David’s Substack

S3 Express One, Value-Less LSM Trees, ShardStore

It’s early 2024 and S3 continues its ubiquity in computing.

Feb 5, 2024 • David Xiang

December 2022

July 2022

Software Project Planning

Software project planning is extremely difficult.

Jul 30, 2022 • David Xiang

April 2022

Art or Science?

Art is subjective, soft, human, unique.

Apr 25, 2022 • David Xiang

March 2022

January 2022

Monolith To Microservices Vs. Your Organization

Microservices are nothing new.

Jan 24, 2022 • David Xiang

December 2021

Use More 1-1-1s

1-1s are core to management.

Dec 30, 2021 • David Xiang

4 Questions To Ask Yourself

As a Junior IC

Dec 17, 2021 • David Xiang

October 2021

5 Mistakes That Damage Your Personal Brand As A Young Professional

As you progress in your career, your success largely depends on your personal brand as a professional.

Oct 27, 2021 • David Xiang

Staff Software Engineer Responsibilities – Align With Authority

Check out my original post on Staff Software Engineer Responsibilities!

Oct 10, 2021 • David Xiang

September 2021

Communication For Leaders — Be Generous

As a leader, you may have grown accustomed to a variety of conveniences when it comes to communication.

Sep 20, 2021 • David Xiang

August 2021

Software Messaging Patterns — Queues vs. Publish/Subscribe (Pub/Sub)

This post’s goal is to provide you with a deeper intuition behind two of the most common software messaging patterns—queues vs.

Aug 22, 2021 • David Xiang