Hey there, welcome to my website & blog!
I’m a Software Engineer at Notion in San Francisco. I'm passionate about software, design, education, writing, and philosophy. Here you will find various musings about navigating work & life and some things I have built. 😊
Posts
Articles
Articles
Advice for students
Sep 23, 2024
Articles
Some advice for college students.
On debugging
Aug 4, 2024
Articles
Some tips on how to debug problems faster.
Graphs of knowledge: computer science
Mar 2, 2023
Articles
Here’s an exploration of the different paths and endless breadth and depth of a computer science career. Its target audience is mostly students and early-in-career folks.
Don’t thrash the user: how UI/UX disruption erodes software trust & love
Nov 28, 2022
Articles
For software builders, this article explores the concept of UI/UX thrash and the negative effects on users, and how to build empathetically and intentionally to decrease thrash.
So long, Meta: 3 years in a badge post
Aug 8, 2022
Articles
At Meta, there’s a tradition that you leave a goodbye post with some thanks, some learnings, and other sentiments. This was my reflection of my 3 years working there!
Four Years of Recruiting
May 19, 2019
Articles
💡 Here are some stats and insights about my four years of undergrad recruiting as a computer science & engineering student!
Projects
Projects
Databases at Notion
Apr 14, 2024
Projects
I currently work on building out the databases product at Notion!
wustep.me: now powered by Notion
Nov 21, 2022
Projects
In Nov 2022, I redid my website! It’s now powered by Notion and the nextjs-notion-starter-kit repo.
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Profiles on Facebook.com
Aug 1, 2022
Projects
Between 2019 and 2022, I helped build out Profiles at Facebook.com.
Highlighty: Phrase Highlighter Extension
Mar 1, 2020
Projects
🧰 Highlighty is an open-source phrase highlighter extension.
Chorus: Multi-Device Coordination for Data Visualizations
Apr 30, 2018
Projects
During my time as a Research Assistant for the Interactive Data Systems Group, I built a library for multi-device data coordination for data visualizations.
TBDBITL: An Infographic for The Best Damn Band In The Land
Dec 31, 2016
Projects
🥁 For a class at The Ohio State University, I tackled making an infographic for the marching band with two classmates, using D3.js.
Starry Night Sequencer: A MIDI Visualizer
Dec 31, 2016
Projects
🎹 For a Design class, I built a MIDI data visualization on top of a GIF of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night.
Greenbears: Sports Management Website
Dec 1, 2014
Projects
🐻 My first large project was a CMS built in PHP for sports websites, built around 2013-14. The website was used by 60+ athletes and parents in my high school's cross-country and track & field teams.
Notes
Notes
Personal Essays
Personal Essays
Vulnerability
Feb 1, 2023
Personal Essays
An essay on finding and cultivating vulnerability.
On Play
Oct 4, 2020
Personal Essays
Here’s a short read about the concept of play, inspired by childhood imagination and music.
Hello World: a response to 2020
Jun 3, 2020
Personal Essays
An Asian-American tech worker's monologue on racial injustices, civil unrest, and social inequality during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic