Continuous Improvement

Design thinking is not easy. I am writing the essay below to reflect on the human-centered innovation approach, processes, tools, and…

In the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, tokens play a crucial role in representing various assets and functionalities. One popular…

In today's digital landscape, the need for robust and secure software development practices is more critical than ever. DevSecOps, a fusion…

In today's digital era, the complexity and scale of operations have significantly increased, making it challenging for organizations to…

In today's digital landscape, modern applications face increasing demands for performance, scalability, and availability. With millions of…

My blog is build with gatsby frontend framework. In today's fast-paced digital landscape, delivering high-performance websites with…

Microservices architecture has revolutionized the way we design and build modern applications. With its emphasis on scalability, flexibility…

I am doing a hackathon over the weekend using next.js and find it pretty useful. In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, staying…

In the fast-paced world of entrepreneurship, having a groundbreaking idea is just the first step towards building a successful business…

Introduction: Navigating the world of career choices can often be overwhelming and confusing. With so many options available, it's easy to…

"A great architecture is greater than the sum of its parts" by Plato. It is a combination of experience (patterns, anti patterns, battle…

I graduated from the part-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2019. An MBA degree…

Software upgrades are an essential step of keeping production environments up-to-date and bug fixing. However, performing an upgrade can be…

Digital transformation is a crucial strategy for any organization that seeks to stay competitive in today's market. It's a process that…

Setting up Python on your local machine can be a challenging task, especially when you have multiple Python versions to work with. Sometimes…

I have been living in Singapore for two and a half years. This is recognized as one of the top startup ecosystems in the world, with a…

To me, "Start with Why" means that when there is new request coming in, it's important to start by asking the reason behind it. Instead of…

Career guidance is an important aspect of professional growth, and mentoring is a crucial component of this process. In contrast to having a…

As a digital leader, it is important for me to maintain a reflective journey. This is because we often underestimate the future, and I need…

The motivation of DBS for the second phase of future-ready digital transformation is to fight back as an existing incumbent against the…

Imagine you are a scientist that has the ability to time-travel to the year 2060, 37 years into the future. You make a trip into one…

Recently, I have been contemplating the future of work with ChatGPT and whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) will eventually replace our…

I was taking a class in Master of Technology in Digital Leadership at the National University of Singapore (NUS) today, the professor gave a…

As I was taking an online course on achieving personal and professional success at Warton online, I completed an assessment of my current…

I am reflecting upon two aspects of influence and power, which are relationship-oriented (investing in relationships) and result-oriented…

In this essay, I am writing about my theory of success and how I will achieve it. My definition of success, includes four areas: 1) Personal…

I am going to write about the most important people in my life and how their legacies have affected and influenced me. From my mother Tammy…

Over the last two weeks, I was learning some proven, science-backed tactics to boost my productivity and performance so that I can crush my…

In this blog post, I will review a book I read this weekend, Give and Take by Adam Grant. I believe learning and growth are fundamental…

In this proposal, I am making a strategic recommendation for Thought Machine, a product company in the fintech industry. It has built the…

I am a fan of the ubuntu-desktop distribution and have been using it since 2009 back in the old days at university. It was much fun to use…

Today, I am going to demonstrate how to use Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) services to setting up a three-tier architecture on Amazon Web…

I started my career working as an Assistant Marketing Manager in Brisbane, but then a year later I took a big risk and moved back to Hong…

Hello everyone, my name is Victor Leung and I am an AWS community builder. In this article, I would like to introduce Amazon Web Service…

I was learning about Kubernetes, also known as K8s, which is an open-source system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of…

As a software developer, sometimes I find infrastructure networking quite confusing. In this article, I am going to have a deeper dive to…

I have been interested in tech since university when I took an elective Java programming class. I loved it, and I knew I wanted to make it…

In the last 5 years, I have been taking leadership roles on multiple digital transformation projects. In the year 2017, I was working as a…

The book I am going to review is Think and Grow Rich, written by Napoleon Hill. It is a bit embarrassing to read in public because the book…

