PinnedKa Wai CheungMy 25-Year Career in Web Design Through the Eyes of the Wayback MachineRemembering the excitement of a new medium, coming to terms with its ephemerality, and rediscovering some embarrassing little treasures.14 min read·May 10, 2024--70--70
PinnedKa Wai CheungOn Transitioning From Software Writing to Just WritingI guess you become a professional writer the same way you become a professional poker player. One day you just decide this is what you’re…·5 min read·May 11, 2024--3--3
PinnedKa Wai CheungHow I Build Software (Like a Musician)I don’t build software the conventional way. Not like an architect would build a house. With engineers, developers, project managers…5 min read·Feb 28, 2024----
Ka Wai CheungOld School Workarounds: Keeping the Screen Up to DateYears ago, it was common assumption that when a page loaded, nothing about it would change until you manually refreshed the page.8 min read·May 10, 2024--1--1
Ka Wai CheungChampioning the DoerA pep talk for those of you building software alone2 min read·Apr 30, 2024--1--1
Ka Wai CheungRecreating Baseball Scoreboards out of Plain Old HTML and CSS3 min read·Apr 28, 2024--2--2
Ka Wai CheungWe Shouldn’t be Surprised That Code Gets That WayA lesson from a kitchen cleanup3 min read·Apr 23, 2024--1--1
Ka Wai CheungFlash is Good for Web Designers…and Its Good for the Web.I wrote this in 2001, during my heyday as a Flash developer, and thought I’d copy and paste it here for perpetuity.3 min read·Apr 4, 2024----
Ka Wai CheungProfessionals are Often Just Sliver ExpertsAt a big company, you can’t just be an Engineer.2 min read·Mar 27, 2024----
Ka Wai CheungIt’s OK to Want to Work AloneOn my third grade report card, Mrs. Johnson wrote this note:4 min read·Mar 25, 2024--1--1