I'm a public servant trying to close gaps between policy, business, tech.
About Me
I'm into the web, computers, hardware, gadgets, sysadmin.
I'll die on the hills of Windows, Ubuntu, Android.
Never used a Mac.
Education
Studied Political Science at NUS.
I loved comparative & money politics. But I did lots of IR. 🥲
Interests
Webdev on-off since 2000s — PHP4 days, Wordpress, Javascript, Python frameworks
Building PCs, love building rigs for cheap, hate cable mgmt
Tech business & entrepreneurship, I like listening to people's ideas
Stable diffusion LORAs to get free Korean AI portraits
Playlist
- All-In Podcast
- Primeagen
- Theo
- Fireship
- Syntax
- Lenny's Podcast
- Olivio Sarikas
My side projects help my work.
Opportunities, Gaps
I spot opportunities and gaps in systems, ideas and processes. I'm no genius - I often just apply things I gleaned from what product leaders, engineers, tech influencers put out online.
I have Hacker News, Reddit, daily.dev, and Youtube to thank.
Know What It Takes
Because I do coding, I can understand technical complexities, trade-offs, best practices, and "definition of done".
Cost Scrutiny
I challenge cost estimates and hidden assumptions. We shouldn't spend just because we can.
Career
Tech (52%)
Service Delivery Tech Team Lead
Manage products, tech consultancy for citizen & employee services.
Tech Infra Policy Team Lead
Policies & funding for cloud, on-prem hosting, SG Tech Stack, endpoint devices, dev toolchains.
Comms Tech Team Lead
Developed & bought media analytic products. Led investments in NLP & CV research.
Comms (27%)
Media Relations Officer
Managed media and collaborated on unpaid features of MINDEF & SAF.
Comms Strategist
Crafted comms campaigns and strategies.
Policy (21%)
NS Policy Officer
Did NS policies for sportsmen, leave, citizenship, exit control. Worked in Committee to Strengthen NS.
I enjoy side projects.
Build things, try new tools.
From Python's grip I boldly flew,
To JavaScript's wild, noisy crew,
Typescript calms the frenzied code,
But Go's sweet whispers tempt the road.
Here are a few I've done.
Appraize