Today, I am going to review Vietnamese Street food. All the photos on this page are what I took during the trip. I will show you all the…

I took an online course and learned the frameworks and concepts needed to create sticky, memorable product experiences. The firm I choose to…

Apache Kafka is an open-source publish/subscribe messaging system. And Kafka Connect is a component of Apache Kafka that solves the problem…

I'd like to provide a suggestion for what authorities should do about the FinTech application of Virtual Banking in Singapore's financial…

As a FinTech consultant, I'm conducting a study into the security and regulation of virtual banking in the US financial sector. The federal…

I took an online course on how to be a Complete Manager. One of the lessons I learned was to write an operating manual such that it is…

Kafka messages can be exported and imported to Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services (FSI). It provides different components, such as a…

The area in my life where I have been afraid to try is meeting new people, talking to strangers and building connections. Because I have…

In the Asia-Pacific area, large banks are facing challenges from digital banks. Digital banking adoption is growing globally, driven by…

I am writing this article with the hope of searching for inner peace and reflection. Writing is therapy. Writing is the focus at the moment…

Positioning is about applying a systematic, repeatable process to identify my service's secret sauce, differentiate my offering from my…

Recently I was doing integration with Azure Event Hubs. A colleague struggled to export the messages in an existing Kafka topic and import…

I took a class about Psychology of Engagement, learning the methodologies and vocabulary needed to create highly engaging products. I am…

Last week I received a bonus from my company. Things are going well, and it was a good financial incentive. It was rewarding for the hard…

I was taking an online course at Section4 Strategy Sprint. After I have learned the strategies that define the most valuable firms globally…

Imagine you are a business user and your favourite tool of all time is Excel. You are not technical enough to do coding, but you are…

A couple of months ago, I published a book online using Amazon self-publishing. To be clear, I am not a professional writer or an artist. I…

A WhatsApp message popped up on the screen and woke me up one night while sleeping in bed. I thought it was an emergency, but it's simply a…

When I was a kid, my mum always said to me, “Study hard! If not, look at that garbageman, if you don’t study hard, you would be like him one…

I'm sure you've experienced this online shopping. After you found a product at an attractive price and you decided to purchase it. You used…

First of all, why do we have this blog post? What is the question that we're trying to answer here? The topic was raised by my colleague in…

Is it difficult to create a book? It is debatable. It's difficult to become the best-selling author if that’s all you want to do. Writing…

Thank you for taking the time to read my book and go through my life journey. You most likely have your own set of problems to solve and…

Do you have a phobia of speaking in front of a group? Yes, I have. That is why I became a member of the Toastmasters group. I practice more…

Imposter syndrome is common among I.T. professionals, and I am one of them. The feeling of personal inadequacy and self-doubt. Working as a…

In 2014, when I received the letter about my work visa rejection in Australia, it was life-changing. After a year on a working holiday visa…

In 2013, I spent a year working holiday in Australia, and it completely transformed my life. It wasn't anything I anticipated, but life is…

I studied chemistry for three years and earned a bachelor's degree. The greatest conflict at the time was between ideals and reality. In an…

I spent a lot of time in high school thinking about life and developing my character. I became interested in the art stream as a science…

In high school, I spent the majority of my time dating girls. I wished I had spent more time and effort studying, but hormones damage a boy…

What if you had the power to write your fate? We couldn't foretell what would happen, but we could write about what we wanted to see in the…

It's natural to begin my life tale with my mother. I would not live in this world or write this book if it weren't for her. Before I was…

What is your biggest phobia? Some people are terrified of dogs, while others are terrified of spiders, but we are frightened of public…

The most difficult communication is informing a coworker that his B.O., or Body Odour, is upsetting the entire department. I've been putting…

Imagine being in North Korea, and how sceptical would you be of what you witness every day? Is the Kim family's rule the most powerful god…

Because our society strives for efficiency and economy, you have the opportunity to read about my essay. As our country's productivity…

