// about the author

Craft & Code

Somewhere between a junior and someone who knows what they're doing..

2+ Years of exp
1 Projects Shipped
Coffees / day
~2 Posts / year

I'm a backend developer who genuinely struggles to enjoy frontend work — CSS is not my love language. What I do care about is writing code that people can actually read: clear, honest, and purposeful.

I'm still finding my footing — learning the craft of backend engineering, and getting curious about software design and architecture. How systems are shaped, and why some decisions age better than others.

This blog is where I think out loud. Casual, occasionally technical, and posted whenever something finally clicks. No schedule — just thoughts worth putting into words.

// Currently
Monster Hunter Rise wallpaper
Playing Monster Hunter Rise Open-world action RPG
Illustration of a chibi Frieren looking up
watching Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Fantasy / Adventure
Illustration of a brain shaped paper bills
reading Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Logo of NEFFEX
listening Grateful by NEFFEX
// Projects
PCSO Lotto API

A Node.js REST API that provides real-time PCSO lotto results via web scraping, with Redis-based caching and locking to ensure data freshness and prevent duplicate requests.

Node.js Cheerio Redis
U Do Note

Flutter note-taking app integrating Spaced Repetition, Leitner, Feynman techniques, and etc with OCR via Google ML Kit and AI summarization using OpenAI.

Flutter Firebase OpenAI
// Journey
2019

Wrote first line of code

Hello, World in Java

2021

Joined Github

Pushed my console based java projects

Early 2022

Opened my first issue on Github

A bug issue on daisyUI

Mid 2022

Started building a ton of pet projects

It was hard at first!

Late 2022

Made a blog post

Just for documenting my progress

2023

Started getting side hustle offers

Along with my friends

2024 - 2025

Started my capstone

App development with Flutter

Now

Building what's next

Always learning, always shipping

終 - fin