Side Quests

Adventures, hobbies, and achievements outside of work.

Passed the AWS SAA-C03 certification exam. Learned a lot about cloud architecture patterns and best practices.

TravelJune 2025

Spent a month working remotely from Bali. Canggu coworking spaces, surfing in the mornings, coding in the afternoons.

HobbyApril 2025

Assembled a custom 65% keyboard with lubed Gateron switches, PBT keycaps, and foam-modded case.

Won first place at GovTech Hackathon with a team of 4. Built an AI-powered document summarizer for government services.

TravelMarch 2025

Two weeks in Japan during sakura season. Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka. Best ramen of my life in a tiny Shinjuku alley.

Earned GCP Professional Cloud Developer certification. Deep dive into Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, and Firestore.

First PR merged to Next.js repository. Fixed a bug in the App Router middleware handling.

HobbyJuly 2024

Started learning piano with a digital keyboard. Currently working through beginner classical pieces. Clair de Lune is the goal.