Data engineer https://bigsonata.com For legal professionals, efficiency is paramount. While juggling deadlines and complex paperwork, the need for a reliable, distraction-free document generator becomes clear. That’s why I created AutoDoc, a browser-based app designed to automate document creations. Built with NextJS, AutoDoc harnesses modern web development to deliver speed and security. The app... Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700 https://bigsonata.com/2025-04-13-autodoc/ https://bigsonata.com/2025-04-13-autodoc/ Software supply chain attacks have taken on a new dimension in the era of Generative AI. As developers increasingly rely on AI-powered coding assistants and automated dependency management, attackers are finding novel ways to exploit these tools and processes. One particularly dangerous technique that has gained prominence is “Dependency Confusion,”... Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0800 https://bigsonata.com/2025-01-14-supply-chain-attack-in-the-era-of-genai/ https://bigsonata.com/2025-01-14-supply-chain-attack-in-the-era-of-genai/ As part of my company’s effort to streamline the integration process with its Payment APIs, I was assigned the task of improving the existing documentation. Through discussions with stakeholders and merchant partners, I came to realize that there was a broader goal of enhancing Merchant Success funnel. Improving the documentation was a crucial... Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 https://bigsonata.com/2023-06-11-strategy-formulation/ https://bigsonata.com/2023-06-11-strategy-formulation/ I recently joined a discussion about removing the Search feature from our super app. The feature was removed a year ago due to low usage metrics. However, a powerful question was raised: what if the Search experience was simply too boring for anyone to want to use it? Working in... Sun, 26 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800 https://bigsonata.com/2023-02-26-engineers-missionaries/ https://bigsonata.com/2023-02-26-engineers-missionaries/ This is a mirror for my post at engineering.zalopay.vn. It’s a 2nd post that I use Red Thread framework to tell stories. Being at the heart of ZaloPay systems, the Accounting Engineering team is responsible for building a scalable ledger to manage accounts & money movements. In 2021, our systems... Sun, 29 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800 https://bigsonata.com/2023-01-29-chaos-engineering-at-accounting-engineering-team/ https://bigsonata.com/2023-01-29-chaos-engineering-at-accounting-engineering-team/ I had a chance to read great books this year. Here are top 5 of my favorites. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations, by Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim. This book presents original research into how technology organizations... Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800 https://bigsonata.com/2021-12-30-books-i-loved-reading-in-2021/ https://bigsonata.com/2021-12-30-books-i-loved-reading-in-2021/ Systemic risk in software engineering is the inherent risk that exists within any complex digital business systems. It’s the threat of risk spreading into a business from connected third-parties or out of your business into others. It’s also the threat of one component going down, which then cascades, crippling through... Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800 https://bigsonata.com/2021-12-25-on-managing-systemic-risks/ https://bigsonata.com/2021-12-25-on-managing-systemic-risks/ “Empathy grows as we learn.” – Alice Miller This presentation I made as an introduction to Computing in ZaloPay Edu Program for freshers. Have fun while reading it. Sat, 10 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0700 https://bigsonata.com/2019-08-10-empathy-in-computing/ https://bigsonata.com/2019-08-10-empathy-in-computing/ Philosophy is a wide world of thought and discussion, ranging from metaphysics to epistemology to political theory to ethics and beyond Some people find that Philosophy are scary & messy stuffs. But to me, Philosophy are principles of the World we live. The better you know about it, the better... Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0700 https://bigsonata.com/2018-06-01-philosophy/ https://bigsonata.com/2018-06-01-philosophy/ Apache RocketMQ is an interesting message broker. This article told a good story about the broker: From Alibaba to Apache, RocketMQ has evolved through three generations. RocketMQ, as a high throughput, high reliability, and low latency distributed MOM, consists of four parts: Name Servers, Brokers, Producers and Consumers. During the... Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 -0700 https://bigsonata.com/2018-05-28-rocketmq-overview/ https://bigsonata.com/2018-05-28-rocketmq-overview/ Welcome to Andy Le on the Web This is a personal website where I can share my random thoughts about life, technologies & coding. Just as a reference, I do have an existing weblog on Wordpress. Technically I don’t like to use Wordpress for blogging. I want a more simple... Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0800 https://bigsonata.com/2017-01-13-hello-world/ https://bigsonata.com/2017-01-13-hello-world/