Clarify
Align on users, goals and success before rushing to an answer.
Helping peopleunderstand complex ideas.
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Work & Career
A System Design Workshop Without a Single Slide
Many of my friends know that I've recently run several in-person System Design workshops. The original motivation for creating this workshop was Syste…
Australian Trades
How Big Is the Tradie World, Really?
This article is based on my own observations and experiences, so there are bound to be inaccuracies. Feedback and corrections are welcome.
Australian Trades
When IT Engineers Start Researching Waterproofing Courses
Recently, thanks to the popularity of Openclaw crayfish 🦞, basically every IT group has become very lively.
Notes & Observations
Algorithms Are Not Gender-Neutral: When AI Defaults Thought to 'His' Creation
Today, I asked an AI to critique one of my articles.
Turn experience, judgement and methods from something felt but unspoken into structures others can understand, test and use.
Scope
Draw the boundary and test the biggest uncertainty with the smallest useful version.
Design
Start with the user flow. Make responsibilities, data flow and ownership explicit.
Evaluate
Make trade-offs under real constraints—and say what would change the decision.
Communicate
Lower the cost of understanding. Make reasoning and trade-offs visible.
ABOUT
Some build systems with code.
Others make sense of people through stories.
I do both.
I'm 虎头锤 (Hutouchui, roughly ‘hoo-toh-chway’), a Staff Engineer writing about technology and working life. I make complex ideas easier to understand and tacit knowledge easier to see.
I won't tell you which way to go. I'll help you see the landscape and find more agency over the rhythm of your life.
