Heyo! 👋

My Name is Jamie Wen. I am a Software Engineer and Engineering Lead. This website is my hub for linking to random ideas, productivity tips, or whatever crosses my mind. I also use Medium for general posts and GitBook for structured posts.

My "Feeds" Page

💌 Newsletters Irrational Exuberance Probably my favourite newsletter, Will Larson shares his great thinking about tech, team, business, strategy, executive, and more. Refactoring A newsletter from Luca Rossi. His articles are simple, visual and easy to follow. His hand-drawn diagrams make reading enjoyable. Pragmatic Engineer A newsletter for engineering managers and senior engineers. It does not cover too many tech topics but I gain main insights from his content. Dear Architect...

November 20, 2023 · 1 min · 140 words

My "Docs" Page

📐 Architecture Azure Architecture Center A one-stop-shop for all things related to architecture AWS Well-Architected Tool Some guidelines and best practices for designing and operating systems Josh Comeau’s Blog Some great interactive in-depth guides on Front End Development Management Management 101 It’s a practical list of actions about essential management fundamentals. It got me through the first year of being a lead and it is still in my reading list for a quick refresher....

June 15, 2024 · 1 min · 165 words

My "Use" Page

Hardware M1 Mac Book Pro 13 iPad Pro 12.9 Logitech MX Anywhere 2S Keychron K7 (Brown) & K3 (Blue) Dell P2422H IKEA BEKANT Desk sit/stand Pixel 8 + Buds Pro Software Alfred Alacritty VSCode Heynote for text buffer Chrome / Edge AI Assistant ChatGPT and OpenAI API via OpenCat Perplexity for searching and reasoning Google NotebookLM for learning papers, books, whitepapers, etc

July 21, 2024 · 1 min · 62 words

My "Stack" Page

📈 Productivity Notion: my second brain for personal knowledge base Any.do: my life todo list Airtable: my work todo list with great automation. Spark: my email client on Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Android Alfred: shortcuts and workflows Rocket: for faster emoji typing 📖 Reading Hard copies with LAMY Safari Book on iPad with Apple Pencil PDF Viewer on iPad with Apple Pencil 💡 Ideation Freeform with Apple Pencil FigJam tldraw: a minimalist drawing tool ✍️ Writing Notion Medium: tech blog GitBook: structured articles 🛠️ Dev Tools (These tools are for personal use, not work....

August 2, 2024 · 1 min · 114 words

How do I set up this website?

This post is not about why people need a personal website. Why matters a lot the most, but it’s not the focus here. This is a pure tech post to share how I set up this website. ✅ Prerequisites Know Git Know coding Have a GitHub account (free plan) Have a Cloudflare account (free plan) Have a domain (paid but optional) If not all ticked, U-turn 🚧 Development 1. Choose a Site Generator I chose Hugo out of Jekyll, Ghost and custom setup....

November 15, 2023 · 3 min · 528 words