Little. Yellow. Different.
Ernie HsiungHilarious and heartbreaking personal stories from the intersection of culture, family, and Silicon Valley.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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The Machine I Built for My Mother Started Reading My Father
I named it 媽-GPT (MaGPT going forward) because the pun was sitting right there, and I have never once in 49 years left a pun on the table.
It’s a custom GPT with exactly one job: take whatever English I paste in — a Medicare notice, an IHS...
I Deposed My Own Mother in Her Kitchen So California Would Believe She Needs Help
It’s a Wednesday morning in July, and I’m deposing my own mother in her kitchen.
I made a list of questions. Typed them out lawyer-style the night before because, at eleven sharp, a social worker named Zanikya is coming to decide whether t...
The Wettest Day on Record
A $27 salad ended a thirteen-year relationship.
I know how that sounds. I’ve told it as a bit before—Sweetgreen, the Chipotle clone with the artisanal grain bowls and the checkout experience that makes you feel like a bad person for wantin...
The Interview I Gave at Eighteen, Still in the Closet
LYD Classic: Editor’s Note, 2026
In 1994, when I was eighteen and still in the closet, I did an interview for a book about queer young people. I hadn’t come out to my parents. I’d come out to exactly four people on my dorm floor. Her...
HORNEY
LYD Classic: Editor’s Note, 2026 —
“HORNEY” is from July 2004, back when I was 27, blogging out of Oakland, and apparently incapable of getting through a simple takeout order without incident. A man gave his name at a counter. The co...
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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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