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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

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This is a collection of stories and daily musings.

  • Talking to an AI

    When I was told I’d be interviewed by an AI, I had the assumption that the experience would feel detached. Because how can I relate to someone without a face? I relied so much on verbal AND non-verbal cues during interviews that I needed to see the facial expressions and movements of my interviewer to… Read more

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  • The practice of apprenticeship

    Last Christmas, my dear friend Amira gifted me a compact book entitled “The Autobiography and Other Writings” by Benjamin Franklin. It’s my first time to have a hard copy of an autobiography. I wouldn’t have acquired one, much more so about Benjamin Franklin, whose name I somehow remember being related to electricity and have later… Read more

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  • Strawberry on strawberry

    To make the most of the strawberries I bought before they spoiled, I dried them in our air fryer for 2.5 hours (to my husband’s surprise, because electricity does not come cheap) and was satisfied with the result. I just wanted to try the “dried fruits” feature in our air fryer and the outcome did… Read more

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  • The liberation I felt after reducing my Facebook use

    After spending hours reading long reads, I suddenly had a burst of desire to create something tangible that others could interact with, such as this blog post. I was feeling the excitement to type and get something published, feeling the overflow of thoughts and ideas that I could no longer contain inside my head. I… Read more

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  • I just had to try vibecoding!

    When Ethan Mollick wrote about vibecoding, I knew I had to test it myself. The first project I had in mind was to make a Tetris embedded in my website, which visitors can play. When I couldn’t refine the game such that it would (1) have a leaderboard and (2) allow the user to speed… Read more

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  • Work from home, electronic screens, and trouble sleeping

    I wrote the original post here in August 2020. It’s been ten years since I first used f.lux (from Windows to MacOS)—I first installed the app on my new laptop as a fifth-year engineering student in 2015. So, if you see me typing on my yellow-lit screen at this hour, you will understand why. Blue… Read more

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  • The things we hide

    So we hide away the unpleasant, like crumbs under the bed, thinking that putting away the hurt makes the hurt go away. But they never go away. They would only chew bit by bit the sanity we try to hold. Until we break. Read more

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