Derek Wang

Seattle

Editor w/Seattle NPR affiliate @KUOW | Fortunate husband & uncle | #NJDevils fan | @columbiajourn alum | RTs ≠ endorsement

Articles

One Prompt, Nine Models - My Weekend Tour of OpenAI’s Crowded Zoo

1 week ago | medium.com | Derek Wang

(State of play: May 2025)“Benchmarks are a compass, not a map.” — every ML-to-prod engineer, everI ran the exact five-item workload — bug-fix, diagram, empathy email, SQL query, alt-text — through nine OpenAI models plus the new Operator agent in the plain ChatGPT UI.
[2503.14448] Pauli Network Circuit Synthesis with Reinforcement Learning

2 months ago | arxiv.org | David Kremer |Simon Martiel |Victor Villar |Derek Wang

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The Double Signal of ESG Reports: Readability, Growth, and Institutional Influence on Firm Value

2 months ago | mdpi.com | Jie Huang |Peng Hu |Derek Wang |Yiying Wang

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The Dual Path of the Impact of Digital Technology Adoption on ESG Performance

Mar 7, 2025 | mdpi.com | Yiying Wang |Derek Wang

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Textual Attributes of Corporate Sustainability Reports and ESG Ratings

Oct 25, 2024 | mdpi.com | Jie Huang |Derek Wang |Yiying Wang

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San Juan plane crash victim identified as Apollo astronaut William Anders

Jun 7, 2024 | kuow.org | Derek Wang

Left to right: Frank Borman, commander of 3-man Apollo 8 crew, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell, Jr., Dec. 21, 1968. AP Photo The victim of a plan crash in waters near the San Juan Islands Friday has been identified as Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. Anders, who was 90 years old, took the iconic "Earthrise" photo from space in 1968. This Dec. 24, 1968, file photo made available by NASA shows the Earth behind the surface of the moon during the Apollo 8 mission.
Why I Stay with Serverless in 2024 š

May 11, 2024 | dev.to | Derek Wang

Starting Out with ServerlessBack in 2017, I took my first steps into the serverless world using the Serverless Framework to deploy stuff on AWS Lambda. It was great for managing cloud resources with code. Initially, I used a bunch of YAML configurations, but honestly, YAML started to wear me out. That's when I stumbled upon Serverless Stack (SST) which, at least until version 2, was all about AWS CDK. Switching to TypeScript for structuring AWS resources? Game changer.
Chinese government issues new rules to promote and regulate cross-border transfer of personal information

Apr 3, 2024 | lexology.com | Michael Sheng |Derek Wang |Chloe Xiang

Following the promulgation of the Personal Information Protection Law (the "PIPL") in November 2021, a series of regulations have been issued by the PRC Government with an aim to establish a sound regulatory regime for the protection and transfer of personal information.
Hastings International Piano Concerto Finals and Results

Mar 13, 2024 | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Derek Wang |Fairlight Hall |Hyelim Kim |Victoria Kingham

VICTORIA KINGHAMSo it’s done. A whole year of organisation, ten days of one-after-another performances by some of the world’s finest young pianists. An extraordinary event, a glittering array of talent. It was a privilege and a revelation to me to attend Stage Two and the final, comprising concerts by young pianists who are surely among the best anywhere. They chose from a set list of concertos in each round.
Five arrests made in South Seattle home invasions targeting Asian Americans

Sep 27, 2023 | kuow.org | Ashley Hiruko |Gustavo Alvarez |Derek Wang

Homes are shown in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle in July of 2020. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer Five people, including one teenager, were arrested in connection with a string of home invasions targeting Asian Americans in South Seattle, Police Chief Adrian Diaz announced Wednesday. All five suspects were arrested for first-degree robbery. Police also recovered 14 handguns during the arrests, Diaz said. They’ll be tested to see if they’re connected to any shootings in the area.