My Uncle
His name is Yuan Yuwen. He was a father, a son, a brother. A first-generation college graduate. A civil servant. And he was my uncle.... December 5, 2024Our MiraclePlus S24 Application
Our journey to know VC world: A few months back, a VC firm reached out to me, inviting us to join their Spring 2024 program. I quickly brought a couple of friends into the fold as co-founders.... March 28, 202410 Millions 3D Models and a Cubic World
I’ll begin with a paraphrase of a Ben Thompson article, DALL-E, the Metaverse, and Zero Marginal Content. In the past two decades, social networking has created some of the most successful companies. They succeeded because they effectively served user-generated content (UGC). Facebook and Instagram, for example, use an algorithmic timeline to surface the best content from your network. TikTok, however, serves content from across the entire network. The reason UGCs are so lucrative is two-fold:... January 18, 2024‘Metaverse’ — Gaming’s Big Break?
A few months ago, I finished reading Matthew Ball's Metaverse and jotted down some thoughts on the topic in a blog post. However, I stopped working on the blog that post was on shortly after. I felt like I had few things I wanted to say in that post, but my ideas were not well articulated. Now, I am revisiting and refining them. The ‘metaverse’ has gained significant attention from players in the gaming space. Partly because they see it as a chance to prove their worth and compete with their te... November 12, 2023Brinkmanship Yarn Spinner Documentation
It is important to note that the content of this document is subject to constant change, so it is recommended to refer to this document regularly when writing. highlight.js does not support syntax for Yarn Scripts. So syntax highlight on for this page will be wrong. Events In Brinkmanship, we defined a special type of nodes –– Events. They are nodes that trigger when specific events happen in Unity. They act as starting points for their own series of dialogues, similar to the start node. An ... November 10, 2023Wild Sheep Chase
Part I Josh Lyman, or perhaps C.J. Cregg from The West Wing, once quoted Mark Twain in a letter: "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." "This is going to be a very long letter," he wrote. And indeed, this will be quite a lengthy one. Someone once asked CGP Grey about "letters to my future self." He responded, "I doubt my future self would care much about a letter from my present self." I can relate; even my thoughts from three days ago feel uninspiring, le... November 7, 2023- May 8, 2024 @Micro.blog
Finished reading Metal by Tutorials (Third Edition): Beginning Game Engine Development With Metal by Caroline Begbie 📚took a lot of efforts. But this is by far the best book on Metal and a must read for anyone getting into Metal. I recommend buy this book outright instead of subscribe to Kodeco.
- May 6, 2024 @Micro.blog
Last year when I cycled up and down UCSC’s steep hill, I listened to SteveSi’s substack. It was an amazing account of PC Revolution by a truly great technologist at MS. I only listened to second half, so I’v been waiting for this to come out — it does not disappoint — Hardcore Software.
- May 6, 2024 @Micro.blog
My high school Econ teacher used Charles W.’s Naked Economic as a textbook, I found it’s good at providing context to concepts and ideas. So when I found my stats needed refresh, I picked up Naked Statistics. It’s also great, but turned out to be a bit shallow for my purpose. Recommend as a supplement.
- May 5, 2024 @Micro.blog
My intuition has been that linear algebra matters more than calculus in CS — matrices is key for graphics, ML, and data science. Support vector machines gave me second thoughts, since you can’t understand the radial kernel without first grasping the Taylor series and the essence of infinity.
- May 2, 2024 @Micro.blog
A few years ago, a friend of my host family gifted me a book for my birthday. At the time, I didn’t fully appreciate it. However, as I later developed a habit of reading, I always regretted not reading/appreciate it. I thought the book was lost… But look what I just found!!!
- May 2, 2024 @Micro.blog
@renevanbelzen Oh no… now I want to have an analog computer!
- April 27, 2024 @Micro.blog
In the last week, I have both my email and blog goes down. The pain of self-hosting…
- April 27, 2024 @Micro.blog
I am a little ashamed to say this… But I am obsessed with this thing. Just love it!
- April 27, 2024 @Micro.blog
@val I was sitting down so I did talked to them. Fortunately it was made with coffee grounds. We had some good laugh.
- April 9, 2024 @Micro.blog
LOL You can’t just wrap a little piece of SOAP in plastic and label it with “the most delicious” and hand it as complimentary gift for ordering coffee.
On an unrelated note if I die tonight please tell police it has to do with soap.
- March 9, 2024 @Micro.blog
Let’s hope adding ISR would resolve my issue.
- March 9, 2024 @Micro.blog
Hmm, having some strange issue with SvelteKit prerendering…
- March 9, 2024 @Micro.blog
For the record I am still running 6k almost everyday, I am just having hard time documenting it.
- February 1, 2024 @Micro.blog
Journal #13 —— Yesterday was the first day this year I can’t go out jogging. It’s startling even one day break can make next day’s exercise so much more painful.