I received my first vaccine dosage today. Being a foreigner in Singapore, I am grateful that I could get the vaccine done without any fuss…

If you've ever taken a dog for a walk, you've probably noticed how curious puppies are. A fifteen-minute walk would take an hour because the…

What made you decide to leave your job? One of the most prevalent reasons for leaving is dissatisfaction with one's supervisor. Because I…

I'm now a manager, in charge of and directing a small group of team. To function well in our job, we need a variety of talents, including…

Dear Hong Kong friends, your terror is palpable to me. My heart bled when I saw the blood flowing from your wounds; these were caused by…

I was planning my conference public speaking speech last month. It was stressful, and I couldn't get a good night's sleep because I was…

I went insane when my girlfriend, Joanne, broke up with me. With depression, I was acting incredibly emotional. It's possible that if I…

For my University enrolment, I faced the dilemma of whether to take academic or practical studies. I believed that a university should not…

Self-actualization is important to us since it improves our well-being and makes our life worthwhile. We have a lot of potentials to tap…

Building and contributing to the community are really important to us. When we can use our skills to benefit others, life becomes more…

Because my thoughts determine my destiny, having a positive mindset is critical. Our review has the potential to narrow our horizons. I can…

"Money is not everything," my mother used to say, "but everything needs money”, that’s her mantra when I was a youngster. How true is this…

Curiosity awakens our mind, and being inquisitive; I want to learn and understand more. I am a curious person who enjoys learning new things…

It is critical to work toward the goals of being a better leader. It's not about money, strategy, or technology; teamwork, which is both…

I honestly believe that working for a better lifestyle is critical. It's a requirement for our professional, relationship, and survival…

According to dualism theory, I frequently consider the body and mind to be two distinct entities; mental and physical entities are separate…

A life without significance would be a vivid image of the unfavourable future. People strive hard to achieve their goals because they want…

I want to be a great leader in my ideal future. Serving the greater community provides a great sense of fulfilment, but it also necessitates…

Are you a single person? Are you single or married? Maybe you're married, but you're still available? Those who are single or married but…

Steve Jobs and Lee Kwan Yew would be my dinner guests if I could invite anyone in the world. It's another story if they'd accept my…

After exhausting all of my energy at work, my dream family would be a location where I could recharge. On weekends, I would spend valuable…

My future professional path would be in management. In the next six months, I want to be a good manager who looks after the team, is…

Learning new things would be my pastime. There are numerous methods for learning, including reading, listening, and doing. I may study books…

In my ideal social life, I would have many friends, many of whom would remain close. Instead of being a shy and awkward boy who is invisible…

We can change our habits and get healthier. Physical, dietary, and mental health are the three aspects of health. Frequent exercise is…

I was 28 years old at the time, and she was possibly 32. In any case, the difference is only a conjecture on my part. I've never known the…

My parents used to tell me stories about life lessons when I was a kid. I was stunned as I listened, but I had no idea what was going on…

I offered to go on stage at a Toastmasters meeting at the Sheraton Tower to challenge myself in Impromptu Speaking. The Table Topics Master…

Have you ever felt uneasy speaking in front of a group of people? I am nervous when I have to face an audience, whether large or small. This…

I recall it being a chaotic and uncertain situation on the first day of my MBA program's orientation. The course coordinator invited the…

I have a small social network as an ex-pat working and living in a foreign nation. Most of my pals live in my home country, although I…

We may use our social abilities to build connections, influence decisions, and push people to change. In a class, though, I was encouraged…

Social interactions drain my energy as an introvert. I was exhausted and surrounded by friends the last time I attended a farewell party…

I was surrounded by strangers the last time I went to a networking event in a hotel as a guest, and I didn't know anyone there. Some people…

I am often too quiet to speak up in front of strangers when I am sitting in front of them. During company meetings with senior management…

When I was in a leadership training course, the lecturer asked us to consider how we could better our community in light of the present…

Last week, I got a Google Drive recording video and it was shared with me with View-Only access. The video was further shared with my team…

