I’m a software engineer with a strong background in crafting delightful interfaces and web application engineering. I’m originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and now based in Seattle, WA. I owe much of my career to inspecting elements on the web and a deep curiosity for how people interact with software.
I studied Cognitive Science at the University of California, Davis, which shaped how I think about interfaces and human behavior. I later studied Human-Computer Interaction for User Experience Design at MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory).
While still a student at Foothill College, I joined the founding team of Trust Wallet as the sole front-end developer. I built the marketing website, the Help Center, and the DApps Browser — the component that let users interact with decentralized applications on Ethereum. Nine months later, Trust Wallet was acquired by Binance. I wrote about the lessons I learned from that experience.
After that I joined Tendermint (the team behind Cosmos), where I led front-end development and built out the component libraries, design system, and documentation platform. I also created Cosmonauts World, the ecosystem directory that lived at cosmos.network/ecosystem and became the go-to place to discover projects built on Cosmos and Tendermint.
I was the founding engineer and third hire at Dynaboard, a developer tools company. I built the responsive layout system, the audit logs infrastructure for billing, and the “autogen” API that used LLMs to generate full applications in seconds. I also built the command bar and Dynaboard AI, which used OpenAI’s API and prompt engineering to generate UI components from natural language. Dynaboard was later acquired by Figma.
I’m currently a Software Engineer at Rill Data, where I architect dashboard experiences, ship enterprise-grade capabilities like unified authentication and project sharing, and deliver product-led growth features.
Technical contributions
- Built the “autogen” API at Dynaboard, one of the first tools to use LLMs for generating full applications — it cut creation time by 40%.
- Built the DApps Browser for Trust Wallet, which became a core part of the product before the Binance acquisition.
- Created Coolection, a tool for organizing visual inspiration.
- Built PhysicalPresence, a privacy-first iOS app that automatically tracks which country you’re in each day — designed for immigrants and travelers who need to maintain physical presence records. All data stays on-device with iCloud sync.
- Won the Set Protocol Prize at ETH San Francisco (2018) and Most Innovative Cognitive Computing Solution at AngelHack SF (2016), and the Emirates Travel Hackathon Sponsor Prize (2015), among 10+ hackathons from 2015–2019.
- Designed and built the official website for HackDavis 2019, and later returned as a mentor. I wrote about the craft behind it. Also built the site for the DeFi Hackathon at SF Blockchain Week.