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Patterns, peach trees, and underground tunnels
Parallels between architecture and software design
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The app review experience from hell
Misadventures in working with Chrome extensions and Google OAuth
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Vivian Qu
April 2023
Rediscovering reading gems
Building the Recite Chrome extension
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Vivian Qu
January 2023
Holiday book gifting
How to recommend books so people will actually read them
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Vivian Qu
December 2022
Friends & fist-to-five
Making lightning-fast decisions about where to eat dinner
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Stacking PRs
How this technique levels up engineers
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Vivian Qu
September 2022
Outdated vs. complete
In defense of apps that don’t need updates
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Great reads for eng managers
An ongoing list of resources on being a good manager
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Juggling software projects
Changing your work mindset to level up your career
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Vivian Qu
April 2022
Engineering growth expectations
Open-sourcing my version of an engineering ladder
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Vivian Qu
March 2022
Working without an engineering ladder
Advice for engineers and managers at early-stage startups
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Vivian Qu
February 2022
An existential essay by GPT3
How an LLM feels about LLMs and the human condition
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