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Dec 8, 2021

Choosing Effective Work Projects

Here is a framework for deciding your priorities and communicating them. “How do I work on something more interesting?” This is a common question I’ve received from friends and coworkers over the years. It’s especially important now as we approach sprint planning season when new tasks are created and delegated. …

Self Improvement

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Choosing Effective Work Projects
Choosing Effective Work Projects
Self Improvement

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Jan 31, 2021

Creating an Audio Deepfake With YouTube

An Easy Intro to Audio Speech Synthesis Deepfakes…

Deepfakes

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Creating an Audio Deepfake With YouTube
Creating an Audio Deepfake With YouTube
Deepfakes

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Dec 29, 2020

Year In Review

For my 2020 New Year’s Resolution, I set out with a friend to write an article a month. For this last one of the year, I’ll go over all the numbers and set some more goals for next year. Goals for 2020 In the beginning, I took this on as…

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Year In Review
Year In Review

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Nov 29, 2020

Choosing a Team at a Tech Company

A Framework for Determining What You Value Most in a Team — Let’s say you’ve just joined a tech company and you’re making a decision on which team to choose. Potential hiring managers might come up to you and tell you that their team has great team socials, or that there are numerous growth opportunities. Of course, everyone values these opportunities differently…

Technology

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Choosing a Team at a Tech Company
Choosing a Team at a Tech Company
Technology

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Nov 1, 2020

The Problem of Voting From a Technological Lens

Why So Few Vote and How to Make Your Voice Heard — In every presidential election to date, no more than 45% of the eligible voting population has cast their vote. As an individual, it’s unlikely that your vote will swing the election. However, if everyone thought this way, the candidate that wins might not best represent the wishes of the people…

Voting

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The Problem of Voting From a Technological Lens
The Problem of Voting From a Technological Lens
Voting

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Oct 1, 2020

Creating a Website Without a Tech Background

A Simple Walkthrough To Enhance Your Personal Brand First off, this is mainly targetted towards folks that don’t have a web development background but want to create their own website. You could use this to make a personal website to showcase your portfolio including projects you’ve worked on or papers…

Web Development

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Creating a Website Without a Tech Background
Creating a Website Without a Tech Background
Web Development

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Aug 30, 2020

Framing Information For The Audience

Tuning Conversations to Spend Time More Efficiently — Whether it’s in virtual meetings or written communication, it’s critical to consider your audience when conveying information. Not adding enough context means your audience might get lost and miss your message. On the other hand, adding too much unnecessary context wastes valuable time. It’s hard to determine precisely the right…

Productivity

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Framing Information For The Audience
Framing Information For The Audience
Productivity

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Jul 31, 2020

Supporting Black Communities As An Asian American

Sharing experiences as a minority and understanding the unequal impacts of racial bias — Coming from a town that is 79% white¹, I was no stranger to racism growing up. The cultural differences between my home and upbringing clashed with that of a “conventional” white American family. At the same time, the shared values on education and existing biases such as the model minority…

Asian American

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Supporting Black Communities As An Asian American
Supporting Black Communities As An Asian American
Asian American

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Jun 29, 2020

Reasons for Systemic Bias in Machine Learning for Policing and Other Applications

Analyzing why bias occurs and how we can practically address it — Recently, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM all agreed not to sell their facial recognition technology for law enforcement use over the next year amid findings of racial bias across many such systems. Much press has pointed to the bias in such tools to suggest that they should be banned entirely from…

Software Development

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Reasons for Systemic Bias in Machine Learning Applications
Reasons for Systemic Bias in Machine Learning Applications
Software Development

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·May 30, 2020

How Exposure Contact Tracing Apps Are Designed For Your Privacy

Recently, Google and Apple published a final set of technical guidelines for government application developers to use when integrating with Android and iOS phones. As someone that reads and creates similar specifications for a living, I was very interested in the design choices that they would make. Each architectural choice…

Covid 19

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How Exposure Contact Tracing Apps Are Designed For Your Privacy
How Exposure Contact Tracing Apps Are Designed For Your Privacy
Covid 19

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Alan Liu

Alan Liu

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SWE @ Nuro | Formerly Facebook/Google | Yale ’18 | alanliu.dev

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