Connecting the dots
I was listening to the last few chapters of Steve Jobs’ biography on audible on my train home this evening. Suddenly I connected the dots from when I just started working years ago to now. Sometime...
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How I use Claude Code - Tips for AI-Native Development
In the age of AI, I often find myself reflecting on this Chinese proverb: “工欲善其事，必先利其器” (If a technician wants to do good work, she must first sharpen her tools). What strikes me is how profoundly ...
My Reading Year, 2022
Best reads of 2022 《Tiny habbits 福格行为模型》by BJ Fogg 《Infinite powers 微积分的力量》by Steven Strogatz 《The psychology of money 金钱心理学》by Morgan Housel . Here’s a list of books I’ve read in 2022 and my ...
Books of the Year, 2014-2022
趁着世界读书日，我今天总结了一下过去8年里当年读过的对我影响最大的书。 挑选标准： 该书大幅改变了我对一个议题的认知，或从此改变了我日常生活中思维方式的一部分，或非常美，让我忍不住向每一位朋友推荐。 我没具体统计是从我看过的多少本书里选出来的，也许200本左右吧。 （中文书名表示我读的是中文书或中文版，英文名表示读的英文。） 2014: 《贫穷的本质》by 阿比吉特·班纳吉 &...
Interviewing Dipti Dhawan -- beating Monday blues with weekly planning, tips for aspiring managers, and the empowerment of motherhood
To celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month in March, I’m interviewing 4 exceptional female professionals who I admire to talk about topics on career development, leadership an...
Interviewing Dr. Daphne Tsatsoulis -- finding passion through trial and error, keeping women in STEM, and connecting with work spouses
To celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month in March, I’m interviewing 4 exceptional female professionals who I admire to talk about topics on career development, leadership an...
Interviewing Pooja Salpekar -- leading distributed teams, moving up, finding mentors, and more
To celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month in March, I’m interviewing 4 exceptional female professionals who I admire to talk about topics on career development, leadership an...
Interviewing Dr. Yan -- AI and Biotech, finding your niche, work/life balance, transfer learning, and more
To celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month in March, I’m interviewing 4 exceptional female professionals who I admire to talk about topics on career development, leadership an...
如何高效获取信息
进入互联网时代后的现代社会是个信息的时代，现代人所追求的大部分东西都可以被看作是一种信息编码。长期来看，获取有效信息的能力和输入信息的质量对个人境遇的影响会越来越大。一是因为时间所带来的复利效应；二是信息时代的信息总量会不停膨胀，但优质信息总是相对稀缺的，所以过滤的难度会变大；三是因为以初级人工智能算法为基础设计的推荐系统是个信息回音壁，算法喂给用户的内容是为了调动原始情绪而非提升思维，所以...
普通人如何做出优质决策
最近看了《the Almanack of Naval Ravikant》这本书，里面有一节是Naval给年轻人的建议。 Spend more time making the big decisions. There are basically three really big decisions you make in your early life: where you live,...