Disclaimers

If you thought you would find a bunch of legal jargon telling you what you can and cannot do, you will find yourself disappointed. As much as I want to sue you for things that have nothing to do with me, I probably won’t. Luckily for you, I find lawyers to be exhausting. This means you can do whatever you want with the content on this site. You can even slander me and I won’t care because slandering reveals more about the slanderer than the person being slandered.

Cool, with that out of the way, here’s the real purpose of this page.

Disclaimer 1: I am not writing anything new.

There is nothing new under the sun. — Ecclesiastes 1:9

I’m not an inventor. I don’t make new things. Everything technical I write about already exists, whether in university textbooks, technical articles, technical manuals, technical tutorials, or technical videos. Any insight or wisdom you glean probably came from some random TED talk I watched or some random biography I read or from my parents/mentors or from some spiritual sacred text. All I did was internalize it for myself by writing it down. Writing is my way of processing thoughts.

Disclaimer 2: I’m just a student.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. — Henry Ford

Though I’m not in school anymore, I consider myself a lifelong student. I strive to learn something new everyday. It’s what keeps me alive. It’s what gets me excited every day. On days that I stop learning is when I get bored, and that’s when I get cranky and ready to take drastic actions.

Luckily for me, my curiosity is unsatiable to the point that I’m really good at asking questions on a multitude of topics, no matter how boring or mundane. That’s my secret sauce — I find almost everything interesting.

Disclaimer 3: I’m a simple person.

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” — Leonardo da Vinci

Being complicated sucks. And although nuance is inevitable in life, I strive to simplify whenever possible. This means I’ll throw out whatever I don’t need and keep only what’s left. If something doesn’t have functional use or doesn’t bring me joy, it must not remain.

Disclaimer 4: I don’t follow trends.

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” — Mark Twain

If you’re looking for the latest trends on technology, whether the latest on the AI stack, the web stack, the distributed stack, or just trends on tech stocks or whatevers, you won’t find it here. All that stuff is boring to me, so I won’t even bother. For trend-chasing, I suggest glueing yourself to your phone ready to be disrupted by every piece of “breaking news”. Rather, I’m interested in the long-term. Now, I admit that amongst the trends, it’s possible to sift out something worthy that has good long-term potential. But I’m not good at that game. So I won’t pretend that I am.