Product Engineer User Empathy To be an effective product engineer, the first focus should be on our users—the people who are using our products. Understanding our users and knowing their needs, desires, and pain points is so critical for a successful product. Historically, “user empathy” wasn’t a typical conversation topic among engineers.
Product Engineer Featured Product Engineer Over the past decade, software development has undergone a dramatic shift. It’s no longer enough to simply write clean code and ship features on time. Today’s users expect delightful experiences, and businesses demand measurable impact. In this environment, an engineer who only focuses on the technical “how” can
AI AI-Powered Subtitles Using Gemini 2.0 Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful tools for transcribing and translating subtitles in record time. Although they are not yet perfect enough to entirely replace human-driven subtitling—particularly when absolute accuracy is important—LLMs offer a remarkably fast and budget-friendly alternative. Whether you’re looking to add subtitles
Product Engineer Effective App Development Scrumban Workflow My team embraces Scrumban, a methodology that ingeniously combines the strengths of Scrum and Kanban to deliver flexibility and efficiency in our development process. It uses Scrum's stable structure of sprints, standups, and retrospectives, according to Atlassian's definition. Then it adds Kanban's visual workflow
Kotlin Multiplatform Effective Feature Flags with Kotlin Multiplatform & Firebase As mobile app developers, we are all too familiar with the risks of releasing an app with critical issues. Unlike web deployments, we don't have much control over user adoption after faulty app deployments. Users can simply download the app and continue using that version as long as
Mobile DevOps 7 Best Practices for Weekly App Update Releases Releasing an app update can be a daunting task. It requires implementing new features, of course, but also rigorous quality assurance testing, dealing with merge conflicts (especially when multiple engineers are involved), preparing update metadata and screenshots, submitting the update to the App Store, and finally spreading the news through
Server Development Build Your Own Blog: VPS, Docker, and Ghost I wanted to set up my personal blog without breaking the bank while also honing my server hosting skills. After thorough research, I discovered a cost-effective approach – using a Virtual Private Server (VPS) along with Docker to run Ghost – that I'm eager to share. Before we get started,
Product Engineer Collaborative Development: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Code As a Software Engineer, have you ever found yourself stuck with questions in the middle of development? Like, you've got the design, started coding, had a good focus for about 30 minutes, and then it hits you: the design overlooks some critical edge cases. Or, maybe you thought
AI Translate Subtitles with ChatGPT + Python Video subtitle translation opens the door to a global audience. Whether you're a content creator, an organization, or simply someone looking to share videos with friends and family worldwide, the need for accurate and efficient subtitle translation is undeniable. With the general availability of generative AIs, translating subtitles
Mobile DevOps Monorepo: 11X Faster Development Turnaround Having the ability to make a code change and quickly see the result is crucial. Our team often experienced the frustration of waiting extended periods between making code changes in our shared codebase and seeing those changes reflected in the UI. To address this issue, we implemented several enhancements, including
Hello, World! Hello! I'm Dohyeon, a Product Software Engineer at Life.Church. I believe my life is a gift from God, and I aim to follow Jesus' teachings. I also have a strong passion for computers and enjoy creating useful and delightful digital products. The goal of this blog
