Mar 10Security Review for SaaS SystemsWhat & how to look at Security at Every Level I am often asked by CEOs and CTOs to do security reviews of their SaaS products, as securing them is critical for their users, companies, and often legal compliance. This article covers how I approach these reviews, what I look…SaaS15 min readSaaS15 min read
Mar 8My PLC Ladder Logic StandardSome old lessons from PLC land … I love industrial PLCs, industrial automation, and especially Ladder Logic — today everyone one here in Silicon Valley is in Web, SaaS, Mobile, and Cloud engineering, but PLCs remain my first love of programming and technology. It’s been many years since I worked…Plc8 min readPlc8 min read
Mar 7DevOps Challenges When Outsourcing Your MVPCommon Problems in Process, Tooling, Security, and Infrastructure Numerous early-stage startups use outsourcing to develop their Minimum Viable Product (MVP), quickly building something at a low cost. While this approach has proved quite effective, it comes with several challenges. Although most outsourcing development shops can deliver a functional product with…DevOps6 min readDevOps6 min read
Jan 24DevOps for Early Stage StartupsAdvice for non-technical founders to get going This is the second article in my series of Software Developer & DevOps for Early Stage Startups (see the first article), focused on non-technical founders and what they should do as they get to MVP. Infrastructure & Deployment Once you have some working code and an…DevOps8 min readDevOps8 min read
Jan 17Software Development for Early-Stage StartupsSome advice for non-technical founders on getting started to MVP This is part of my series on DevOps for Early Stage Startups, and is designed for non-technical startup CEOs who don’t have a CTO nor senior technical help. …DevOps20 min readDevOps20 min read
Sep 22, 2022DevOps for Early-Stage StartupsTechnical things to think about when you get funding Introduction This guide is about the technical, procedural, system, and security issues around software development and deployment that you should think about as your startup gets started, especially once you have developers building & deploying code. Most startups work to get up…DevOps30 min readDevOps30 min read
Oct 7, 2021China’s new Privacy Law (PIPL)The GDPR on steroids China has entered the 21st century privacy race with the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which is essentially the EU’s GDPR on steroids. Strong on notification and consent, the PIPL requires data handlers to carefully understand their data processing flows, systems, and vendors and to tell…China1 min readChina1 min read
Jun 24, 2021Gentleman’s Responsibilities of ConductWhat is a gentleman? Perhaps someone well-dressed, well-behaved, and even well-bred, whatever that means. Maybe someone who takes care of others, is always polite and of service? A few years ago, I had the honor of serving as president of a gentleman’s club in Shanghai. No, not that kind of…Gentleman3 min readGentleman3 min read
Jun 4, 2021God, I hate homework …How it ruins our elementary school kids — I hate homework. Well, not personally, as it never really bothered me back in my American junior high and high school. Today we see it in earlier and earlier grades. Here in Shanghai, it starts from grade one, at age six. An hour a day, usually more. Of detestable homework…Homework6 min readHomework6 min read
May 29, 2021Shanghai MedicineWhy can’t we have this in the USA? — I saw four doctors today in Shanghai. Not because I’m sick, but as I’m leaving China to move back to the USA next month, I needed a couple annual exams, a few follow-ups, and to get final advice and prescriptions for a variety of things. …Medicine5 min readMedicine5 min read
