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Just bros (female and male) hanging out and having a good time. We talk about our lives in tech and also our lives outside, inside Singapore.

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September 8, 2024Episode 111 hr 29 min

Building up my Tech Community

Join Koo, Hairizuan, and Weiyuan, in a morning of bantering on the above topic.! We'll touch on how we joined our respective communities (origin story time!), why we continue after so many years, and how you could do the same for yourself too! See you there! ===== Koo Ping Shung - Co-founder / Practicum Director, Data Science Rex - https://www.linkedin.com/in/koopingshung Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

April 21, 2024Episode 101 hr 59 min

Stepping out - An Android GDE, on a journey towards new technologies

In the post-covid world, we have seen the rise of prominence of areas like blockchain, and then in recent years, interest moving towards the domain and applications of AI. As developers who are not always in these "trendiest" fields, should this scare us? Yet, this has always been the trend. Following the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, technology has seen huge leaps, with the internet being new but substantial in consumer products. The same happened in the 2000s with cloud technologies and mobile devices. Join 3 developers-at-heart who explores their history, and thoughts on how they have integrated themselves in the last decade, in this talk segment! ===== Guest: Hassan Abid - CTO, BeLive Technology - GDE, Android - https://www.linkedin.com/in/devhassan/ Co-host: Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ Co-host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - weiyuan@big-on.dev ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

March 2, 2024Episode 91 hr 7 min

The Design Angle - SimplyGo!

SimplyGo! Wait, didn't we talk about this topic before? 😬 This time round, we've invited two designers to share their take on this interesting topic, which happened last month! Just to catch you up again, there was a huge migration effort slated for SimplyGo cards, where the older variant of EZ-link cards would be discontinued from the 1st of June 2024 - which was halted and reversed, following public sentiment and feedback on this upgrade path (See https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2024/1/news-releases/card-exchange-for-simplygo-ez-link-and-concession-cardholders.html) Let's chat once again on this, but from a UI/UX angle! ===== Guest: Pang Hui Ping - Senior Product Designer, Hubble - https://www.linkedin.com/in/panghuiping/ Guest: Jing Wen Png - Product Designer, Hubble - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwpng/ Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://bit.ly/weiyuan ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in ⁠- Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb ⁠- Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - weiyuan@big-on.dev ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

February 18, 2024Episode 81 hr 16 min

The Tech Trifecta - Building together as a product development team

What goes behind a successful product development team? Is it the capability of driving and delivering the right product OKRs? Or delivering engaging and smooth UI + UX? Could it be about reliable, performant, and sustainable software? In reality, there's likely no one answer to the question above, but a combination of different domain skills and experiences to deliver a winning formula! Join us as we discuss our learnings here and how to emulate a product development team that functions in a well-oiled manner 🤜 🤛 ===== Guest: Stephanie Sutanto - Product Lead, Endowus - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniesutanto/ Guest: Shirley Lai - Senior UX Designer, Paypal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sshir/ Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - weiyuan@big-on.dev ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

February 10, 2024Episode 72 hr 6 min

The Engineering Dilemma - SimplyGo

SimplyGo! Those in Singapore would have heard about this huge migration to SimplyGo cards, where the older variant of EZ-link cards would be discontinued from the 1st of June 2024. As of 22nd June, the plan was halted and reversed, following public sentiment and feedback on this upgrade path (See https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2024/1/news-releases/card-exchange-for-simplygo-ez-link-and-concession-cardholders.html) What went wrong? What could have gone better? We set out to chat about this very interesting topic! ===== Guest: Koo Ping Shung - Co-Founder, DataScience SG - Co-founder/Practicum Director, Data Science Rex Pte. Ltd. - https://koopingshung.com Guest: Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan⁠ ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - weiyuan@big-on.dev ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

January 29, 2024Episode 61 hr 56 min

Cracking the code on weight loss - My journey during the pandemic

130 kg to 80 kg?! Hairizuan went through a wild ride to achieve this goal - but how did he do it? In this episode, we discuss about why this is essential for young adults like us, with deskbound jobs and roles, and how we view fitness and augmenting our lifestyles, along with Hairizuan's story on how he embarked and worked on his weight loss journey! ===== Guest: Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan⁠ ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - weiyuan@big-on.dev Google Developer Space - Website - https://devspace-sg.dev⁠ - X (formerly known as Twitter) - ⁠https://twitter.com/DevSpaceSG⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevSpace⁠ ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

January 16, 2024Episode 51 hr 44 min

The Robot Uprising? Nah, Just 15,000 AI Jobs in Singapore!

15,000 AI Jobs! This is the number set by the Singaporean Government, as part of the "National AI Strategy 2.0: AI for the Public Good for Singapore" from 2024 onwards! This is huge news! Excited? Overwhelmed? 🤔 Join us and Koo as we banter over this very interesting topic on the 13th January 2023! ===== Guest: Koo Ping Shung - Co-Founder, DataScience SG - Co-founder/Practicum Director, Data Science Rex Pte. Ltd. - https://koopingshung.com Host: Weiyuan - Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty - https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan⁠ Co-host: Hairizuan - DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks - ⁠https://www.hairizuan.com⁠ ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - ⁠https://big-on.dev⁠ - LinkedIn - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/in⁠ - Facebook - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/fb⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://big-on.dev/-/yt⁠ - Email - weiyuan@big-on.dev Google Developer Space - Website - ⁠https://devspace-sg.dev⁠ - X (formerly known as Twitter) - ⁠https://twitter.com/DevSpaceSG⁠ - Youtube - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevSpace⁠ ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - ⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

January 1, 2024Episode 41 hr 24 min

Laid Off? Level Up! How Two Ex-Employees Found Their Hustle

Two GDG Cloud Singapore organizers were recently displaced - one from an unfortunate layoff exercise, while the other moved on due to intense office politics. Join this "Small Talk" podcast episode as we casually chat about what happened since the initial situation, and what we are up to since then 😊. This episode is jointly hosted with Google Developer Space. If you are interested in reaching out to us for a topic or a sponsor, business inquiries are at weiyuan@big-on.dev ===== Guest: Hairizuan, DevOps Engineer, Kiteworks, https://www.hairizuan.com Host: Weiyuan, Senior Engineering Manager, Ascenda Loyalty, https://big-on.dev/-/weiyuan ===== Big O(n) Development - Website - https://big-on.dev - LinkedIn - https://big-on.dev/-/in - Facebook - https://big-on.dev/-/fb - Youtube - https://big-on.dev/-/yt - Email - weiyuan@big-on.dev Google Developer Space - Website - https://devspace-sg.dev - Twitter - https://twitter.com/DevSpaceSG - Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevSpace ===== Intro Music Credits: - "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

December 25, 2023Episode 21 hr 18 min

All about Volunteering! In Tech!

Have you ever wanted to try out volunteering, but never got to do so? Or have you tried out volunteering, but facing difficulties in leading your community. If so, this will be an interesting session, where we will talk to Michael Cheng, a well-respected and "OG" member for volunteering in the tech community.

December 25, 2023Episode 11 hr 37 min