Leo Kwan

2 Feb 2024

32 & starting 2024 with more energy

2024 might be the year I become an early bird.

21 Jan 2024

The Potential and Limitations of OpenAI's Custom GPTs.

I share my first impressions of building a custom GPT chatbot, delving into its limitations and questioning the longevity of GPTs reliant on file uploads. I wonder if custom GPTs are primarily intended as chat interfaces for APIs.

28 Nov 2023

Don't forget to deploy your CloudKit-backed SwiftData entities to production.

I thought SwiftData model changes would just work ✨. Make sure you press this button after updating your CloudKit-backed SwiftData models.

16 Jul 2023

Proposing to Nicole in Ortigia, Sicily

Last month I proposed to Nicole in a small town called Ortigia in Sicily, Italy. She said yes; my best friend of nearly eight years is now my fiancé. Nicole was completely surprised. She couldn't believe that I planned everything under her nose. I'm happy everything

8 Jul 2023

Doing great work

Paul Graham wrote an insightful essay about doing great work that I really enjoyed. He gives advice about finding what you’re interested in to doing the actual work.

8 Jan 2023

31

By the time I realized I should document my 30 year milestone, I had become almost 31 already 🤭. Since graduating college ten years ago, I prioritized career first. Strengh conditioning, software development, solopreneurship in SuperFit... I always ran headfirst towards something. This past year though- that something was family, friends

18 Feb 2022

Coding bootcamps lie, but join one anyway.

The coding bootcamp I attended in 2015 lied to me. These nontraditional three-month bootcamps used to advertise something along the lines of, "Earn 80k after graduating!". The lies caught up with the Flatiron School and the program got hit with a lawsuit in 2017. Many bootcamps adjusted to