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. 🎙️ Podcasts Tech Lead Journal...

November 20, 2023 · 2 min · 233 words

My "Use" Page

Hardware M1 Mac Book Pro 13 iPad Pro 12.9 Logitech MX Anywhere 2S Keychron K7 Optical (Brown) & K3 (Blue) Dell P2422H IKEA BEKANT Desk sit/stand Software Alfred Alacritty VSCode Chrome AI Assistant OpenAI ChatGPT Microsoft Copilot Google NotebookLM Perplexity

December 31, 2023 · 1 min · 40 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