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Samson Hu
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Search Infrastructure @ Pinterest. Motos and snowboarding
Googled their resume and it’s copied from another LI page…
March 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I liked www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/cppbo... when I learned. Learn by doing
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February 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Always need a back door if you go all in on gitops
January 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Going 130 feels too much when the speed limit is 100. But people typically go 80 in a 60
December 31, 2024 at 8:08 PM
I really liked his post in how to dive into large complex code bases. Still in my bookmarks bar
December 28, 2024 at 5:50 PM
And as a TL, there’s a bit of if you put down ambiguity you are admitting you are unable to scope and think through the project enough
December 26, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I think for me, the lessons are to choose the team carefully, to make sure there’s enough people in at least the owner camp for the given project. The planning one is always hard, hours dedicated to ambiguity is difficult to prioritize against other concrete projects
December 26, 2024 at 6:06 PM
It’s just something that I’ve been dealing with recently, where managers ideally want predictable planning and resourcing. And there is a less committed or less experienced engineer that is more or less only effective with a concrete task based roadmap. Iteration is ofc more natural
December 26, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I’ve been wrestling with the individual tasks one a fair bit, lmk if the authors recommend a workaround. Individual tasks are nice if all task items are known or discoverable in advance
December 26, 2024 at 6:02 AM
If you can’t tell, it’s swollen enough to crack the case.

I had a friend recently have his house burn down from an e-bike he bought his kids. It’s all making me a bit nervous from all the batteries and power strips we have in the house
December 19, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I am finishing up leading a multi year multi team project. Wrote about the things I learned for this one, which all come down to “basic” project management skills

writing.samsonhu.com/tactics-for-...
How to Manage Large Projects At Big Companies
When I first joined Pinterest as a backend engineer six years ago, I came from a start-up background. My bag of tactics focused on shipping quickly in a fast-moving environment. I tackled every proble...
writing.samsonhu.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:09 PM
His last mark in life
December 12, 2024 at 7:44 AM
The alleged shooter had everything set up for a trajectory of doing something great in his life. As his bucket of illnesses took hold, he may have felt his window closing. Losing his ability to work and make impact may have been imminent, and he carried out his hasty manifesto and plan best he could
December 12, 2024 at 7:44 AM
When I try this approach in our GitHub I get a bunch of nerve conflicts as I try to fetch and rebase the child diff after the parent is merged in. I think it’s because we squash and merge, so old changes are then rebased against a future squashed commit
December 11, 2024 at 5:22 PM
and bag / bAg aparently
December 9, 2024 at 5:44 AM
process / prOcess
December 9, 2024 at 5:44 AM