As a software engineer, you can advance to a leadership position later in your career. However, you soon realize that having technical…

Let me explain why software developers need to be good communicators. Although it may appear self-evident, it will have a significant impact…

I was writing python code and facing issues with formatting. It becomes a problem with code review and toolings to detect these issues. Life…

Nowadays, we have moved many things to the cloud, including your photos, your files and your servers, what about your desktop environment…

If you are using mac hardware, but also want to use ubuntu, you can install ubuntu on an external hard drive without risk to remove your…

When deploy your angular app on AWS amplify, the first landing page is able to load. However, when you defined a path in your router, and…

In some use cases, you may encounter a problem when your users put your app in the background mode or screen lock state, then your app…

When you’re developing a web application, you would need to consider browser compatibility issues. The problem I faced was an android in-app…

A colleague of mine encounters an error message while developing an Angular frontend app. The error message is like this: The scenario for…

I would like to convince you to start writing unit test cases for your angular web app. Shorten time to production is not an excuse to…

It took me a while to get everything works together, so I would like to document some of the steps and save you some time in the future…

Apps are no longer relevant. We don't need to download the ineffective software because the browser is perfectly adequate as a substitute…

Ubuntu 20.04 just released and I can’t wait to try it out and install on my MacBook Pro 14.1 model. I am going to tell you what works and…

For some scenarios, you don't want the user to close the browser and exit the journey. For example, if a user is filling in a form without…

When you create a node.js lambda function on Amazon Web Service (AWS), and start editing using the online editor, then you want to **npm…

Problem: When I try to install a plugin at Wordpress, I hit an error: This is due to some permission problem when the content folder. I was…

Problem: I encounter a weird problem in Wordpress, where the homepage is able to load properly, but all the pages are failing to load. An…

Problem: I set up a WordPress blog at 2 Amazon Web Service (AWS) EC2 instances at different availability zone. In front of them, a elastic…

Problem: When you start a new Amazon Linux 2 AMI server, and try to install php via command: After install successfully and check the…

I got a task to analyse a massive dataset of log files. When you open the file in Excel, it would simply freeze your laptop. Given the…

In this article, I am going to explain how to migrate your WordPress local MySQL database to Amazon Web Service (AWS) Relational Database…

If you are a mac user and using git, you may accidentally commit a file with .DS_Store. Your windows colleague would be confused what does…

If you are a mac user and using git, you may accidentally commit a file with .DS_Store. Your windows colleague would be confused what does…

I encounter a rare scenario that there is a file modified, but I don't want to commit this change on git. There are many ways to do such as…

Problem: Sometimes when you start a local node.js server, it may be stuck running at the background. When you try to start the server again…

I'm a software engineer, and I understand how you feel working with a product manager. With my years of experience, I've met some fantastic…

In Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), a Sling servlet can be used for handling some RESTful request-responses ajax call. It is written in Java…

I want more privacy, so I decided to minimize the use of Google products. I can replace Chrome with Firefox, replace Gmail with ProtonMail…

In javascript, you can console.log(‘whatever”) in your browser for troubleshooting. However, in php code, a little bit trick is required to…

I was frustrated by the macOS Catalina, so I decided to switch to Ubuntu as the main operating system on my MacBook Pro, 13-inch version…

I’m building a Koa.js server and need to connect to MongoDB to store and retrieve data. Here is how to do it with some simple steps: Step…

Ghost 3.0 just released. (https://ghost.org/3/) I hate Wordpress with PHP but love Ghost with Node.js. It is open source and the dark theme…

It’s painful to work behind a corporate network and everything does not work out of the box. Simple command like would not work and here is…

Travelling entails a great deal of uncertainty and chance. Despite my flight being delayed in Helsinki, Finland, and suffering from a…

In this article, I would discuss the lesson we can learn from this Li & Fung’s family. The insights we can get from this family to last over…

MiFID II is designed to bring greater transparency and investor protection to the financial markets. It introduces more protection for all…

