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June 2025

How I Turned a Weekend Project into an Existential Crisis
How a two‑week plugin turned into a 46,081‑line chaos spiral—and what I learned.
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Ernie Hsiung
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Notes from a Vibe Coding Experiment
What I Learned Building Software by Talking to Machines
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Ernie Hsiung
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How Many Productivity Systems Does It Take to Put on Pants?
It's 1:40pm on a Monday, and I'm sitting here in my underwear.
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Ernie Hsiung
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Episode #2: SkyScramble
"SkyScramble is the world’s first egg price hedging platform for consumers, letting you lock in breakfast security with tradable digital egg futures."
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Ernie Hsiung
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David James Knight
From the Vault: Happy Pride Month
And you know it's from the Vault because the posts aren't just about Pride Month... but Yahoo!'s Pride Month.
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Ernie Hsiung
3 Hard Lessons From Replacing "Sorry" With "Thank You"
Last month, I tracked every single “sorry” that came out of my mouth for two weeks straight.
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Ernie Hsiung
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May 2025

The Hero Is Tired
Playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in the Middle of a Burnout
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Ernie Hsiung
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Thirty Percent Chance of Being an Earring Holder
Notes from the Front Lines of Caregiving, Mistranslations, and Mice
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Ernie Hsiung
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5 Bizarre Lessons From Getting Your Car Stolen Multiple Times
Spoiler: it's not just about the car.
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Ernie Hsiung
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(An Actual Blog Post I Wrote This Month, 23 Years Ago)
I was 25 then. Man, I had a lot of... energy.
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Ernie Hsiung
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