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…Dev Ops8 min readDev Ops8 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. …Dev Ops20 min readDev Ops20 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…Dev Ops30 min readDev Ops30 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
Published in Rock n’ Heavy·May 28, 2021Man in BlackOde to Johnny Cash’s 50-year-old song of the downtrodden — I grew up listening to country music, including the great Johnny Cash. He’s of course the country music pioneer well-chronicled in the excellent movie, Walk the Line, and he passed away in 2003. As a long-time fan, I thought I knew all his songs, but some years ago I discovered…Johnny Cash5 min readJohnny Cash5 min read
May 20, 2021Muslims, Conservative Religions, and the AmishMore alike than different & history all the same — I’m from Maine, a pretty libertarian and freedom-oriented place. And while Maine is sadly still the whitest state in the union, we usually don’t care who our neighbors are, as long as they (and the government) don’t bother us. They could be blue and from Mars for all we care…Amish7 min readAmish7 min read
May 13, 2021Muslims, Conservative Religions, and the AmishMore alike than different & history all the same — I’m from Maine, a pretty libertarian and freedom-oriented place. And while Maine is sadly still the whitest state in the union, we usually don’t care who our neighbors are, as long as they (and the government) don’t bother us. They could be blue and from Mars for all we care…Amish7 min readAmish7 min read
