Diep Dao
My Journey — Part 7: Singapore, Family, and Finding My Ground
Part 7 of my personal journey series. Read Part 6 here.
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journey
My Journey — Part 6: University, a Japanese Company, and the Man Who Changed Everything
Part 6 of my personal journey series.
My Journey — Part 5: Ho Chi Minh City and the Beginning of Everything
Part 5 of my personal journey series. Read Part 4 here.
My Journey — Part 4: Coming Home, and Leaving Again
Part 4 of my personal journey series. Read Part 3 here.
My Journey — Part 3: School, Coffee, and Learning to Want More
Part 3 of my personal journey series. Read Part 2 here.
My Journey — Part 2: Following My Uncle to the Highlands
Part 2 of my personal journey series. Read Part 1 here.
My Journey — Part 1: The Village
My Journey — Full Series The Village — Ha Tinh ← you are here Following My Uncle to the Highlands School, Coffee, and Learning to Want More...
Personal Life — Where the Story Behind the Engineer Lives
I grew up in a remote village in Ha Tinh, central Vietnam. I left as a child to follow my uncle to the coffee highlands of Tây Nguyên. I put myself through u...
vietnam
My Journey — Part 6: University, a Japanese Company, and the Man Who Changed Everything
Part 6 of my personal journey series.
My Journey — Part 5: Ho Chi Minh City and the Beginning of Everything
Part 5 of my personal journey series. Read Part 4 here.
My Journey — Part 4: Coming Home, and Leaving Again
Part 4 of my personal journey series. Read Part 3 here.
My Journey — Part 3: School, Coffee, and Learning to Want More
Part 3 of my personal journey series. Read Part 2 here.
My Journey — Part 2: Following My Uncle to the Highlands
Part 2 of my personal journey series. Read Part 1 here.
My Journey — Part 1: The Village
My Journey — Full Series The Village — Ha Tinh ← you are here Following My Uncle to the Highlands School, Coffee, and Learning to Want More...
Personal Life — Where the Story Behind the Engineer Lives
I grew up in a remote village in Ha Tinh, central Vietnam. I left as a child to follow my uncle to the coffee highlands of Tây Nguyên. I put myself through u...
introduction
Personal Life — Where the Story Behind the Engineer Lives
I grew up in a remote village in Ha Tinh, central Vietnam. I left as a child to follow my uncle to the coffee highlands of Tây Nguyên. I put myself through u...
Welcome to the Finance Series
Finance and technology have been intertwined throughout my career. Working on financial market terminals, corporate banking workflows, and real-time risk das...
Welcome to the Blockchain Series
Blockchain caught my attention not as a buzzword, but as a genuinely interesting engineering problem: how do you build a system that multiple untrusted parti...
Welcome to the AI Series
Artificial Intelligence has been at the centre of my career for the better part of a decade. I’ve built NLP models for financial news, deployed deep learning...
Introduction to Computer Science: From Bits to Generative AI
This is the first deep-dive post in the Computer Science Series. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to consolidate your mental model of the field, t...
Welcome to the Computer Science Series
Computer Science is one of the youngest engineering disciplines and one of the most consequential. In fewer than 80 years it has gone from vacuum tubes to la...
machine-learning
How Andrew Ng’s Courses Changed the Way I Think About AI
If there’s one person whose teaching shaped my understanding of AI more than anyone else, it’s Andrew Ng. This post is about that journey — from watching his...
Welcome to the AI Series
Artificial Intelligence has been at the centre of my career for the better part of a decade. I’ve built NLP models for financial news, deployed deep learning...
Machine Learning: Teaching Computers to Learn
This is Post 10 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered distributed systems. Now we look at machine learning — the technology behind spam f...
Introduction to Computer Science: From Bits to Generative AI
This is the first deep-dive post in the Computer Science Series. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to consolidate your mental model of the field, t...
Welcome to the Computer Science Series
Computer Science is one of the youngest engineering disciplines and one of the most consequential. In fewer than 80 years it has gone from vacuum tubes to la...
generative-ai
Project: Personalized Agents — Build Your Own AI with OpenClaw
What if your AI agent truly knew you — your goals, your communication style, your preferences — and adapted every response accordingly? That’s what Personali...
Project: AI & Agents Workflow — Text-to-SQL, Text-to-Dashboard
An AI agents system that lets traders create and modify dashboards using natural language — powered by Text-to-SQL and Text-to-Dashboard agents communicating...
Welcome to the AI Series
Artificial Intelligence has been at the centre of my career for the better part of a decade. I’ve built NLP models for financial news, deployed deep learning...
Large Language Models: How AI Understands and Generates Language
This is Post 12 — the final post — in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained deep learning and transformers. Now we put it all together: La...
Introduction to Computer Science: From Bits to Generative AI
This is the first deep-dive post in the Computer Science Series. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to consolidate your mental model of the field, t...
llm
LLM Systems and RAG: Building Useful AI Beyond Prompt Demos
This is Post 3 in the AI Series. The previous post covered MLOps and evaluation.
