Where I'm from, and how I got here.

I studied Electrical Engineering at Da Nang University of Technology for my first three years, before receiving a scholarship from Intel Products Vietnam that allowed me to complete my final two years at Portland State University. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and my five-person senior capstone team won first place for designing and building an indoor asset tracking system.

After graduating, I worked at Intel Products Vietnam for three years to fulfill my scholarship commitment, gradually transitioning from electrical engineering into software engineering. I then spent ten years working remotely for a small US software company. Later, I volunteered at Restful Mind for a year, building an admin portal behind a mobile meditation app that helps people nurture their minds and find balance in everyday life. Six months in, that first team broke up, and I stayed on with the new team, rebuilding the admin portal from scratch.

At the moment, I write open-source libraries and practice system design, working closely with AI as a collaborator: this site, Kin Form, Kin Store, and MiniSlack were all built in collaboration with AI tools including Claude Code, Copilot, Codex, Gemini, and Kiro. Going deeper is next: building AI agents and AI-enabled apps myself.

I'm interested in math, science, technology, and solving challenging engineering problems, and just as much in organic farming, simple living, and spiritual growth. I'm curious how things work under the hood, whether that's a state management library or a vegetable garden.

I'm meticulous, attentive to detail, and always trying to make things better than I found them.