After finishing my first half marathon in 2 hours last year, I took a long break from running. Between traveling and taking time off, I didn't train much for a couple of months. But by January, I started to wonder: could I push myself to do a full marathon in the spring? The idea seemed feasible...
Continue reading...I’ve spent over a decade working on developer infrastructure at Google, contributing to areas like the build system, IDE, refactoring tools, and linters. Contributing to the evolution of one of the world’s largest codebases was a challenging task. What might seem like a tiny change can ripple across...
Continue reading...I've always loved games with compelling stories. From the classic LucasArts point & click adventures to modern gems like The Forgotten City, Disco Elysium, Pentiment, and Telltale games, many titles have inspired me.
While working on my latest project, I wondered: how would I implement a story,...
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I previously shared my thoughts on language acquisition. One of the ideas is to maximize the amount of “input” (text or audio) we consume, as long as the input is interesting and mostly understandable. The linguist Stephen Krashen phrased it as “We acquire language in one way and only one way: whe...
Continue reading...Back in September 2012, I was a junior engineer at Google, working on Bazel (Google’s build tool, also known internally as Blaze). One day, a mysterious calendar invite landed in my inbox. It was sent by two engineers in the US, and I was invited along with my team lead.
I...
Continue reading...In January, I explored the language learning literature and discovered concepts that have reshaped my perspective. So I decided to share my thoughts here.
One interesting idea is the distinction between language learning and language acquisition. Learning refers to the conscious process of studyin...
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