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Diko Ko

Staff Software Engineer at Moloco, Inc. an engineer and producer. https://www.instagram.com/dikoko/ Threads: @dikoko

It's 2023

It's 2023. I was surprised to realize that 30 years had passed since I got to college. I've seen many debates about engineers in their 40s. Many times it sounds silly or meaningless, but even to me, entering my 50s soon gets me into a complicated

Good Bye 2022

My 2022 resolution was to write at least one blog post a week. Though I couldn't keep the phase, I wrote more than 60 articles this year. So, I've achieved my goal overall. Recently, I stopped using Twitter; I might use this place more like using

Moloco 2022 US Year-End Party

Moloco 2022 US Year-End Party

I joined Moloco more than five years ago (in 2017). I remember we were about 20-30 members at that time (not only engineers but all employees). Now, I heard Moloco has more than 460 employees globally; so impressive. Even though the recent tech downturn, we're on track and

Thanksgiving Road Trip 2022 (3)

Thanksgiving Road Trip 2022 (3)

4. Monument Valley To many gamers, Monument Valley reminds a faerie game that was developed by Ustwo Games in 2014. So, when I heard there was a real place named Monument Valley, it attracted my attention, and it was also a great chance to visit there because The Valley was

Thanksgiving Road Trip 2022 (2)

Thanksgiving Road Trip 2022 (2)

3. Arches National Park The way from Bryce Canyon to Arches National Park was about 4 hours and a half drive through I-70. The road was imposingly well-managed (and another unexpected credit for the Red State), and I was surprised by its speed limit of 80 mph (130 km/h)

Thanksgiving Road Trip 2022 (1)

Thanksgiving Road Trip 2022 (1)

Setting out on a road trip on Thanksgiving has gotten to my family ritual since we moved to the US - even though the tradition started just last year. Last year we ran over 2000 miles through Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. We decided to complete the outer Canyon loop

Aniki

In Western culture, it is rare calling a person only by appellation without a name; maybe, "Your majesty" or "Your highness" would be in those rare cases. But in Asian culture, calling an elder's (or superior's) name could be considered rude. So,