An undergraduate student asked me how to get real-time data from a website into an excel. The data is used for his homework assignment, but…

I have an AWS EC2 instance running with NodeJS and Nginx on a Ubuntu 16.04 server. I am going to show you how to enable HTTPS instead of…

Yesterday I was working at client site. It is a Windows server isolated from external network. It is not allowed to install any third party…

Yesterday I was working at client site. It is a Windows server isolated from external internet access and prohibited to install any new…

In retrospect, my trip to Chile was fantastic. Although flying over 30 hours from Hong Kong and dealing with jet lag was difficult, the…

I am working on upgrade for Dynatrace AppMon from version 6.5 to 7.1. AppMon is a tool for gathering performance data, trusted by many…

I was integrating AWS Cognito user pool to an iOS application. The sign in feature is using custom challenge for authentication, but there…

In a classic top-down organization, managing your boss entails consciously working with higher-level managers to achieve the best possible…

According to the findings, six different leadership styles directly impact the working environment and financial results in terms of revenue…

I’m doing production support for an iOS mobile app. The pain point is hard to debug HTTPS traffic between the iPhone and our server. In this…

The only way to get people to follow your lead is to ask them to motivate themselves. Using the sales pitch to push solutions to get the…

Charisma is a skill that we can learn, but not all can be charismatic leaders. However, we can learn about charisma and add the wonder of…

Life consists of a sequence of choices. Managers must make several judgments, ranging from day-to-day business operations to key decisions…

I was working on a project that used the Nexus framework and used scaled scrum. A Nexus is a relationship or connection between people that…

This article is about the Internet Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). It is a standardised exterior gateway protocol to exchange routing and…

Let me tell you something: you're not agile. You pretended to be a scrum team; you performed all of the rituals (standup, demo, and…

I am developing a Koa application, which is a new web framework designed by the team behind Express. Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how…

Working on an Internet of Things (IoT) project for a Bluetooth smart gadget last year was tough because it differed from pure software…

I am developing an app with request access to user’s microphone. It was working fine with iOS 9, but since upgrade to iOS 10, it terminates…

My teacher used to tell me that Hong Kong is an international financial centre. In a very competitive corporate environment, we enjoy…

A lot of friends ask me questions about the emerging of Blockchain revolution. According to the recent news, four of the world’s biggest…

I’m using Anaconda way to install the jupyter notebook. Firstly go to the website: https://www.continuum.io/downloads After download and…

RancherOS is a linux distro for running Docker container. There is an AMI (Amazon Machine Images) in the marketplace, but it took me a while…

I am deploying a Java Spring server using Docker. Here are the steps: 1. Launch a ubuntu server In this demo, assume you have a server…

I am implementing a Java Spring Framework server which sends an Apple Push Notification to an iPhone using Swift. Here are the things you…

After 3 months of development on the weekends, our unity 3D game is ready to release and deploy to App Store. However, it was not straight…

I’m working in a group of 4 teammates for a unity 3D game project on the weekends. It’s pretty fun, but we have encounter problems with…

Fact 1: Integer value representing the month, beginning with 0 for January to 11 for December. For example, Today is instead of Fact 2: The…

I enjoy assisting people and solving complex problems, but it can be disheartening to see issues beyond the realm of a programmer's ability…

The I.T. Industry in China is a rapidly growing market. Over the last year in Hong Kong, I’ve been lucky enough to work on an exciting…

I was setting up a project today using Webpack, React and Bootstrap without jQuery. This supposed to be a straight forward task , but turns…

I worked as a Software Engineer for a major Australian technology firm. I'm bright, skilled, and dedicated, yet these qualities alone aren't…

Swift is very strongly typed. All variables have a type. There is a type in Swift called optional. Optional can have only two values: One…

When first open an objective-C project in X-code, the .h and .m files looks confusing. It is important to understand the simple connections…

15 October 2015 Step 1: Create an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instance on AWS Step 2: Connect to the instance Step 3: Install Java Step 4: Add a hadoop…