- January 16, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #12 —— Dealing with some anxiety right now. But I think it helps to think my primary goal this year is run more. And that’s exactly what I am doing for more than half a month.
- January 13, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #11 —— I might have over done it yesterday, the muscle sore came back. But I am still perform better than I started though.
- January 12, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #10 —— Got the fastest 5K today. I just found out my running location is actually quite popular near nightfall. There are always people strolling but I only saw people running today, and quite a few.
- January 11, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #9 —— Today was really fun. Was on a long call with a friend while a run again. I should probably picking up my pace but felling lazy for couple days.
- January 11, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #7 —— My exercise is now entirely centered around running. At this moment I felt like it’s most effective way. I still enjoy cycling but 6 km a day already takes a good chunk of my time at this pace. I really do feel like my legs have adjusted to running again.
- January 8, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #7 —— Forgot to write a Journal yesterday. My legs are feeling it after training at this intensity. These couple days, muscle so sore that I couldn’t walk properly after sitting for a while. My plan right now is not to have a rest day. I want avg train 6/7 days a week even I get busy.
- January 6, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #6 —— I paid extra attention to slow my pace way down today. Kept my heart rate below 174 bpm. And I went way longer as a result; able to jog 6km continuously now. The first 3km is still painful. But eventually the soreness died down and I starts feeling great again.
- January 5, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #4 —— Today’s exercise was brutal. Really felt like my feet are gonna explode. Heart rate peaked at 200 bpm. But I really didi feel like I was in the space for the second half. Anyway to tired to write more.
- January 4, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #4 —— Exercised for about 2 hours today. Also jogged for about 15 minutes in between cycling. Got say running feels so much more painful than cycling. Towards the end muscle feels like they lost all strength, but they probably could last much longer if i continued.
- January 4, 2024 @Micro.blog
Books offer insights; not wisdom.
- January 4, 2024 @Micro.blog
“Mere mortals.”
- January 3, 2024 @Micro.blog
🚴 Journal #3 —— Yesterday, I forgot to write anything. I was talking with a friend on phone while riding the whole time. Today, really pushed myself and try sustaining a higher output. Tiresome but feeling great at same time. Still feeling a lot of energy left after the workout.
- January 1, 2024 @Micro.blog
🚴 Journal #2 —— Happy New Year! Butts still hurts but to lesser degree. Back and thugs are a little sores. Tried to push myself sustaining higher gears. Still slower than November. Had to stop and take few breaths towards later half of the ride.
- December 9, 2023 @Micro.blog
@jean ❤️
My Uncle
His name is Yuan Yuwen. He was a father, a son, a brother. A first-generation college graduate. A civil servant. And he was my uncle.... December 5, 2024- May 8, 2024 @Micro.blog
Finished reading Metal by Tutorials (Third Edition): Beginning Game Engine Development With Metal by Caroline Begbie 📚took a lot of efforts. But this is by far the best book on Metal and a must read for anyone getting into Metal. I recommend buy this book outright instead of subscribe to Kodeco.
- May 6, 2024 @Micro.blog
Last year when I cycled up and down UCSC’s steep hill, I listened to SteveSi’s substack. It was an amazing account of PC Revolution by a truly great technologist at MS. I only listened to second half, so I’v been waiting for this to come out — it does not disappoint — Hardcore Software.
- May 6, 2024 @Micro.blog
My high school Econ teacher used Charles W.’s Naked Economic as a textbook, I found it’s good at providing context to concepts and ideas. So when I found my stats needed refresh, I picked up Naked Statistics. It’s also great, but turned out to be a bit shallow for my purpose. Recommend as a supplement.
- May 5, 2024 @Micro.blog
My intuition has been that linear algebra matters more than calculus in CS — matrices is key for graphics, ML, and data science. Support vector machines gave me second thoughts, since you can’t understand the radial kernel without first grasping the Taylor series and the essence of infinity.
- May 2, 2024 @Micro.blog
A few years ago, a friend of my host family gifted me a book for my birthday. At the time, I didn’t fully appreciate it. However, as I later developed a habit of reading, I always regretted not reading/appreciate it. I thought the book was lost… But look what I just found!!!
- May 2, 2024 @Micro.blog
@renevanbelzen Oh no… now I want to have an analog computer!
- April 27, 2024 @Micro.blog
In the last week, I have both my email and blog goes down. The pain of self-hosting…
- April 27, 2024 @Micro.blog
I am a little ashamed to say this… But I am obsessed with this thing. Just love it!
- April 27, 2024 @Micro.blog
@val I was sitting down so I did talked to them. Fortunately it was made with coffee grounds. We had some good laugh.
- April 9, 2024 @Micro.blog
LOL You can’t just wrap a little piece of SOAP in plastic and label it with “the most delicious” and hand it as complimentary gift for ordering coffee.
On an unrelated note if I die tonight please tell police it has to do with soap.
