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Hi! I'm Parker! Welcome to Parker Chang's Web, where Web is both the World Wide Web 🌐 and a spider's web 🕸️. This is where I weave everything about me together. 👉 More about me

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💭Life

Thoughts on an Ideal Life

Taipei, Brisbane, Kusatsu, and the fleeting thoughts in between. If I could give a faint smile the moment I step out the door, perhaps that would be my ideal life.

March 27

💭Life

I'm Afraid of Living Well

I didn't live that well, but I was afraid of living well. When I received a message from my mother at Christmas, I finally figured out why I was so afraid.

December 29

💭Life

Being in a foreign land makes the idea of "home" particularly strong, but actually I don't have a "home" to return to in Taiwan either. I might still be able to stay at relatives' or friends' houses, but those won't be my home. In this article, I will share my current imagination of home through self-questioning and answering, and how I hope to pursue my "home" in the future.

August 31

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2026

June 18
💭Life
💭Life
Diary: My Fourth Week at a New Job in Japan and Thoughts Before Returning to Taiwan
A slightly emo diary entry about my fourth week at a new job in Japan after nearly a year away from the software industry, and getting ready to return to Taiwan to sort out my visa.
May 23
💭Life
💭Life
My Now Is Two Years Later
A Now page I finally made after putting it off for two years: why now, and an invitation for everyone to make one too.
May 17
💭Life
💭Life
You Still Shine in Other People's Hearts
A quick life update, a years-old essay I wanted to share after watching The Return, and what I think about that essay now.
April 28
💭Life
💭Life
Save Point Updated
My life in Japan has moved one step forward. It does not feel like reaching the destination in one go, but more like entering the next stage, so calling it an updated save point feels more accurate.
March 27
💭Life
💭Life
Thoughts on an Ideal Life
Taipei, Brisbane, Kusatsu, and the fleeting thoughts in between. If I could give a faint smile the moment I step out the door, perhaps that would be my ideal life.
February 23
💭Life
💭Life
2025 → 2026
My 2025 annual review and 2026 expectations.
January 31
💭Life
💭Life
Life in Kusatsu
Documenting my life working at Kusatsu Onsen Ski Resort, the feelings of the past month and a half, and the process of slowly getting better.

2025

December 29
💭Life
💭Life
I'm Afraid of Living Well
I didn't live that well, but I was afraid of living well. When I received a message from my mother at Christmas, I finally figured out why I was so afraid.
November 20
💭Life
💭Life
Body in Australia, Heart in Japan: Graduated from Australian Working Holiday in Four Months
The Australian working holiday ended in just four months. After going around in a circle, I returned to the original starting point. About why I left early, the change in thinking in between, and a review of this trip.
September 30
💭Life
💭Life
What I Want to Pursue in Work
Having worked in an Australian vegetable and fruit factory for almost two months, labor work, which is at the opposite end of the scale from brain-using software engineers, unexpectedly gave me a lot of insights. This article will share the aspects I hope to pursue in work in the future, such as identity that can be stayed, money that can be saved, easy-to-get-along partners, peace of mind, and accumulating influence, etc.
August 31
💭Life
💭Life
Written After Homelessness
Being in a foreign land makes the idea of "home" particularly strong, but actually I don't have a "home" to return to in Taiwan either. I might still be able to stay at relatives' or friends' houses, but those won't be my home. In this article, I will share my current imagination of home through self-questioning and answering, and how I hope to pursue my "home" in the future.
August 17
💭Life
💭Life
From Coding to Cutting Pumpkins: Official Start of Australian Working Holiday
I have been in Australia for a full month! I have also been working on the factory assembly line for a week. Turning from a software engineer who could work from home or sit in the office typing on the keyboard, to cutting pumpkins on the factory assembly line until my hands hurt. In this article, I will share the difficulties of finding the first job for a working holiday in Australia, Australia's treasure libraries and pumpkin cutting assembly line work, and question again why I am here.
July 16
💭Life
💭Life
My First Week in Australia
In the first week on the Gold Coast, Australia, recording the mood after saying goodbye to friends and Taiwan, reflecting on software engineer career burnout, progress of job hunting, and miscellaneous thoughts on arriving in Australia.
June 21
💭Life
💭Life
Leaving Taiwan for Two Years: Heading to Australia and Japan
A software engineer pressed the career pause button and decided to leave Taiwan temporarily. From career bottlenecks, housing justice to struggles with the original family, this is my true journey of leaving for Australia and Japan to find a different way of life.
April 13
🧑‍💻Software
🧑‍💻Software
How I Set Up a WordPress Site
Deploy a WordPress site quickly using AWS EC2 and Easy Engine (domain bought from Cloudflare). Requires a little programming background but is cheap and fast, with high freedom and scalability!
March 31
💭Life
💭Life
Three Days in Tokyo
A three-day trip to Tokyo chasing stars that I didn't want to go initially, allowed me to detach from daily life, rediscover the vastness and relaxation of the world. Also chatting about Tsubame-yu, Kawazu Sakura and Aimer's concert.
February 17
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💭Life
2024 → 2025
2024 Year in Review, a year where the spring loosened, briefly mentioned what I completed and what I didn't, and my pain. Discussed my expectations for 2025 from life, career, finance, and interpersonal relationships, and decided to take good care of myself before exerting influence.
January 2
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💭Life
After Losing My Facebook Account Used for Twelve Years
My Facebook account was suspended without warning, losing all past posts, photos, chat history, and groups. I recorded the incident, lost connections and memories, reflections on social media, and future plans here: ensuring data autonomy, actively managing information sources, formulating social media usage guidelines, and focusing on building small and close communities.

