Jun 10, 2026
Becoming a Dad at 20, Part 4: I Did EnoughLifeDecember 2020. My Japanese was fluent. I passed the exam at the best IT school in Japan. The only thing left was one year of bank records. That was th…
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Jun 3, 2026
Becoming a Dad at 20, Part 3: Where AM I Even Going?LifeApril 2020. COVID hit and the floor I'd just built collapsed again. This is the part where I stopped knowing where I was going and just kept moving so…
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May 27, 2026
Becoming a Dad at 20, Part 2: Please, Hire MeLifeAugust 2019. The money was bleeding out. By the time my son was born I had $8 to my name, slippers on my feet, and six days to find a job. This is wha…
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May 20, 2026
Becoming a Dad at 20, Part 1: Wait, I'm a Father?LifeThe moment my entire life changed. I was 20 years old, barely a month into studying in Japan, when my girlfriend showed me a pregnancy test. Two lines…
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May 16, 2026
Getting a Loan Without a Job in KoreaLifeA firsthand account of navigating Korea's Jeonse housing system and fighting through eight bank rejections to secure a government-backed housing loan…
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May 15, 2026
We Are in the Same BoatLifeA personal reflection on why so many Korean small and medium-sized businesses treat employees as replaceable parts. Explores the structural and busine…
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May 13, 2026
Baremetal Provisioning with IronicGuidesA practical operations guide for Bifrost, the lightweight standalone deployment of OpenStack Ironic. Covers installation, node enrollment, custom IPA…
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Mar 22, 2026
How to Provision Bare Metal Servers with iPXEGuidesA complete guide to setting up an iPXE server from scratch — covering DHCP/TFTP configuration, HTTP file serving, Samba for Windows installs, and auto…
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Jan 13, 2026
PearlAbyss System Engineer InterviewLifeA detailed review of the 2026 Pearl Abyss System Engineer interview process. Covers document screening, the written test experience, technical intervi…
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Jan 10, 2026
Server QC Automation SystemProjectsHow I built a fully automated server QC pipeline using Python and FastAPI, eliminating manual processes and boosting daily throughput by 260% through…
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