Firstly, install homebrew, which is the missing package management tool for OS X: Then, update Formulae: And install the mongodb: To have…

The Problem I just did a fresh install of OS X El Capitan. However, I tried enabling automatic login, but it stays locked. It was…

The problem I got: Just updated the Ember project to v1.13.5, and received this warning in brower console: However, I couldn’t find the…

My ambition is to go all over the world! Yep, this is a touch too ambitious. One of the essential lessons I learned in software engineering…

One of the tasks I perform today is batch cropping a lot of pictures. I have found ImageMagick very useful to scales and crop the images…

Atom text editor just released 1.0 version. There are lots of reasons to switch from Sublime text. Maybe you love the idea of open source…

Step 1: Change directory into your path that installed the ghost blog. For example, mine is: cd /var/www Step 2: Download the latest verion…

The problem When I download the .pem file to ssh my AWS instance, I encountered the following error: WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE…

The Problem When install gem in Mac OS X Yosemite, I got the following error: ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::FilePermissionError) You…

Aluum-dabbed! This is how Koreans say "lovely." Koreans use this expression to describe the beautiful scenery of Busan, Gyeongju, and Jinhae…

I am learning Java. One of the important concepts to understand is whether arguments of a function is passing by copy or reference. Passing…

Recorded at the Hong Kong JavaScript and Node.js meetup on 3 Mar 2015: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkQ5r6kNiN8[/embed] Today, I’m…

The problem: If you are using mac and install nodejs via pkg file downloaded from the official website, you are likely to encounter this…

The problem Sublime Text 3 includes a command line tool, subl. However, it does not work out of the box after you install the editor in OS X…

ECMAScript 6 is the next version of the JavaScript standard. Here are the 12 cool things you need to know about ES6: 1. Arrow functions…

I took the Hack Reactor remote beta at the second cohort in Hong Kong to improve my technical skills in JavaScript. It was well structured…

The Problem: We all love beers. And today, we face an unprecedented variety of options. We are overwhelmed by too many choices and couldn’t…

The problem: It took me awhile to figure this out, so I think it probably deserves a blog post to explain the issue. I was a bit confused on…

The end is near, and the year is drawing to a close. The new year begins on January 1st. The New Year is a fresh start, and many people…

The problem: When I was using $http service to get data from a remote API, my code below was not able to return data back to the controller…

The problem: I am working on a project using BreweryDB. I was trying to load some data from the API, but they don’t support jsonp. There is…

The problem: I was using accordion directive in Angular UI Bootstrap 0.1.2. Reading the demo page, there is an example to show how to open…

In this blog post, we are going to walk through a couple error messages to install dependencies for Android platform of Ionic framework…

The Problem I was setting up continuous integration using CircleCI with karma test for Angular on Heroku. The test was working on local host…

NOTE: This tutorial is using Meteor 1.1.3 with cfs:standard-pacage 0.0.2 (15th December, 2014). Since this feature is under active…

I was invited by General Assembly (GA) Hong Kong to talk about my experience in the Web Development Immersive (WDI) course. 1. Introduce…

Every morning, I awoke at 12 a.m. The alarm clock gets me up in the morning, and my ambition is to work as a software engineer. I was a…

The problem I was writing a mocha test for an array comparison. Here is the test suite: However, out of my expectation, this test would fail…

I use Sublime text 3 everyday, especially the JavaScript autocomplete feature. For the if-statement, the default completion popup has an…

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to write a simple chat application using MeteorJS. Here is a live demo as our goal: http://hrr…

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Which is better, Sydney or Melbourne? This decision is yours. There is a traditional petty rivalry between the two cities. It's like…

The situation is complex. I'm in love with you because you are special. In the meantime, hate is a strong word, but I don't like you at all…

If you just have a few days in Sydney, what should you do? No worries; with my advice and supervision, you'll be able to learn the greatest…

Brisbane is a great place to visit. People are friendly. Beautiful surroundings. For price-conscious travellers, it is also less expensive…