As Warren Buffett always says what makes a good business is 1) earning good returns on the net tangible capital required in their operation, and 2) capable and honest managers. You can always find good business models, but good leaders are rare. I’m always fascinated by stories about how this…

In Both eBooks and Paperback — Do you want to publish technical books independently but are new to the process? I have been there. It took me a while (publishing 3 books on Amazon and other platforms) to figure out a working playbook for my publishing process. …

Through Prompts and Dialogs — If you are building iOS and macOS apps, you would love to have ratings and reviews from your customers! This is a necessary way to build up social proof in the App Store, which encourages more customers to try out your products. Based on some anecdotes, an average app may…

Another year is in! Are you growing wiser? Does your understanding of the world get deeper? Like other years, it is time to count the books I have read this year and talk about how they changed my life. How I discovered each of the books was always a moment…

(Update: my book Building macOS Apps With SwiftUI is out! Grab a copy for more details and examples.) If you are building an image processing app on macOS, taking a screenshot on the screen and load it into the app directly is a straightforward way to import the image. In…

What The Great Inflation (1965 — 1982) Taught Us — Now in 2022, the U.S. is experiencing the highest inflation in 40 years, and the Fed is fighting back by raising funds rates continuously. The stock market is feeling the pain. The people who want to buy houses are feeling the pain. Companies are feeling the pain. For a lot…

Efficient Steps and Cheap Tools to Build An App From An Idea to Distribution — (Update: my book Building macOS Apps With SwiftUI is out! Grab a copy for more details and examples.) Have an app idea on MacOS, but no idea where to start? This is the article. I’m sharing a playbook that enabled me to build an app and publish it within days. …

Mental frameworks and tools that empower you to lead — Have you felt stranded in just building, coding, and following directions? Or, you are ready to break out and take the courage to lead, but don’t know where to start? I have been there and seen many people struggle with it. However, after years of practice, I successfully led and…

On my last day at work, my colleagues held a goodbye party for me. Everyone took turns to share our stories together. Surprisingly, several of them told me how my writings on the internet had a great impact on their career and their life. That brought me to tears. For…