David Hoang

Bill Pullman’s son is dating Cindy Crawford’s daughter. Getting older is weird!

More of this!

Vibe coding is so great for people with ADHD. I can hang out with my cat, play Call of Duty, and work on like 8 apps at the same time from the couch.

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It’s a bummer Marvel already did Age of Ultron as the AI narrative would be more compelling than Doomsday.

Proof of Concept #261: Component software: The history of OpenDoc and its relevant concepts today

What Americans get right: air conditioning


What Europeans get right: eating a burger with knife and fork

Alien: Earth is, “What if we did The Raid with Aliens but also with Blade Runner-like characters?”

Nice! Are you thinking of an app that’s federated across other notes/to-do apps?

Very few people are talking about the power of using Cursor and Obsidian together. I write and enjoy Obsidian in my day-to-day use, but can also use an IDE to batch edit Markdown files. There are likely loads of plugins in each ecosystem to do this, bu... https://blog.davidhoang.com/2025/08/24/1160/

Skills are the new currency: https://blog.davidhoang.com/2025/08/17/skills-are-the-new-currency/

Grocery store was playing “Sweet Child o’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses; had to do another loop in the aisles to hear Slashes’s guitar solo before leaving.

We’re hiring: Atlassian AI Design: https://blog.davidhoang.com/2025/08/10/were-hiring-atlassian-ai-design/

Yes! I was blown away this place even existed.

All the designers I know from the early mobile design era in the 2000s are now investors, starting companies, or forming studios.


The future of Lickable UI and high craft is essential in this next phase.

What an amazing experience.

Today I learned that LV in the Alien films stands for, “Life Viable.”

I wonder how many designers accidentally bought $FIGS, the scrubs apparel company, thinking it was Figma.

I’m convinced the more hilarious the fish name the more delicious it is.

Exhibit A: Humpty Doo Barramundi.

To survive incumbents, you have to become the incumbent.

Me on Zoom, looking at someone’s screen share of designs.

Today is the 15th anniversary of Inception; still my favorite Nolan film. I can’t think of any actor who steals the show like Tom Hardy does.

We’re watching it tonight! I think it’s underrated for sure. Of course there is the, “Alan!” scene haha but I remember the birdcage scene scaring the crap out of me!

One of my favorite visual jokes on an intense scene.

Over 5,000 Jurassic Park movies and this scene is still the most iconic.





Okay, maybe Gymnastics Raptor Window Kick for different reasons.

The Big Island of Hawai’i looks like a planet in a Sci Fi film.

Lion Cold Brew is my favorite coffee, and it’s exclusive to Hawai‘i. If you’re ever on the island, grab a can.


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I’m pleasantly surprised how effective this mouse is; very portable and very cool origami design! myAir.0

I can’t believe I didn’t know there was a John Madden biopic coming out with Nicholas Cage playing Madden and Christian Bale as Al Davis. The transformation is incredible. It’s directed by David O. Russell, and also Kathryn Hahn and Sienna Miller are in the cast!

Jeff Bezos should have got married on Prime Day.