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Ka Wai Cheung

My 25-Year Career in Web Design Through the Eyes of the Wayback Machine

Remembering the excitement of a new medium, coming to terms with its ephemerality, and rediscovering some embarrassing little treasures.

May 10

My 25-Year Career in Web Design Through the Eyes of the Wayback Machine

May 10

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On Transitioning From Software Writing to Just Writing

I guess you become a professional writer the same way you become a professional poker player. One day you just decide this is what you’re…

May 11

May 11

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How I Build Software (Like a Musician)

May 28

May 28

Ka Wai Cheung

The one-person product: Throwing the AI train in reverse

My latest adventures in the software space

Jul 8

The one-person product: Throwing the AI train in reverse

Jul 8

Ka Wai Cheung

Old School Workarounds: Keeping the Screen Up to Date

Years ago, it was common assumption that when a page loaded, nothing about it would change until you manually refreshed the page.

May 10

Old School Workarounds: Keeping the Screen Up to Date

May 10

Ka Wai Cheung

Championing the Doer

A pep talk for those of you building software alone

Apr 30

Apr 30

Ka Wai Cheung

Recreating Baseball Scoreboards out of Plain Old HTML and CSS

Apr 28

Recreating Baseball Scoreboards out of Plain Old HTML and CSS

Apr 28

Ka Wai Cheung

We Shouldn’t be Surprised That Code Gets That Way

A lesson from a kitchen cleanup

Apr 23

Apr 23

Ka Wai Cheung

Flash is Good for Web Designers…and Its Good for the Web.

I wrote this in 2001, during my heyday as a Flash developer, and thought I’d copy and paste it here for perpetuity.

Apr 4

Apr 4

Ka Wai Cheung

Professionals are Often Just Sliver Experts

At a big company, you can’t just be an Engineer.

Mar 27

Mar 27

On Building Software

A collection of short essays on designing, building, and maintaining software for lone wolves and super-small teams.

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Ka Wai Cheung

I write about software, design, fatherhood, and nostalgia usually. Dad to a boy and a girl. Creator of donedone.com. More at kawaicheung.io.

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