Project: Personalized Agents — Build Your Own AI with OpenClaw
What if your AI agent truly knew you — your goals, your communication style, your preferences — and adapted every response accordingly? That’s what Personali...
Project: AI & Agents Workflow — Text-to-SQL, Text-to-Dashboard
An AI agents system that lets traders create and modify dashboards using natural language — powered by Text-to-SQL and Text-to-Dashboard agents communicating...
AI and Blockchain — The Promises, The Fear, and What People Who Build Them Actually Know
TL;DR: Everyone fears blockchain will kill banks and AI will kill jobs. But people who actually build these things know the truth: replacing centuries-old fi...
Large Language Models: How AI Understands and Generates Language
This is Post 12 — the final post — in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained deep learning and transformers. Now we put it all together: La...
smart-contracts
Smart Contracts and the EVM: How Ethereum Actually Executes Code
This is Post 2 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered blockchain fundamentals.
Project: Blockchain & Smart Contracts — Tokenizing Trading Assets
A smart contract creation framework for tokenizing traditional trading assets — stocks, bonds, futures, and options — on the Ethereum blockchain.
AI and Blockchain — The Promises, The Fear, and What People Who Build Them Actually Know
TL;DR: Everyone fears blockchain will kill banks and AI will kill jobs. But people who actually build these things know the truth: replacing centuries-old fi...
Welcome to the Blockchain Series
Blockchain caught my attention not as a buzzword, but as a genuinely interesting engineering problem: how do you build a system that multiple untrusted parti...
trading
Market Microstructure: How Trades Actually Happen
Market microstructure is the study of how buyers and sellers interact, how prices form, and how orders become trades. For engineers, this is where system beh...
Introduction to Financial Markets: A Software Engineer’s Map
If computer science gives you the language of systems, finance gives you the language of money, risk, and incentives. As a software engineer working across c...
Project: Financial Engineering & Risk Management System
Building a complete simulation trading and risk management system from scratch — the kind that powers real trading desks.
Welcome to the Finance Series
Finance and technology have been intertwined throughout my career. Working on financial market terminals, corporate banking workflows, and real-time risk das...
agents
LLM Systems and RAG: Building Useful AI Beyond Prompt Demos
This is Post 3 in the AI Series. The previous post covered MLOps and evaluation.
Project: Personalized Agents — Build Your Own AI with OpenClaw
What if your AI agent truly knew you — your goals, your communication style, your preferences — and adapted every response accordingly? That’s what Personali...
Project: AI & Agents Workflow — Text-to-SQL, Text-to-Dashboard
An AI agents system that lets traders create and modify dashboards using natural language — powered by Text-to-SQL and Text-to-Dashboard agents communicating...
AI and Blockchain — The Promises, The Fear, and What People Who Build Them Actually Know
TL;DR: Everyone fears blockchain will kill banks and AI will kill jobs. But people who actually build these things know the truth: replacing centuries-old fi...
algorithms
Algorithms: Thinking About Efficiency
This is Post 4 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered operating systems. Now we get to the heart of computer science: algorithms.
Introduction to Computer Science: From Bits to Generative AI
This is the first deep-dive post in the Computer Science Series. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to consolidate your mental model of the field, t...
Welcome to the Computer Science Series
Computer Science is one of the youngest engineering disciplines and one of the most consequential. In fewer than 80 years it has gone from vacuum tubes to la...
data-structures
Data Structures: The Right Container for the Right Job
This is Post 5 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how to measure algorithm efficiency. Now we look at data structures — the containe...
Introduction to Computer Science: From Bits to Generative AI
This is the first deep-dive post in the Computer Science Series. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to consolidate your mental model of the field, t...
Welcome to the Computer Science Series
Computer Science is one of the youngest engineering disciplines and one of the most consequential. In fewer than 80 years it has gone from vacuum tubes to la...
distributed-systems
Blockchain From First Principles: Cryptography, Consensus, and the Trustless Ledger
Most introductions to blockchain start with Bitcoin or Ethereum and work backwards. This one goes the other direction — starting from the fundamental compute...
Distributed Systems: When One Machine Is Not Enough
This is Post 9 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered building applications. Now we look at what happens when your app grows beyond one ma...
Welcome to the Computer Science Series
Computer Science is one of the youngest engineering disciplines and one of the most consequential. In fewer than 80 years it has gone from vacuum tubes to la...
networking
Networks & Security: How the Internet Works and How to Protect It
This is Post 6 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered data structures. Now we look at how computers communicate — and how we keep that com...
Introduction to Computer Science: From Bits to Generative AI
This is the first deep-dive post in the Computer Science Series. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to consolidate your mental model of the field, t...
