Principles

Rules I hold myself to, in life and in building things. Every principle reads in English and Korean. All tags →

Best Practices of Life, Frameworks

• Success and Fail Cycle
  Seek Knowledge and Training: Increase your probability of success by acquiring relevant knowledge and skills. Identify opportunities with a…
  Written in English

Design Principles

• Tradeoffs
  The "pick two" triangle that captures this principle in project management is the Iron Triangle -- Scope, Time, Cost. You can optimize for…
  Written in English

Engineering

• Publish Only Complete and Validated Results
  Keep the result you are working on apart from the result people can use, and switch what people see only after the new one has passed its…
  Written in Korean

Interesting Takes

• Win First, and Then Compete
  승패를 운에 맡기지 말라, 진정한 승부사는 이겨놓고 확인하러 갈 뿐이다 - 알바트로스, 성필규
  Written in Korean

Life Prompts

• Do One Thing At A Time
  Be in One Place, and Notice One Detail: this rule plus noticing one specific detail, applied to enjoying a moment
  Written in English

Productivity

• Every YES is a NO to Something Else
  Every commitment you make implicitly declines every alternative you could have pursued with that same time, energy, or money. This is the…
  Written in English