Paul S. Chun 🐻

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Maintainer of https://writehoney.com. Korean-American dad in Berlin solving problems at scale (usually with Clojure). Still finding out how to live between "Perfect is the enemy of good" and "Make every day your masterpiece."
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Show threadPaul S. Chun 🐻6d ago

Much more tragically though, I very recently realized that this is also my parenting style.

So today, I made sure to celebrate my three year old for her first day at the big kids' daycare.

At pickup, I told her I was VERY proud of her and tossed her up into the sky three times. Then we marched to her grandparents' house and told them what a big day she had, before going home and doing the same with her mom and three week old brother.

I think today was one of the happiest days of her life

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Paul S. Chun 🐻6d ago

One thing I learned about myself when I started managing others is that, if I'm not deliberate about addressing it, I operate on two modes:

1. This is unacceptable and needs to get better. Don't even think of celebrating.

2. This is how things are supposed to be running. What is there to celebrate?

As you can imagine, this created a less-than-ideal work environment that sapped motivation levels without me noticing.

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Paul S. Chun 🐻Jul 24
Logan 5 and 999 othersJul 24

I'm finally living the dream!

*walks into my old high school naked and late for a test*

Paul S. Chun 🐻Jul 23

Remember when you had minimum length requirements on essays as a kid, and you added a bunch of fluff to pad it?

AI slop winning SEO battles on things you care about today is your karmic revenge. This is your fault.

Paul S. Chun 🐻Jul 18
God Jul 18
When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
Paul S. Chun 🐻Jul 11

Knowledge is knowing that drivers have right of way over pedestrians at unmarked intersections in Germany.

Wisdom is being prepared for people, especially small children, to not know this ridiculous rule.

Paul S. Chun 🐻Jul 6

I can't remember the last time I had the dream where, for some reason, I'm an adult who somehow ended up back in high school and am in a panic to not miss a class.

Is this middle age?

Paul S. Chun 🐻Jul 5
Natasha JayJul 5
If you can't look back at your younger self and realize that you were an idiot, you are probably still an idiot.
Paul S. Chun 🐻Jun 25

New York City's mayoral primaries were conducted with ranked-choice voting for the first time. The results were dramatic and the rest of the country has taken note.

For the Democratic party, former New York governor from 2011 to 2021 Andrew Cuomo conceded to Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist in the vein of Bernie Sanders.

For the Republican party, Curtis Sliwa claimed victory over... no one, since he ran unopposed, but still, he was inspired to continue his M. Bison cosplay shtick.

Paul S. Chun 🐻Jun 25

My ten-year high school reunion was a mini apology tour for me. I was a complete asshole as a kid, and I knew it was my responsibility to address wounds I caused, even if the version of me that did it is different from who I was years later during the reunion.

I wish I could do the same for people I've worked with. Especially those who I was constantly short with for things I'm now certain was the result of them being neurodivergent, which I didn't understand at the time.