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
deep-learning
How Andrew Ng’s Courses Changed the Way I Think About AI
If there’s one person whose teaching shaped my understanding of AI more than anyone else, it’s Andrew Ng. This post is about that journey — from watching his...
Welcome to the AI Series
Artificial Intelligence has been at the centre of my career for the better part of a decade. I’ve built NLP models for financial news, deployed deep learning...
Deep Learning: Neural Networks and the Transformer Revolution
This is Post 11 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered classical machine learning. Now we go deeper: neural networks — the technology behi...
defi
DeFi Protocol Design: AMMs, Lending, and On-Chain Risk
This is Post 3 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered smart contracts and the EVM.
Project: Blockchain & Smart Contracts — Tokenizing Trading Assets
A smart contract creation framework for tokenizing traditional trading assets — stocks, bonds, futures, and options — on the Ethereum blockchain.
Welcome to the Blockchain Series
Blockchain caught my attention not as a buzzword, but as a genuinely interesting engineering problem: how do you build a system that multiple untrusted parti...
singapore
My Journey — Part 7: Singapore, Family, and Finding My Ground
Part 7 of my personal journey series. Read Part 6 here.
My Journey — Part 6: University, a Japanese Company, and the Man Who Changed Everything
Part 6 of my personal journey series.
Personal Life — Where the Story Behind the Engineer Lives
I grew up in a remote village in Ha Tinh, central Vietnam. I left as a child to follow my uncle to the coffee highlands of Tây Nguyên. I put myself through u...
risk-management
Risk Management and Trader Dashboards: From Trades to Decisions
Risk dashboards are decision systems. They must be fast, consistent, and explainable under pressure.
Introduction to Financial Markets: A Software Engineer’s Map
If computer science gives you the language of systems, finance gives you the language of money, risk, and incentives. As a software engineer working across c...
Project: Financial Engineering & Risk Management System
Building a complete simulation trading and risk management system from scratch — the kind that powers real trading desks.
databases
Databases: Storing and Querying Data at Scale
This is Post 7 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered networks and security. Now we look at databases — how we store, organize, and query ...
Welcome to the Computer Science Series
Computer Science is one of the youngest engineering disciplines and one of the most consequential. In fewer than 80 years it has gone from vacuum tubes to la...
software-engineering
Application Development: Building Software That Lasts
This is Post 8 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered databases. Now we look at application development — the craft of building software t...
Welcome to the Computer Science Series
Computer Science is one of the youngest engineering disciplines and one of the most consequential. In fewer than 80 years it has gone from vacuum tubes to la...
tcp-ip
Networks & Security: How the Internet Works and How to Protect It
This is Post 6 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered data structures. Now we look at how computers communicate — and how we keep that com...
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
architecture
Application Development: Building Software That Lasts
This is Post 8 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered databases. Now we look at application development — the craft of building software t...
Computer Architecture: Inside the CPU
This is Post 2 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered how bits encode everything — numbers, text, audio, video. Now we look at the machine...
memory
Operating Systems: The Software That Runs Everything Else
This is Post 3 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how a CPU executes instructions. Now we look at the software that manages the CPU ...
Computer Architecture: Inside the CPU
This is Post 2 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered how bits encode everything — numbers, text, audio, video. Now we look at the machine...
cryptography
Blockchain From First Principles: Cryptography, Consensus, and the Trustless Ledger
Most introductions to blockchain start with Bitcoin or Ethereum and work backwards. This one goes the other direction — starting from the fundamental compute...
Networks & Security: How the Internet Works and How to Protect It
This is Post 6 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered data structures. Now we look at how computers communicate — and how we keep that com...
consensus
Blockchain From First Principles: Cryptography, Consensus, and the Trustless Ledger
Most introductions to blockchain start with Bitcoin or Ethereum and work backwards. This one goes the other direction — starting from the fundamental compute...
Distributed Systems: When One Machine Is Not Enough
This is Post 9 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered building applications. Now we look at what happens when your app grows beyond one ma...
transformers
Large Language Models: How AI Understands and Generates Language
This is Post 12 — the final post — in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained deep learning and transformers. Now we put it all together: La...
Deep Learning: Neural Networks and the Transformer Revolution
This is Post 11 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered classical machine learning. Now we go deeper: neural networks — the technology behi...
tokenization
Project: Blockchain & Smart Contracts — Tokenizing Trading Assets
A smart contract creation framework for tokenizing traditional trading assets — stocks, bonds, futures, and options — on the Ethereum blockchain.
Large Language Models: How AI Understands and Generates Language
This is Post 12 — the final post — in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained deep learning and transformers. Now we put it all together: La...
claude
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
Large Language Models: How AI Understands and Generates Language
This is Post 12 — the final post — in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained deep learning and transformers. Now we put it all together: La...
fintech
AI and Blockchain — The Promises, The Fear, and What People Who Build Them Actually Know
TL;DR: Everyone fears blockchain will kill banks and AI will kill jobs. But people who actually build these things know the truth: replacing centuries-old fi...
