Director of Engineering@Toss USA, An engineer and a producer. Previously produced Sid Story and Yogurting. Find me on BlueSky: @dikoko.bsky.social, Thread/Instagram: @dikoko
apple
When Apple announced its own map service (in 2012): Apple Maps, I thought it was a silly and extravagant idea because Google Maps was so dominant (and looked perfect) at the time. However, ten years have passed, and Apple Maps is my first and favorite map service: especially for driving
business
The hottest tech news of the last week should be Elon Musk's battle with Twitter. * 4/4: It had been disclosed that Elon Musk bought more than 9% of Twitter stocks, which made him the largest individual shareholder. By the end of the day, the board of Twitter
dubs
Although I'm a baseball guy, I've also enjoyed watching Warriors games. Watching live local sports games might be the only reason I'm still on the linear TV; I might have watched more than half of the Warriors' live games on TV this season.
baseball
Playball! Giants' new season just started. The Giants got the winning series over the Marlins in the opening series. My favorite player in this year's squad is Darin Ruf. Not only because he played in Korea, but also because he showed solid two years as a Giant.
travel
Last week was my daughter's Spring break. We hadn't had any plans, but suddenly, it came up to me that it could be an excellent time to visit Napa. I'm not sophisticated at wines. I used an online wine service nakedwines.com [https://us.
life
I think Flash Slothmore [https://zootopia.fandom.com/wiki/Flash_Slothmore] might be a character who took off mostly in the movie Zootopia. Many in the US would agree that DMV is the last place to wanna go, and Flash was the stereotype of the DMV workers. However, I have
life
I couldn't watch this year's Oscar as I was captured in Nexus [https://www.ign.com/wikis/halo-infinite/Nexus], and I might miss the most controversial moment of the week - the slap by Will Smith. It is interesting (and surprising) to see that the most
game
Finally, my living room was completed with Xbox Series X. You might not know, but it was super hard to buy since it was released on 12/12/2019. I performed supersonic mouse clicking at the launch date but only found every effort in vain. While Series S is now
life
One collateral damage of my Death Valley trip was that we bought La-Z-Boy recliners. We had one night at Harris Ranch, and the room had a recliner. All my family loved it, and we decided to buy one. We bought one love chair and one manual recliner from La-Z-Boy. So,
moloco
Last Thursday, I worked from the office for the first time since the lockdown: almost after two years. I visited the office several times, but all were only to grab some pieces of equipment or perks. I'm working in a company, Moloco, Inc. as an infrastructure software engineer.
travel
Death Valley National Park [https://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm] always has been a place on my bucket list. We planned for it two years ago, but we had to change the plan for a family issue. As the pandemic seemed tolerable, we decided now was the time to
politics
A few days before the Korean President's election, a famous general partner of a Korean VC firm mentioned that one in a leadership role in a company had better not mention their political preference. And some arguing followed. There have been several similar arguments in the US. One
