Tag: personal
All the articles with the tag "personal".
Revisiting Mekran's Will
I found the StarCraft map I made as a kid, used an AI agent to make it playable again, and played it to the end. It was smaller than I remembered, and still worth the trip.
Nothing to Catch
At 16 I passed off a Twilight Zone episode's plot as my own short film. My journal remembers what I did next.
Temporary is Permanent
Light Iron announced it was winding down. Some memories from my first job, my first family in LA, and where I accidentally started writing software.
Personal Finance for Engineers
An introduction to personal finance for engineers, covering budgeting, savings habits, investment plans, and the trade-offs between account types.
My Path to Software Engineering
From Starcraft maps to film school and post-production, the detours that led me back to software engineering.
What is Churning and Why Should I Care?
I got into credit card churning a few years ago, and it's become a rewarding hobby. My wife and I went on our honeymoon using rewards points. This introductory guide covers the world of credit card rewards.
The Sunglasses Scam
I got banned from Ragnarok Online for "scamming" players with sunglasses. This bizarre experience taught me about cognitive biases and anchoring effects, drawing lessons from Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow."
Georgia Tech OMS CS
A short announcement of starting Georgia Tech's online computer science master's program, with Software Development Process as my first course.