Chris Dong

6 days ago | cnn.com | Chris Dong

They’re massive pieces of engineering that seem to defy physics as they hang in the air during takeoff and landing, but double-decker passenger airplanes — the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 — are still some of the most popular aircraft around. Perhaps it’s their whisper-quiet cabins and spacious designs. Or the availability of opulent amenities, like shower suites and onboard bars. For aviation enthusiasts, there’s the added novelty of flying on a plane’s upper deck or nose.

1 week ago | thepointsguy.com | Chris Dong

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1 week ago | afar.com | Chris Dong

The first breaths beneath the water’s surface, as a newly certified diver, were equal parts relaxing and exhilarating. I took slow, meditative sips of air as a scene of rainbow-hued coral, towering pinnacles, and yellowtail clownfish came into view beneath me. This, after all, was why I had traveled to the middle of the South Pacific.

2 weeks ago | discord.com | Chris Dong

At Discord, we faced a challenge that would make most data teams flinch: scaling dbt to process petabytes of data while supporting 100+ developers simultaneously working across 2,500+ models. What started as a simple implementation quickly hit critical limitations to accommodate millions of concurrent users generating petabytes of data. dbt (data build tool) is a command-line tool that transforms data in your warehouse and brings software engineering principles to the world of SQL.

3 weeks ago | afar.com | Chris Dong

So many of us have Thailand on the mind due to season three of The White Lotus—and United wants to help us get there. Courtesy of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Each spring, United Airlines announces new routes, often to under-the-radar destinations. It’s become a tradition of sorts. On Wednesday, the carrier added three more cities to its global network; no other U.S. airline flies to them.