Welcome to the Finance Series
Finance and technology have been intertwined throughout my career. Working on financial market terminals, corporate banking workflows, and real-time risk das...
quantitative-finance
Financial Engineering for Builders: Pricing, Curves, and Risk
Financial engineering in production is the discipline of turning models into reliable, explainable, and testable systems.
Welcome to the Finance Series
Finance and technology have been intertwined throughout my career. Working on financial market terminals, corporate banking workflows, and real-time risk das...
tay-nguyen
My Journey — Part 3: School, Coffee, and Learning to Want More
Part 3 of my personal journey series. Read Part 2 here.
My Journey — Part 2: Following My Uncle to the Highlands
Part 2 of my personal journey series. Read Part 1 here.
coffee
My Journey — Part 3: School, Coffee, and Learning to Want More
Part 3 of my personal journey series. Read Part 2 here.
My Journey — Part 2: Following My Uncle to the Highlands
Part 2 of my personal journey series. Read Part 1 here.
family
My Journey — Part 7: Singapore, Family, and Finding My Ground
Part 7 of my personal journey series. Read Part 6 here.
My Journey — Part 4: Coming Home, and Leaving Again
Part 4 of my personal journey series. Read Part 3 here.
ho-chi-minh-city
My Journey — Part 6: University, a Japanese Company, and the Man Who Changed Everything
Part 6 of my personal journey series.
My Journey — Part 5: Ho Chi Minh City and the Beginning of Everything
Part 5 of my personal journey series. Read Part 4 here.
university
My Journey — Part 6: University, a Japanese Company, and the Man Who Changed Everything
Part 6 of my personal journey series.
My Journey — Part 5: Ho Chi Minh City and the Beginning of Everything
Part 5 of my personal journey series. Read Part 4 here.
computer-science
My Journey — Part 6: University, a Japanese Company, and the Man Who Changed Everything
Part 6 of my personal journey series.
My Journey — Part 5: Ho Chi Minh City and the Beginning of Everything
Part 5 of my personal journey series. Read Part 4 here.
career
My Journey — Part 7: Singapore, Family, and Finding My Ground
Part 7 of my personal journey series. Read Part 6 here.
My Journey — Part 6: University, a Japanese Company, and the Man Who Changed Everything
Part 6 of my personal journey series.
order-book
Market Microstructure: How Trades Actually Happen
Market microstructure is the study of how buyers and sellers interact, how prices form, and how orders become trades. For engineers, this is where system beh...
Project: Financial Engineering & Risk Management System
Building a complete simulation trading and risk management system from scratch — the kind that powers real trading desks.
solidity
Smart Contracts and the EVM: How Ethereum Actually Executes Code
This is Post 2 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered blockchain fundamentals.
Project: Blockchain & Smart Contracts — Tokenizing Trading Assets
A smart contract creation framework for tokenizing traditional trading assets — stocks, bonds, futures, and options — on the Ethereum blockchain.
ethereum
Smart Contracts and the EVM: How Ethereum Actually Executes Code
This is Post 2 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered blockchain fundamentals.
Project: Blockchain & Smart Contracts — Tokenizing Trading Assets
A smart contract creation framework for tokenizing traditional trading assets — stocks, bonds, futures, and options — on the Ethereum blockchain.
redis
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
Project: Redis MinHash — Similarity Grouping at Scale
A Redis-based MinHash implementation for grouping similar items at scale — using Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) to efficiently find near-duplicate document...
python
Project: Personalized Agents — Build Your Own AI with OpenClaw
What if your AI agent truly knew you — your goals, your communication style, your preferences — and adapted every response accordingly? That’s what Personali...
Project: Redis MinHash — Similarity Grouping at Scale
A Redis-based MinHash implementation for grouping similar items at scale — using Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) to efficiently find near-duplicate document...
corporate-banking
Corporate Banking Systems: Loans, Facilities, and Controls
Corporate banking platforms handle long-lived relationships, complex limits, and strict operational controls.
Introduction to Financial Markets: A Software Engineer’s Map
If computer science gives you the language of systems, finance gives you the language of money, risk, and incentives. As a software engineer working across c...
financial-engineering
Financial Engineering for Builders: Pricing, Curves, and Risk
Financial engineering in production is the discipline of turning models into reliable, explainable, and testable systems.
Introduction to Financial Markets: A Software Engineer’s Map
If computer science gives you the language of systems, finance gives you the language of money, risk, and incentives. As a software engineer working across c...
risk
DeFi Protocol Design: AMMs, Lending, and On-Chain Risk
This is Post 3 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered smart contracts and the EVM.
