In the previous post, I set up Gemma 4 locally with MLX and connected it to my usual local-model workflow. That post was mostly about the environment itself: getting the model running, exposing it through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and making it usable from tools like Open WebUI. Once that was
In my previous post, I explored what it looks like to run coding agents with local LLMs on an M3 Ultra Mac Studio. That write-up was mostly about the environment itself: treating a single machine as something closer to personal infrastructure, capable of hosting multiple models and running them continuously
Introduction I started Yogurting in 2002 at Taff System, a Korean game studio that later became NTIX Soft. I began as the lead server programmer and later took on the role of producer. This post is also available on Medium. If you’re a paid Medium member and happen to
This past week, Crimson Desert has been everywhere, sitting right at the center of the conversation before launch. There were interviews, technical demos, and carefully edited gameplay clips coming out of Pearl Abyss, each one trying to show a bit more of what the game could be. And almost immediately,
Baseball is back now in 2026. Yes, we had the World Baseball Classic (Korea had extreme ups and downs, which was thrilling), and the Cactus League. But this past Wednesday was the real return of baseball. The 2026 season opened with a single game, just one, between the San Francisco
Introduction Last week, I was back at GDC for the second year in a row personally (as an indie game dev wannabe). I have been coming on and off since around 2000s—not consistently, but enough times to have a sense of what the conference feels like when it is
1. Introduction Last year, I spent some time thinking about how to invest the incentives from my previous employer. Instead of putting everything into stocks or something more conventional, I ended up buying a personal desktop machine with unusual power: a Mac Studio M3 Ultra with 512GB of memory and
A few days ago, I happened to notice that not a few people are still reading an article I wrote almost three years ago about Python on macOS. That surprised me a little. In tech years, three years is almost eternal. Back then, Intel Macs were still common. Apple Silicon
1. Introduction It’s no longer just hype: coding agents are everywhere. I’ve been using Claude Code heavily at work. My current company runs on Spring Boot with Kotlin, while my previous one used Go. I understand our business logic well and the kinds of problems we solve every
Speaking of the year-end, I had a surprisingly peaceful long vacation this time, since we didn’t go on any road trip. In the first half of the break, I dusted off my Steam Deck and finally dug into a game that had been waiting in my library for a
The day after Christmas, we went to see the circus: Cirque du Soleil: ECHO. The venue was in very familiar territory: the parking lot of Oracle Park. The last time I saw Cirque du Soleil there was in 2019, for Amaluna, right before we all entered the long dark tunnel
As a lapsed Catholic, I carried mixed feelings while visiting so many grand Catholic cathedrals during our recent Italy trip. It brought back my old emotions and an old ritual I had almost forgotten. When I lived in Korea, my family had a quiet year-end tradition: attending Christmas Eve Mass.
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Filoli is my family’s favorite destination. I’ve already written about it more than once (especially in my previous post, Nightfall at Filoli). Among all their events, the Holiday Lights have become our quiet Christmas ritual. We visited last year, loved it, and decided this would simply be part
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I originally thought Day 7 would be the last post of this trip. But, as travel usually does, a few things happened on the way home that felt like they deserved their own chapter. For the first time since Rome, we finally had a proper hotel breakfast on our last
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The next and final city of our Italy trip was Milan. Interestingly, I’ve always preferred the name Milan to Milano. It would be probably because of Inter Milan and AC Milan, names I’ve been used to for years. Still, I have to admit that “Milano 2026 Olympics” sounds
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On the early morning of Day 6, we left the hotel while the city was still calm. Except for Rome, we had chosen all our hotels mainly for their locations, and in Firenze that paid off — it was only a five-minute walk to the train station. Our Italo train departed
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We got up early on Day 5. There was no breakfast service at the guesthouse, but we still had plenty of leftovers from the previous night’s steak dinner. And the room was equipped with a Nespresso-compatible machine and a generous supply of capsules, which made our morning far easier.
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On the morning of Day 4, we said goodbye to Rome and headed to Firenze (Florence). I know it is Florence in English, but for some reason, I have to prefer its Italian name—Firenze. Firenze has been my favorite Italian city ever since I first visited in 1999, back
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The third day took us to another country—the Vatican, technically speaking, even though it sits inside Rome. Earlier this year, I had spent a lot of time playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The Vatican is the first major stage in the game, where I navigated endless corridors
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The second day started with rain, exactly as forecast. After the long walk on Day 1, Day 2 felt much more relaxed, thanks to two guided tours we had booked in advance. The morning began with a Segway tour. We had done one just this past summer in Washington, D.
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Thanksgiving road trips (mostly various US National Parks) have been my family’s annual ritual for years. But this year, we decided to do something different: visiting Italy. My daughter is a high-school junior, and next year will likely be packed with college prep and deadlines. It felt like one
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This blog hasn’t been very technical lately (it’s been mostly travel notes and personal reflections), but a topic resurfaced recently, and I wanted to put it down before it fades—It's just hours before I leave for another Thanksgiving family trip. Before anything else: yes, naming
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A few weeks ago, I renewed my Giants Flex membership. I originally thought it auto-renewed, but apparently it didn’t—until someone from the Giants called and nudged me. During the renewal process, I finally solved the mystery of the random 20% concession discount I received last season (yes, that
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Filoli has always been one of my family’s go-to weekend stroll spots. The elegant historic house, the manicured gardens with seasonal flowers, and the quiet trails through ranch-style countryside always make me feel grounded and calm. But as good as it is, repetition eventually made me numb to it.
