And could cause frustrations sometime if you don’t acknowledge it — It was an afternoon break. I met Justin, a colleague of mine, appearing a bit thoughtful in the pantry. He is a smart junior developer who did amazingly in our project. “Hey Justin, how are you doing?” “Not so good. Well, I can’t remember what I did besides meetings today.” …

We can apply them in other areas as well — Bao Khoi, my 3-year-old son, is a chatty kid. He loves to play and talks with others all the time. A year ago, he saw my wife and me as the whole world. He followed and obeyed us a hundred percent. As he grew up, he figured out many other…

Instead of generating zip file and transfer it from your server, why not download data and zip them in your browsers? — I recently worked on a side project, which generates reports per user’s request. For each request, our backend will generate a report, upload it to Amazon S3 storage, and return its URL to the client. Since generating a report takes a while, the output files are stored and the server…

Attached the TTY for a command that required input, then detach it to run in the background — A few days ago, I created my own remote signer for the Tezos blockchain. For those who are not familiar with Tezos, a signer is a process that holds users’ credentials and signs all transactions on behalf of them. Thanks to Tezos’s docker repository, the setup has gone smoothly. …