The personal tech blog of John Wong
I recently read an interesting article on Upworthy about how framing requests to kids using identity – asking them to "be a helper" instead of just "help" – dramatically increased compliance. The...
I read an article based on the Stack Overflow 2025 Developer Survey that perfectly captured the core challenges we face with enterprise AI. The survey found that while 78.5% of developers are using...
A couple of months ago, I wrote a post "Don't Just Vibe and Hope" and it focused on a developer's workflow for using AI to write quality code without adding technical debt.I read a recent New Stack...
I built a full-stack Python/JS app and deployed it with a robust, low-cost CI/CD pipeline using Cloud Run and Firebase. I've documented the entire journey. Dive into the details...
One phishing email was all it took.That’s how a supply chain attack compromised some popular packages in the Node.js ecosystem, as detailed in the GitHub issue for the debug package:...
Many headlines claim a new MIT study shows “95% of AI projects fail,” or that “the AI hype is over.” The number is attention-grabbing—but the story behind it is more nuanced.Even the critics miss the...
A recent article got me thinking about how we build high-performing dev teams in the age of AI.We used to focus on output: lines of code written or pull requests opened, and then teams seem...
Struggling to find the right small LLM for your dev projects? I decided to test the models myself on real-world tasks like summarization and JSON output.My latest article dives into the practical...
Not long ago, coding and robotics camps were the popular choice for kids during the summer. This year, my daughter attended an AI summer camp. She loved it and came home excited to show me the simple...
Confession time: As a full stack dev with a backend focus, I used to just call the 'eye-catching big section' on a landing page... well, the 'big section.' 😂Turns out, there's a proper term for it,...
Software engineer with 20+ years architecting enterprise SaaS applications, focused on AI and software development.
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