Financial Engineering for Builders: Pricing, Curves, and Risk
Financial engineering in production is the discipline of turning models into reliable, explainable, and testable systems.
bits
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
bytes
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
encoding
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
compression
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
ascii
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
unicode
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
audio
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
image
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
video
Bits & Bytes: How Computers Encode, Transmit, and Decode Everything
This is the second deep-dive in the Computer Science Series. The first post mapped the entire CS landscape — from hardware to generative AI. Now we zoom in o...
bits-and-bytes
Introduction to Computer Science: From Bits to Generative AI
This is the first deep-dive post in the Computer Science Series. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to consolidate your mental model of the field, t...
search
Introduction to Computer Science: From Bits to Generative AI
This is the first deep-dive post in the Computer Science Series. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to consolidate your mental model of the field, t...
cpu
Computer Architecture: Inside the CPU
This is Post 2 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered how bits encode everything — numbers, text, audio, video. Now we look at the machine...
cache
Computer Architecture: Inside the CPU
This is Post 2 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered how bits encode everything — numbers, text, audio, video. Now we look at the machine...
pipelining
Computer Architecture: Inside the CPU
This is Post 2 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered how bits encode everything — numbers, text, audio, video. Now we look at the machine...
operating-systems
Operating Systems: The Software That Runs Everything Else
This is Post 3 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how a CPU executes instructions. Now we look at the software that manages the CPU ...
processes
Operating Systems: The Software That Runs Everything Else
This is Post 3 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how a CPU executes instructions. Now we look at the software that manages the CPU ...
concurrency
Operating Systems: The Software That Runs Everything Else
This is Post 3 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how a CPU executes instructions. Now we look at the software that manages the CPU ...
file-systems
Operating Systems: The Software That Runs Everything Else
This is Post 3 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how a CPU executes instructions. Now we look at the software that manages the CPU ...
linux
Operating Systems: The Software That Runs Everything Else
This is Post 3 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how a CPU executes instructions. Now we look at the software that manages the CPU ...
complexity
Algorithms: Thinking About Efficiency
This is Post 4 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered operating systems. Now we get to the heart of computer science: algorithms.
sorting
Algorithms: Thinking About Efficiency
This is Post 4 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered operating systems. Now we get to the heart of computer science: algorithms.
searching
Algorithms: Thinking About Efficiency
This is Post 4 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered operating systems. Now we get to the heart of computer science: algorithms.
dynamic-programming
Algorithms: Thinking About Efficiency
This is Post 4 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered operating systems. Now we get to the heart of computer science: algorithms.
big-o
Algorithms: Thinking About Efficiency
This is Post 4 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered operating systems. Now we get to the heart of computer science: algorithms.
arrays
Data Structures: The Right Container for the Right Job
This is Post 5 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how to measure algorithm efficiency. Now we look at data structures — the containe...
hash-tables
Data Structures: The Right Container for the Right Job
This is Post 5 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how to measure algorithm efficiency. Now we look at data structures — the containe...
trees
Data Structures: The Right Container for the Right Job
This is Post 5 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how to measure algorithm efficiency. Now we look at data structures — the containe...
graphs
Data Structures: The Right Container for the Right Job
This is Post 5 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how to measure algorithm efficiency. Now we look at data structures — the containe...
linked-lists
Data Structures: The Right Container for the Right Job
This is Post 5 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained how to measure algorithm efficiency. Now we look at data structures — the containe...
security
Networks & Security: How the Internet Works and How to Protect It
This is Post 6 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered data structures. Now we look at how computers communicate — and how we keep that com...
tls
Networks & Security: How the Internet Works and How to Protect It
This is Post 6 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered data structures. Now we look at how computers communicate — and how we keep that com...
dns
Networks & Security: How the Internet Works and How to Protect It
This is Post 6 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered data structures. Now we look at how computers communicate — and how we keep that com...
http
Networks & Security: How the Internet Works and How to Protect It
This is Post 6 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered data structures. Now we look at how computers communicate — and how we keep that com...
authentication
Networks & Security: How the Internet Works and How to Protect It
This is Post 6 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered data structures. Now we look at how computers communicate — and how we keep that com...
sql
Databases: Storing and Querying Data at Scale
This is Post 7 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered networks and security. Now we look at databases — how we store, organize, and query ...
nosql
Databases: Storing and Querying Data at Scale
This is Post 7 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered networks and security. Now we look at databases — how we store, organize, and query ...
acid
Databases: Storing and Querying Data at Scale
This is Post 7 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered networks and security. Now we look at databases — how we store, organize, and query ...
indexes
Databases: Storing and Querying Data at Scale
This is Post 7 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered networks and security. Now we look at databases — how we store, organize, and query ...
transactions
Databases: Storing and Querying Data at Scale
This is Post 7 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered networks and security. Now we look at databases — how we store, organize, and query ...
postgresql
Databases: Storing and Querying Data at Scale
This is Post 7 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered networks and security. Now we look at databases — how we store, organize, and query ...
api-design
Application Development: Building Software That Lasts
This is Post 8 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered databases. Now we look at application development — the craft of building software t...
