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Daily Review: Day Ending in 2020/10/21

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Matt Chung

Work Defined a data specification (in the form of a protobuf definition) that’ll be used to help drive the conversation between us and our customer. Our c...

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Waiting for one day …

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Matt Chung

“If you want to be successful, find out what the price is and then pay it.” Scott Adams I agree with that Scott Adams wholeheartedly. I also think this rule can...

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Week 1 and Week 2 of compilers

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Matt Chung

Last week, I couldn’t carve out enough time to write a post on my reflections for week 1 of my compiler’s course so I’ll do the next best thing: write a post th...

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Almost half way through M.S. in Computer Science

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Matt Chung

I’m almost half way through the OMSCS (online masters in computer science), last week marking the end Spring 2020, my third term in the program. And although I’...

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Next up: Compilers (theory and practice) and reflecting on fatherhood

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Matt Chung

For next semester, Spring 2020, I enrolled in what I expect to be one of the most difficult (yet rewarding) courses: compilers – theory and practice. I...

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Information Security – Project 4

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Matt Chung

This afternoon, I started on project 4 for introduction to information security (IIS). This goal for this project is to have us students learn more about web se...

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My wolf pack

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Matt Chung

At work, I’m subscribed to an e-mail distribution group called “dogs@amazon.com”, a list dedicated to anyone interested in dogs. And today, I ...

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History of i,j,k variables ?

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Matt Chung

Any time you read code (in production or from a textbook), you’ll often see the control variable, when employing for loops, being declared with the variab...

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Linear algebra – exam 1

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Matt Chung

Earlier this morning, before starting the work week, I took my first linear algebra exam at the nearby Northgate Testing center.  The proctored exam covered the...

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Assembly RA (return address)

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Matt Chung

About a year has passed since I took computer organization and I’m a bit disappointed of how much of the material faded from my memory. I only realized th...

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