The Henna Artist, Translated (Part 2 of ?)

July 03, 2022

Every day for the past week, the girl had lain in wait on the out­skirts of the vil­lage for the post­man, who cycled in spo­rad­i­cal­ly…

The Henna Artist, Translated (Part 1 of ?)

June 21, 2022

I recent­ly start­ed trans­lat­ing Eng­lish con­tent into Japan­ese as part of my lessons. My teacher and I are start­ing with a novel…

2022

January 01, 2022

What a year it’s been. A reflec­tion on the goals I set for myself: Read 40 books Only man­aged to get to 31. Start learn­ing French Nope, I…

Carbon Copy Testing

December 20, 2021

Anoth­er jab against test cov­er­age cargo cult­ing, I sup­pose. Teams that cargo cult TDD or code cov­er­age met­rics tend to end up writ…

Drawing a House

October 17, 2021

During a night of drink­ing at a friend’s, a ques­tion ran­dom­ly came up: Given the shape of a simple house with a cross inside of it, can…

A Nice Email

August 28, 2021

I had a nice email come in a few days ago that made my day! Sub­ject: Re: Today’s Inter­views at Forge! Hey Siaw Young, Thanks so much for…