testing
Application Development: Building Software That Lasts
This is Post 8 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered databases. Now we look at application development — the craft of building software t...
ci-cd
Application Development: Building Software That Lasts
This is Post 8 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered databases. Now we look at application development — the craft of building software t...
clean-code
Application Development: Building Software That Lasts
This is Post 8 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered databases. Now we look at application development — the craft of building software t...
consistency
Distributed Systems: When One Machine Is Not Enough
This is Post 9 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered building applications. Now we look at what happens when your app grows beyond one ma...
replication
Distributed Systems: When One Machine Is Not Enough
This is Post 9 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered building applications. Now we look at what happens when your app grows beyond one ma...
cap-theorem
Distributed Systems: When One Machine Is Not Enough
This is Post 9 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered building applications. Now we look at what happens when your app grows beyond one ma...
raft
Distributed Systems: When One Machine Is Not Enough
This is Post 9 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered building applications. Now we look at what happens when your app grows beyond one ma...
gradient-descent
Machine Learning: Teaching Computers to Learn
This is Post 10 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered distributed systems. Now we look at machine learning — the technology behind spam f...
decision-trees
Machine Learning: Teaching Computers to Learn
This is Post 10 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered distributed systems. Now we look at machine learning — the technology behind spam f...
supervised-learning
Machine Learning: Teaching Computers to Learn
This is Post 10 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered distributed systems. Now we look at machine learning — the technology behind spam f...
classification
Machine Learning: Teaching Computers to Learn
This is Post 10 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered distributed systems. Now we look at machine learning — the technology behind spam f...
regression
Machine Learning: Teaching Computers to Learn
This is Post 10 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered distributed systems. Now we look at machine learning — the technology behind spam f...
neural-networks
Deep Learning: Neural Networks and the Transformer Revolution
This is Post 11 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered classical machine learning. Now we go deeper: neural networks — the technology behi...
attention
Deep Learning: Neural Networks and the Transformer Revolution
This is Post 11 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered classical machine learning. Now we go deeper: neural networks — the technology behi...
backpropagation
Deep Learning: Neural Networks and the Transformer Revolution
This is Post 11 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered classical machine learning. Now we go deeper: neural networks — the technology behi...
cnn
Deep Learning: Neural Networks and the Transformer Revolution
This is Post 11 in the Computer Science Series. The previous post covered classical machine learning. Now we go deeper: neural networks — the technology behi...
rlhf
Large Language Models: How AI Understands and Generates Language
This is Post 12 — the final post — in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained deep learning and transformers. Now we put it all together: La...
gpt
Large Language Models: How AI Understands and Generates Language
This is Post 12 — the final post — in the Computer Science Series. The previous post explained deep learning and transformers. Now we put it all together: La...
web3
Welcome to the Blockchain Series
Blockchain caught my attention not as a buzzword, but as a genuinely interesting engineering problem: how do you build a system that multiple untrusted parti...
life
Personal Life — Where the Story Behind the Engineer Lives
I grew up in a remote village in Ha Tinh, central Vietnam. I left as a child to follow my uncle to the coffee highlands of Tây Nguyên. I put myself through u...
ha-tinh
My Journey — Part 1: The Village
My Journey — Full Series The Village — Ha Tinh ← you are here Following My Uncle to the Highlands School, Coffee, and Learning to Want More...
childhood
My Journey — Part 1: The Village
My Journey — Full Series The Village — Ha Tinh ← you are here Following My Uncle to the Highlands School, Coffee, and Learning to Want More...
central-highlands
My Journey — Part 2: Following My Uncle to the Highlands
Part 2 of my personal journey series. Read Part 1 here.
education
My Journey — Part 3: School, Coffee, and Learning to Want More
Part 3 of my personal journey series. Read Part 2 here.
high-school
My Journey — Part 4: Coming Home, and Leaving Again
Part 4 of my personal journey series. Read Part 3 here.
sentifi
My Journey — Part 6: University, a Japanese Company, and the Man Who Changed Everything
Part 6 of my personal journey series.
standard-chartered
My Journey — Part 7: Singapore, Family, and Finding My Ground
Part 7 of my personal journey series. Read Part 6 here.
refinitiv
My Journey — Part 7: Singapore, Family, and Finding My Ground
Part 7 of my personal journey series. Read Part 6 here.
covid
My Journey — Part 7: Singapore, Family, and Finding My Ground
Part 7 of my personal journey series. Read Part 6 here.
hashing
Blockchain From First Principles: Cryptography, Consensus, and the Trustless Ledger
Most introductions to blockchain start with Bitcoin or Ethereum and work backwards. This one goes the other direction — starting from the fundamental compute...
merkle-tree
Blockchain From First Principles: Cryptography, Consensus, and the Trustless Ledger
Most introductions to blockchain start with Bitcoin or Ethereum and work backwards. This one goes the other direction — starting from the fundamental compute...
