Gareth Lau

Mind Dump

A collection of Gareth's notes, deep dives, and technical explorations.

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Dec 7, 2023

13 min read

Logistics for Exchange at Korea University (from Ivey)

There are plenty of resources on things to see, eat, and do in South Korea, I found that there was little information around the logistics of being an exchange student at Korea University. My hope is that this post will act as a starting point for your research and planning.

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May 20, 2023

12 min read

How I Use Obsidian

My Obsidian note taking system that has helped me document and review more with less friction.

Jul 19, 2022

4 min read

Course Planning for Exchange

Some information I wish I knew to prepare for exchange as a Software Engineering/HBA student.

Mar 4, 2022

9 min read

Hack Western Technical Retrospective

A review of things that went well and things that could be improved for Hack Western 8's development team.

Jan 11, 2021

7 min read

Automatic Deployments from Github on a VPS

Create an automated deployment pipeline off Github for any VPS using Github webhooks.

Dec 23, 2020

6 min read

Investigating Neo4j Indexes

An investigation into the trade-offs of a Neo4j database index.

Dec 8, 2020

17 min read

Token Based Authentication (Express & MongoDB)

Over the past two years, I've built my fair share of authentication systems which has led me to this implementation using JWTs that is both secure and seamless for the user.

Last reviewed on February 24, 2026