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Little. Yellow. Different.

Ernie Hsiung

Hilarious and heartbreaking personal stories from the intersection of culture, family, and Silicon Valley.

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Editor’s Note: For full context, read the original article from November, 2019.

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  • Ernie Hsiung

    Blogging since 1999. Formerly: Yahoo, Rackspace, eight years of Code for Miami, one CTO job. Currently: Mangrove Labs, two newsletters, and a 4,000-note Obsidian vault I refuse to explain. I play Dhalsim. It tracks.

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