bitcoin
Blockchain From First Principles: Cryptography, Consensus, and the Trustless Ledger
Most introductions to blockchain start with Bitcoin or Ethereum and work backwards. This one goes the other direction — starting from the fundamental compute...
andrew-ng
How Andrew Ng’s Courses Changed the Way I Think About AI
If there’s one person whose teaching shaped my understanding of AI more than anyone else, it’s Andrew Ng. This post is about that journey — from watching his...
coursera
How Andrew Ng’s Courses Changed the Way I Think About AI
If there’s one person whose teaching shaped my understanding of AI more than anyone else, it’s Andrew Ng. This post is about that journey — from watching his...
deeplearning-ai
How Andrew Ng’s Courses Changed the Way I Think About AI
If there’s one person whose teaching shaped my understanding of AI more than anyone else, it’s Andrew Ng. This post is about that journey — from watching his...
learning
How Andrew Ng’s Courses Changed the Way I Think About AI
If there’s one person whose teaching shaped my understanding of AI more than anyone else, it’s Andrew Ng. This post is about that journey — from watching his...
ai
AI and Blockchain — The Promises, The Fear, and What People Who Build Them Actually Know
TL;DR: Everyone fears blockchain will kill banks and AI will kill jobs. But people who actually build these things know the truth: replacing centuries-old fi...
blockchain
AI and Blockchain — The Promises, The Fear, and What People Who Build Them Actually Know
TL;DR: Everyone fears blockchain will kill banks and AI will kill jobs. But people who actually build these things know the truth: replacing centuries-old fi...
future-of-work
AI and Blockchain — The Promises, The Fear, and What People Who Build Them Actually Know
TL;DR: Everyone fears blockchain will kill banks and AI will kill jobs. But people who actually build these things know the truth: replacing centuries-old fi...
time-series-db
Project: Financial Engineering & Risk Management System
Building a complete simulation trading and risk management system from scratch — the kind that powers real trading desks.
message-queue
Project: Financial Engineering & Risk Management System
Building a complete simulation trading and risk management system from scratch — the kind that powers real trading desks.
java
Project: Financial Engineering & Risk Management System
Building a complete simulation trading and risk management system from scratch — the kind that powers real trading desks.
real-time
Project: Financial Engineering & Risk Management System
Building a complete simulation trading and risk management system from scratch — the kind that powers real trading desks.
a2a-protocol
Project: AI & Agents Workflow — Text-to-SQL, Text-to-Dashboard
An AI agents system that lets traders create and modify dashboards using natural language — powered by Text-to-SQL and Text-to-Dashboard agents communicating...
text-to-sql
Project: AI & Agents Workflow — Text-to-SQL, Text-to-Dashboard
An AI agents system that lets traders create and modify dashboards using natural language — powered by Text-to-SQL and Text-to-Dashboard agents communicating...
natural-language
Project: AI & Agents Workflow — Text-to-SQL, Text-to-Dashboard
An AI agents system that lets traders create and modify dashboards using natural language — powered by Text-to-SQL and Text-to-Dashboard agents communicating...
minhash
Project: Redis MinHash — Similarity Grouping at Scale
A Redis-based MinHash implementation for grouping similar items at scale — using Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) to efficiently find near-duplicate document...
elasticsearch
Project: Redis MinHash — Similarity Grouping at Scale
A Redis-based MinHash implementation for grouping similar items at scale — using Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) to efficiently find near-duplicate document...
similarity
Project: Redis MinHash — Similarity Grouping at Scale
A Redis-based MinHash implementation for grouping similar items at scale — using Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) to efficiently find near-duplicate document...
lsh
Project: Redis MinHash — Similarity Grouping at Scale
A Redis-based MinHash implementation for grouping similar items at scale — using Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) to efficiently find near-duplicate document...
cli
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
npm
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
developer-tools
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
copilot
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
open-source
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
api-docs
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
kafka
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
clickhouse
Project: @diepdao/aicli — API Docs CLI for AI Copilots
A global npm CLI that gives AI copilots (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) instant access to the latest API documentation for any open-source tool — Kafka, Red...
financial-markets
Introduction to Financial Markets: A Software Engineer’s Map
If computer science gives you the language of systems, finance gives you the language of money, risk, and incentives. As a software engineer working across c...
market-microstructure
Market Microstructure: How Trades Actually Happen
Market microstructure is the study of how buyers and sellers interact, how prices form, and how orders become trades. For engineers, this is where system beh...
execution
Market Microstructure: How Trades Actually Happen
Market microstructure is the study of how buyers and sellers interact, how prices form, and how orders become trades. For engineers, this is where system beh...
openclaw
Project: Personalized Agents — Build Your Own AI with OpenClaw
What if your AI agent truly knew you — your goals, your communication style, your preferences — and adapted every response accordingly? That’s what Personali...
