by Xiaokang Zhang | Feb 11, 2019 | Career & Workplace
The effective engineer raise a simple question: how does the engineer leverage his or her effort to make a disproportionate and meaningful impact? Before answering the question, we would want to know how to define and measure the effectiveness of an engineer and...
by Xiaokang Zhang | Dec 10, 2018 | Political Philosophy
《联邦党人文集》是汉密尔顿、麦迪逊和杰伊，在1787年美国宪法草案颁布之后，为说服纽约州居民支持该草案而撰写的一系列说明性的文章。今天我们仍然阅读《联邦党人文集》，是因为它依然是对美国宪法立法者们立宪意图的最权威解读。...
by Xiaokang Zhang | Dec 2, 2018 | Political Philosophy
1787年5月25日到9月17日，联邦制宪会议在费城市的州议会大楼召开。费城会议是美国历史最重要的转折点之一。华盛顿汉密尔顿，麦迪逊，富兰克林等知名人物都参加了会议。这次会议通过的宪法将成为美国未来长久的繁荣的坚实基础。...
by Xiaokang Zhang | Sep 24, 2018 | Sociology
按照作者黄仁宇的说法，万历十五年，即1587年，是历史上极为平常的一年。这一年‘四海升平，全年并无大事可叙’，‘实为平平淡淡的一年’。既然平淡，作者何以要单单将这一年抽出来叙述呢？要理解作者的做法需要从作者的大历史观说起。 黄仁宇的历史研究从大的时空范围着手，强调不通过历史人物的生涯探讨和单一历史事件来分析历史，而是通过对历史社会面貌进行整体的分析和把握，掌握历史社会的结构特征。...
by Xiaokang Zhang | Sep 9, 2018 | Software Architecture
What is Microservices Integration ? How one microservice can talk with another? In general, the following technologies could be used: shared database, RPC, and REST. But how do we pick up the right one? The following are general answers to the questions: Avoid...