2024

October 31
💭Life
💭Life
Draw Your Own Map
Discussing in detail "Draw Your Own Map" mentioned in the 2023->2024 Annual Review, how the map helped me, how to draw it, and my map version records and current status.
September 26
💭Life
💭Life
Some Self-inflicted Troubles and Thoughts on Writing
One year after building my personal website, I only wrote six articles. Why didn't I write more? This article records some thoughts during this period and before, including difficulties encountered in writing, mindset adjustments afterwards, and current goals.
June 10
🎬Review
🎬Review
WIND BREAKER —Shishitoren Arc—
Thoughts on Shishitoren Arc, saw goal and process in it. Presented Togame's self-blame, Choji's darkening and Umemiya's broad-mindedness well.
March 27
🎬Review
🎬Review
The Concierge
Thoughts on the movie "The Concierge", and life reflections touched by it
March 2
🎬Review
🎬Review
Robot Dreams
Thoughts on the movie "Robot Dreams", and life reflections touched by it
February 16
💭Life
💭Life
2023 → 2024
2023 Year in Review, discussed my views on annual reviews, last year's insights, decisions, things completed, expectations for next year, and why we should exert influence.

2023

September 30
🧑‍💻Software
🧑‍💻Software
Talk about eval in JavaScript, Risks and Alternatives
Introduce eval in JavaScript, talk about why not to use it, and finally look at its application and alternatives through the interview questions of reading `<script />` and getting JS calculation results when crawling with App Script.
August 21
🧑‍💻Software
🧑‍💻Software
From Callback to Async/Await: Sequential Fade-In Animation
Deal with the JS asychronous from sequential fade-in animation. Step by step refactor the code from Callback, Promise to Async/Await, providing cleaner and more maintainable code.
July 15
💭Life
💭Life
How to Build a Fitness Habit
Methodology and mindset about how I build my workout habits as an office workers
May 30
💭Life
💭Life
The Journey of My Site: Why write and Technology Choices
About "Why set up a personal website", "why write" and "how to choose the tech stack"
March 18
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💭Life
2022 → 2023
2022 Year in Review

2022

October 23
🧑‍💻Software
🧑‍💻Software
Implementing Google OAuth Login (Vue / Express)
A small example of integrating Google Login using Vue and Express.
September 3
🧑‍💻Software
🧑‍💻Software
Retrospective on My First Three Years as a Software Engineer
A journey and reflection of a non-CS liberal arts graduate transitioning to a software engineer for three years, talking about my imposter syndrome and how to affirm myself.
January 9
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💭Life
2021 → 2022
2021 Year in Review

2021

October 28
🧑‍💻Software
🧑‍💻Software
Talk about Web Fonts — Design, File Formats and Frontend Loading
Introduce font design process (unprofessional version), what are font files, and how web pages use fonts.
September 22
🧑‍💻Software
🧑‍💻Software
Design System - Things Frontend Engineers Should Know
The nature of a software engineer is actually very close to that of an architect, except they build houses and we build systems. A good house requires good architectural design, blueprints, understanding of the structure, and a lot of time spent on planning and design. This concept corresponds to Design System in web pages!
July 11
🧑‍💻Software
🧑‍💻Software
Frontend Framework 101: Things You Should Know Before Learning a Framework
Choosing a frontend framework has always been a big question for many beginners (including me). I started writing React because my company was using it. Recently, due to some circumstances, I started touching Angular, which inspired me to think more about "Frontend Frameworks". Issues like what "framework" actually refers to? What can be called a "framework"? Why does frontend need to use it? What happens if you don't use it? I heard Vue3 is powerful, should I learn it? And so on.

2020

March 28
💭Life
💭Life
"Atomic Habits" Full Book Notes
Atomic Habits Reading Notes

👆 It's Jumping-off Point!

Parker Chang's Web 🕸️

Favorite Areas

Recent Favorite Posts

Thoughts on an Ideal Life

I'm Afraid of Living Well

Written After Homelessness

Timeline

Diary: My Fourth Week at a New Job in Japan and Thoughts Before Returning to Taiwan

My Now Is Two Years Later

You Still Shine in Other People's Hearts

Save Point Updated

Thoughts on an Ideal Life

2025 → 2026

Life in Kusatsu

I'm Afraid of Living Well

Body in Australia, Heart in Japan: Graduated from Australian Working Holiday in Four Months

What I Want to Pursue in Work

Written After Homelessness

From Coding to Cutting Pumpkins: Official Start of Australian Working Holiday

My First Week in Australia

Leaving Taiwan for Two Years: Heading to Australia and Japan

How I Set Up a WordPress Site

Three Days in Tokyo

2024 → 2025

After Losing My Facebook Account Used for Twelve Years

Draw Your Own Map

Some Self-inflicted Troubles and Thoughts on Writing

WIND BREAKER —Shishitoren Arc—

The Concierge

Robot Dreams

2023 → 2024

Talk about eval in JavaScript, Risks and Alternatives

From Callback to Async/Await: Sequential Fade-In Animation

How to Build a Fitness Habit

The Journey of My Site: Why write and Technology Choices

2022 → 2023

Implementing Google OAuth Login (Vue / Express)

Retrospective on My First Three Years as a Software Engineer

2021 → 2022

Talk about Web Fonts — Design, File Formats and Frontend Loading

Design System - Things Frontend Engineers Should Know

Frontend Framework 101: Things You Should Know Before Learning a Framework

"Atomic Habits" Full Book Notes