personalization
Project: Personalized Agents — Build Your Own AI with OpenClaw
What if your AI agent truly knew you — your goals, your communication style, your preferences — and adapted every response accordingly? That’s what Personali...
pricing
Financial Engineering for Builders: Pricing, Curves, and Risk
Financial engineering in production is the discipline of turning models into reliable, explainable, and testable systems.
banking
Banking and Financial Institutions: Operating Model for Engineers
Banks are federations of specialized teams tied together by shared data, controls, and regulation.
institutions
Banking and Financial Institutions: Operating Model for Engineers
Banks are federations of specialized teams tied together by shared data, controls, and regulation.
middle-office
Banking and Financial Institutions: Operating Model for Engineers
Banks are federations of specialized teams tied together by shared data, controls, and regulation.
operations
Banking and Financial Institutions: Operating Model for Engineers
Banks are federations of specialized teams tied together by shared data, controls, and regulation.
loans
Corporate Banking Systems: Loans, Facilities, and Controls
Corporate banking platforms handle long-lived relationships, complex limits, and strict operational controls.
facilities
Corporate Banking Systems: Loans, Facilities, and Controls
Corporate banking platforms handle long-lived relationships, complex limits, and strict operational controls.
credit-risk
Corporate Banking Systems: Loans, Facilities, and Controls
Corporate banking platforms handle long-lived relationships, complex limits, and strict operational controls.
dashboards
Risk Management and Trader Dashboards: From Trades to Decisions
Risk dashboards are decision systems. They must be fast, consistent, and explainable under pressure.
traders
Risk Management and Trader Dashboards: From Trades to Decisions
Risk dashboards are decision systems. They must be fast, consistent, and explainable under pressure.
pnl
Risk Management and Trader Dashboards: From Trades to Decisions
Risk dashboards are decision systems. They must be fast, consistent, and explainable under pressure.
evm
Smart Contracts and the EVM: How Ethereum Actually Executes Code
This is Post 2 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered blockchain fundamentals.
gas
Smart Contracts and the EVM: How Ethereum Actually Executes Code
This is Post 2 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered blockchain fundamentals.
amm
DeFi Protocol Design: AMMs, Lending, and On-Chain Risk
This is Post 3 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered smart contracts and the EVM.
lending
DeFi Protocol Design: AMMs, Lending, and On-Chain Risk
This is Post 3 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered smart contracts and the EVM.
tokenomics
DeFi Protocol Design: AMMs, Lending, and On-Chain Risk
This is Post 3 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered smart contracts and the EVM.
layer2
Blockchain Scalability: Layer 2 Rollups, Data Availability, and Trade-offs
This is Post 4 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered DeFi protocol design.
rollups
Blockchain Scalability: Layer 2 Rollups, Data Availability, and Trade-offs
This is Post 4 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered DeFi protocol design.
scalability
Blockchain Scalability: Layer 2 Rollups, Data Availability, and Trade-offs
This is Post 4 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered DeFi protocol design.
data-availability
Blockchain Scalability: Layer 2 Rollups, Data Availability, and Trade-offs
This is Post 4 in the Blockchain Series. The previous post covered DeFi protocol design.
mlops
MLOps and Evaluation: From Notebook Models to Reliable Production
This is Post 2 in the AI Series. The previous post covered the learning journey and foundations.
evaluation
MLOps and Evaluation: From Notebook Models to Reliable Production
This is Post 2 in the AI Series. The previous post covered the learning journey and foundations.
monitoring
MLOps and Evaluation: From Notebook Models to Reliable Production
This is Post 2 in the AI Series. The previous post covered the learning journey and foundations.
deployment
MLOps and Evaluation: From Notebook Models to Reliable Production
This is Post 2 in the AI Series. The previous post covered the learning journey and foundations.
rag
LLM Systems and RAG: Building Useful AI Beyond Prompt Demos
This is Post 3 in the AI Series. The previous post covered MLOps and evaluation.
embeddings
LLM Systems and RAG: Building Useful AI Beyond Prompt Demos
This is Post 3 in the AI Series. The previous post covered MLOps and evaluation.
vector-database
LLM Systems and RAG: Building Useful AI Beyond Prompt Demos
This is Post 3 in the AI Series. The previous post covered MLOps and evaluation.
ai-agents
AI Agents in Production: Planning, Tool Use, and Safety Boundaries
This is Post 4 in the AI Series. The previous post covered LLM system design and RAG.
tool-use
AI Agents in Production: Planning, Tool Use, and Safety Boundaries
This is Post 4 in the AI Series. The previous post covered LLM system design and RAG.
planning
AI Agents in Production: Planning, Tool Use, and Safety Boundaries
This is Post 4 in the AI Series. The previous post covered LLM system design and RAG.
safety
AI Agents in Production: Planning, Tool Use, and Safety Boundaries
This is Post 4 in the AI Series. The previous post covered LLM system design and RAG.