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Life5 min read

US5 - 100 Days In America - San Francisco

Finally, I got the opportunity to visit Silicon Valley - the high-tech haven where Google, Apple, and the headquarters of major tech giants are situated.

#travel#stories
Life4 min read

US4 - 100 Days In America - New Discoveries Amidst Melancholy

I'm sick - homesick. This place is pretty bland. I ain't in the mood to blog, but lemme give a brief update on my current life in Arizona.

#travel#stories
Life4 min read

US3 - 100 Days In America - The Beginning Of An Epic Journey

The stars have aligned, and HoangYell's dream is finally coming true! It's a journey through stars and stripes to reach Lady Gaga's sky.

#travel#stories
Life9 min read

US2 - Experiencing The US Visa Interview In Hanoi

Conquering the US visa in less than 24 hours. The step-by-step process from preparation to interview, and the happy ending for the first time in the capital.

#travel#stories
Life4 min read

US1 - Opportunity And Preparation For The First US Trip

Spilling the tea on my first US trip - from visa chaos to touchdown - so I stop retyping the same story to curious friends 10 times.

#travel#stories
AI & Agents5 min read

AI Agents & Multi-Agent Systems: The 'Company of Robots' Mental Model

What's the difference between ChatGPT and an AI Agent? A mastery guide to tool calling, LangGraph orchestration, and why multi-agent is the architecture of 2026.

#ai#ai-agents#langgraph
System Design5 min read

Caching & Redis: The 'Sticky Note' Mental Model

Why does Redis make everything faster? A mastery guide to cache invalidation (the hardest problem in CS), eviction strategies, and Redis data types.

#system-design#redis#performance
System Design5 min read

CDN: The 'Local Convenience Store' Mental Model

Why does your image load instantly for users in the US but crawls in Vietnam? A mastery guide to CDN Edge Nodes, Cache-Control headers, and cache busting.

#system-design#performance#networking
Developer Tools5 min read

CI/CD Pipeline: The 'Factory Assembly Line' Mental Model

Why does 'works on my machine' still happen with Docker? A mastery guide to CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and zero-downtime Blue/Green deployments.

#devops#ci-cd#github-actions