Our MiraclePlus S24 Application
Our journey to know VC world: A few months back, a VC firm reached out to me, inviting us to join their Spring 2024 program. I quickly brought a couple of friends into the fold as co-founders.... March 28, 2024- March 9, 2024 @Micro.blog
Let’s hope adding ISR would resolve my issue.
- March 9, 2024 @Micro.blog
Hmm, having some strange issue with SvelteKit prerendering…
- March 9, 2024 @Micro.blog
For the record I am still running 6k almost everyday, I am just having hard time documenting it.
- February 1, 2024 @Micro.blog
Journal #13 —— Yesterday was the first day this year I can’t go out jogging. It’s startling even one day break can make next day’s exercise so much more painful.
10 Millions 3D Models and a Cubic World
I’ll begin with a paraphrase of a Ben Thompson article, DALL-E, the Metaverse, and Zero Marginal Content. In the past two decades, social networking has created some of the most successful companies. They succeeded because they effectively served user-generated content (UGC). Facebook and Instagram, for example, use an algorithmic timeline to surface the best content from your network. TikTok, however, serves content from across the entire network. The reason UGCs are so lucrative is two-fold:... January 18, 2024- January 16, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #12 —— Dealing with some anxiety right now. But I think it helps to think my primary goal this year is run more. And that’s exactly what I am doing for more than half a month.
- January 13, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #11 —— I might have over done it yesterday, the muscle sore came back. But I am still perform better than I started though.
- January 12, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #10 —— Got the fastest 5K today. I just found out my running location is actually quite popular near nightfall. There are always people strolling but I only saw people running today, and quite a few.
- January 11, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #9 —— Today was really fun. Was on a long call with a friend while a run again. I should probably picking up my pace but felling lazy for couple days.
- January 11, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #7 —— My exercise is now entirely centered around running. At this moment I felt like it’s most effective way. I still enjoy cycling but 6 km a day already takes a good chunk of my time at this pace. I really do feel like my legs have adjusted to running again.
- January 8, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #7 —— Forgot to write a Journal yesterday. My legs are feeling it after training at this intensity. These couple days, muscle so sore that I couldn’t walk properly after sitting for a while. My plan right now is not to have a rest day. I want avg train 6/7 days a week even I get busy.
- January 6, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #6 —— I paid extra attention to slow my pace way down today. Kept my heart rate below 174 bpm. And I went way longer as a result; able to jog 6km continuously now. The first 3km is still painful. But eventually the soreness died down and I starts feeling great again.
- January 5, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #4 —— Today’s exercise was brutal. Really felt like my feet are gonna explode. Heart rate peaked at 200 bpm. But I really didi feel like I was in the space for the second half. Anyway to tired to write more.
- January 4, 2024 @Micro.blog
🏃🚴 Journal #4 —— Exercised for about 2 hours today. Also jogged for about 15 minutes in between cycling. Got say running feels so much more painful than cycling. Towards the end muscle feels like they lost all strength, but they probably could last much longer if i continued.
- January 4, 2024 @Micro.blog
Books offer insights; not wisdom.
- January 4, 2024 @Micro.blog
“Mere mortals.”
- January 3, 2024 @Micro.blog
🚴 Journal #3 —— Yesterday, I forgot to write anything. I was talking with a friend on phone while riding the whole time. Today, really pushed myself and try sustaining a higher output. Tiresome but feeling great at same time. Still feeling a lot of energy left after the workout.
- January 1, 2024 @Micro.blog
🚴 Journal #2 —— Happy New Year! Butts still hurts but to lesser degree. Back and thugs are a little sores. Tried to push myself sustaining higher gears. Still slower than November. Had to stop and take few breaths towards later half of the ride.
- December 9, 2023 @Micro.blog
@jean ❤️
‘Metaverse’ — Gaming’s Big Break?
A few months ago, I finished reading Matthew Ball's Metaverse and jotted down some thoughts on the topic in a blog post. However, I stopped working on the blog that post was on shortly after. I felt like I had few things I wanted to say in that post, but my ideas were not well articulated. Now, I am revisiting and refining them. The ‘metaverse’ has gained significant attention from players in the gaming space. Partly because they see it as a chance to prove their worth and compete with their te... November 12, 2023Brinkmanship Yarn Spinner Documentation
It is important to note that the content of this document is subject to constant change, so it is recommended to refer to this document regularly when writing. highlight.js does not support syntax for Yarn Scripts. So syntax highlight on for this page will be wrong. Events In Brinkmanship, we defined a special type of nodes –– Events. They are nodes that trigger when specific events happen in Unity. They act as starting points for their own series of dialogues, similar to the start node. An ... November 10, 2023Wild Sheep Chase
Part I Josh Lyman, or perhaps C.J. Cregg from The West Wing, once quoted Mark Twain in a letter: "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." "This is going to be a very long letter," he wrote. And indeed, this will be quite a lengthy one. Someone once asked CGP Grey about "letters to my future self." He responded, "I doubt my future self would care much about a letter from my present self." I can relate; even my thoughts from three days ago feel uninspiring, le... November 7, 2023