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Young Reacts #250: Going on hiatus
After this 250th issue, I’m taking a hiatus from my weekly newsletter. I’ve loved sharing my thoughts and experiences with you. However, I’d like to…
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Young Reacts #249
A top-priority project that my org has been working on for the past six months will now be launching internally this week. I dubbed it “the most…
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Young Reacts #248
Last week was a bit of a highlight for me at work. First, my project got a shoutout from an engineering all-hands as a project that was executed…
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September 2023
Young Reacts #247
It is said that being good at a subject and being good at teaching that subject are two very different skills. I am experiencing this firsthand. When I…
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Young Reacts #246
I’ve been on a home interior design kick lately. I love that I can make my space show myself and that I now have the stability to invest in the space…
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Young Reacts #245
A bit of self-reflection: I spent much time planning and coordinating tasks between people on my project team last week and not much coding. Even though…
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Young Reacts #244
I upgraded my PC’s graphics card over the weekend and almost lost the card because I didn’t know that power supplies and PCIe cables (the cable that…
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Young Min Kim
August 2023
Young Reacts #243
As I wrap up my first project next week, I fear I’ve missed some crucial edge cases. I guess that’s what the slow rollout is for, but I can’t shake that…
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Young Reacts #242
I went to see a circus this weekend and was amazed by the performers’ extraordinary physical feats. On the way home, I thought about how I only learned…
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Young Reacts #241
I was asked to scope a project for a VP-level prioritization meeting for a product release. The scoping work was nothing special. But I added one new…
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Young Reacts #240
Software Engineering ⚙️ Relay-style GraphQL Since I only have experience with Apollo GraphQL, I enjoyed learning from this heavily biased article for…
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July 2023
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