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Nobody loses sleep because a horse can outrun them, yet many of the learners I mentor lose sleep because AI can out-code them. On why humans never win with their bare hands, how I became better than my father without playing his game, why you lose to the driver and not the car, and why the skill to learn in the AI era is driving, not running.
For years I believed I was not born to lead and not born to code, and both beliefs were 100% right for exactly as long as I held them. On born talent versus learned skill, why belief has to come before learning, and the difference between being unable to learn something and choosing not to.
An argument with my peers about which skill matters most (AI, data, or domain knowledge) kept collapsing into the same answer underneath all three. So I went looking for what learning actually means, and found that the word we argue about hardest is the one we never bothered to define.
For years I led developers, business analysts and testers. Now I lead AI agents instead — and almost every lesson transferred intact. Context, strengths, planning, and owning the outcome: the fundamentals of management did not change, they just changed file extension.
A front-line take on the two camps flooding your feed — the 'AI is stupid' crowd and the 'I run my company on 19 agents' crowd — and why the honest truth lives in the middle, with both real value and real trade-offs.
A founder's reflection on a long historical pattern — refined grain, books, photography, design tools, and now software — and a small pilot Skill-Wanderer is running for writers and job seekers.
Why Skill-Wanderer is replacing Moodle with a custom-built LMS — the pain points, the AI-powered development speed, and the vision for an open, fast, SEO-friendly learning platform
A Tết holiday reflection on pivoting Skill-Wanderer's curriculum from manual-coding-first to AI-agent-first — and why reading code before writing it is the future of tech education
A historical parallel between the gunpowder revolution that ended the Samurai era and AI's disruption of traditional software development. Exploring how developers can transform from swordsmen to generals, specialists, and empire builders.
From overwhelming challenges to launching our first course - the journey of building Skill-Wanderer and creating Big Picture Overview of Computer Science: Foundations of Computing
A reflection on unconventional approaches, connecting an AI's analysis of Skill-Wanderer to the strategic wisdom of General Võ Nguyên Giáp and the spirit of Vietnamese resilience.
From blueprint to reality: Building your first home data center proof of concept on a single machine with Ubuntu Desktop, Docker, WordPress, and Cloudflare
A comprehensive review of LinkedIn Learning for tech professionals - from career-changing first impressions to mastering soft skills, discover when this platform shines and how to maximize its professional integration benefits.
The official announcement of the Skill-Wanderer platform MVP launch - a journey of building trust, accessibility, and integrity in online education
A comprehensive deep dive into Pluralsight as part of your learning stack - from the A Cloud Guru integration to hands-on labs, discover when this premium platform is worth the investment for developers, cloud engineers, and IT professionals.
A comprehensive deep dive into Udemy as part of your learning stack - when to use it, how to find quality courses, and how it fits with other platforms for developers, project managers, and business analysts.
A comprehensive guide to building the perfect learning stack for modern tech professionals - from developers to project managers to business analysts.
Breaking through the glass ceiling from coder to engineer by mastering Data Structures, Algorithms, and Discrete Mathematics - the foundation every developer needs
One month into building Skill-Wanderer - reflecting on the journey, the mission, and the transformative power of teaching and learning
A comprehensive cost analysis of running a home data center compared to AWS and Hostinger - revealing the true financial reality of self-hosting versus cloud services
Exploring Google's NoteBookLM as a game-changing AI research assistant - from tackling dense documentation to generating content and creating audio overviews
Setting my Skill-Wanderer's Compass for AI exploration - understanding principles, sharing early experiments, and launching an open learning platform
A pause in the Chronicles of a Home Data Center series to discuss AI literacy, tools, and skills essential for modern tech projects
The strategic foundation for building your home data center: planning your first Proof of Concept with accessible hardware before diving into Kubernetes
The essential planning phase before building a home data center - exploring motivations, challenges, and adopting an agile approach to avoid common pitfalls
The journey from idle hardware to a functioning Kubernetes cluster - documenting the first day of launching a home data center with WordPress
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