Bigi LuiMy thoughts on bitcoinsI recently tried to think about bitcoins a little more, a little deeper than the surface level. On any day there is typically a wide range…·7 min read·Apr 27, 2021----
Bigi LuiMoney doesn’t always help you stop doing things you don’t want to do; some things you don’t want…That title was a mouthful, but I can’t think of a better catchy title to encompass all of that.5 min read·Jan 16, 2021----
Bigi LuiHow much you like something vs how much you can tolerate the cost for itI was watching The Martian (yes, 5 years late) and thinking about what being an astronaut is like. Sure, I’m not talking about the whole…4 min read·Dec 11, 2020----
Bigi LuiMiner — Blog Framework based on Sapper/SvelteI open sourced the framework that powers this blog, and called it Miner!4 min read·Aug 1, 2020----
Bigi LuiDid tech employees really want to live in San Francisco after all?For many years I’ve held the opinion that San Francisco was too expensive for startups to run (even back in 2015 or so when I first…2 min read·May 24, 2020----
Bigi LuiMoving from the Bay Area to the Greater Sacramento AreaZuckerberg is only the latest, but certainly the most high-profile, tech exec to cast doubt on the future of Silicon Valley as the tech…6 min read·Feb 8, 2020--2--2
Bigi LuiA Guide for Picking Up Node.js Development for PHP developersComing from a world of PHP and vanilla client JS? Here are 8 things to pick up to learn node.js development.7 min read·Jun 14, 2019----
Bigi LuiInstalling Elixir and PhoenixHaving a little bit of free time tonight, I thought I’d look into Elixir and Phoenix. Elixir is a relatively new language that runs on the…4 min read·Feb 2, 2019--1--1
Bigi LuiKeyboards for Developers, Part 2 — Mechanical KeyboardsIn Part 1 of this post I talked about laptop keyboards. It was something I just really needed to get off my chest. I was annoyed by the…8 min read·Jan 21, 2019--3--3
Bigi LuiKeyboards for Developers, Part 1 — Let’s Talk About Laptop KeyboardsI like obsessing over keyboards — I’ve owned many mechanical keyboards (which I’ll talk about in part 2 of this post), and I also like to…3 min read·Jan 18, 2019--4--4