Archive - Andrew Liu's Blog

Advice on advice

Most advice is bad. Fortunately, we can dissect why it's bad and how to give advice that's less bad.

Feb 19 •

January 2025

2024 Year in Review

My 2024 year in review.

Jan 7 •

July 2024

Macbook setup 2024 update

How I set up a fresh laptop (revised 2024 edition).

Jul 12, 2024 •

March 2024

Hosting a Colab GPU runtime on Windows

How I set up a GPU-powered Python kernel (using a Windows machine in my basement).

Mar 31, 2024 •

January 2024

2023 Year in Review

Reflections from the year of 2023.

Jan 23, 2024 •

July 2023

The Distributed Pez Dispenser

How to get things done without being bogged down by bad planning.

Jul 14, 2023 •

How I set up a new MacBook

How I set up a fresh laptop.

Jul 3, 2023 •

December 2022

Preparing for Your First Ski Trip

Ski season is coming up. Here are my recommendations for people getting started.

Dec 14, 2022 •

August 2022

Defcon 30 Recon Village CTF Write-up

The write-up for challenges in the Recon Village CTF from Defcon 30.

Aug 17, 2022 •

June 2022

Tough questions you must ask before joining any startup

Looking to join a startup? Avoid buyer's remorse by asking these fundamental startup-centric questions.

Jun 1, 2022 •

February 2022

Your priorities are meaningless (unless you stack rank them)

If you think everything's important, that means that nothing is important. No two things in life can be equal.

Feb 24, 2022 •

December 2021

Should you leave Google for that startup?

It's a big career change, and you're giving up a great gig. But for some people, it's worth taking the leap. This is how you tell.

Dec 6, 2021 •

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