagster, the evolution of Airflow 2.x and 3.0, the rebirth
2026-04-15 · 13 min read #data-orchestration#dbt#sqlmesh#dagster#airflowBig Tech Engineering Culture Deep Dive: How Google, Meta, Amazon, Netflix, and Apple Differ (2025)
Google's Design Doc, Meta's Move Fast, Amazon's 6-page Memo, Netflix's Keeper Test, Apple's secrecy. A comparison of the actual engineering cultures at the five Big Tech companies and Korean Big Tech (Naver, Kakao, Coupa
2026-04-15 · 16 min read #culture#engineering-management#google#meta#amazonAI Product Design Complete Guide: Generative UI, Trust, Feedback, Streaming, Agent UX, Korean Culture Specialization (2025)
A good AI product is not "a good model + good UX" — it is "UX design that builds trust within constraints." The boundary between deterministic and generative UI, designing for trust, uncertainty, and editability, streami
2026-04-15 · 10 min read #ai-product-design#ux#generative-ui#trust#streamingDeveloper Personal Finance Complete Guide: Salary Negotiation, RSU/Options, 401k, Startup Equity, FIRE (2025)
The science of salary negotiation, RSU vs stock options, Korean ESOP tax law, 401k and retirement pensions, startup equity vesting and exit scenarios, FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) math, personal finance in
2026-04-15 · 17 min read #personal-finance#salary-negotiation#rsu#stock-option#startup-equityThe Developer Learning Complete Guide: New Languages, New Domains, Papers, Lifelong Learning, and AI Learning Partners (2025)
The science of adult learning (Benedict Carey, Barbara Oakley). Reading proficiency in a new language in 30 days. The 3-pass paper reading method (S. Keshav). Building a learning system with Zettelkasten and Obsidian. Co
2026-04-15 · 15 min read #learning#skill-acquisition#programming-language#papers#ai-learningGreat Topics to Ask NotebookLM: Research Playbook (2026-03 Update)
A consolidated guide of all recommended NotebookLM research topics so far. Includes question frameworks that scale across tech, history, industry, geopolitics, and general knowledge.
2026-03-07 · 6 min read #notebooklm#research#ai#study#prompt-ideas