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I'm a software engineer who builds. Most days I'm at this desk — writing code, sketching interfaces, reading more than I ship, and burning through too much coffee. Poke around: every object has a story.
Role Software Engineer
Based in Saigon, VN
Open to Collabs, Freelance
Mood Caffeinated
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DTG · SGN / '26 00 / Me The author Hi — that's me, and the boss. Duong Truong Giang — software engineer based in Saigon. Usually paired with a small white poodle who has strong opinions about my deploy times.
Glasses Always Necklace Lucky charm Sidekick 1 poodle 01 / Macbook Currently coding Building a portfolio in Next.js & React. Plus a side tool for organizing reading notes. VSCode, two terminals, and far too many open tabs.
Editor VSCode + Vim Stack Next.js · TS · Tailwind Tabs open 47 (don't ask) 02 / Coffee Hobby · Coffee Cappuccino, with a tulip on top. Espresso + steamed milk, finished with latte art. I'm chasing the perfect rosetta — most days it's a lopsided heart and that's fine.
Today Cappuccino Beans The Married Beans Cups / day 3 (avg) 03 / Reading On the desk Currently on the stack. Atomic Design · Frost p. 88 Clean Code · Martin p. 142 Refactoring · Fowler p. 67 Design Systems browsing The Inkjunction fiction break
62% through the stack — slowly.
04 / Shelf The shelf Long-term residents. Books I keep coming back to — code classics, design canon, and the novels that taught me how to write copy.
Code Pragmatic Programmer Frontend Eloquent JavaScript Design Design of Everyday Things Type Thinking with Type · Lupton Fiction 100 Years of Solitude Fiction Norwegian Wood · Murakami Classic Crime & Punishment 06 / Landmark 81 View from the desk Landmark 81 — the spire of Saigon. Tallest building in Vietnam (461 m). On clear days I watch the sunset hit it; at night it puts on a light show. The view I never get tired of.
Height 461 m / 81 floors District Bình Thạnh, HCMC Opened 2018 05 / iPad iPad · Pencil Sketchpad & second brain. Apple Pencil for thumbnail sketches and storyboards. The cover stays closed until an idea won't leave me alone.
Sketching Procreate Wireframes Freeform Notes Apple Notes
Now Designing a small CMS for writers. Avoiding meetings.
Listening Khruangbin · Mac DeMarco · old Vietnamese jazz.
Want to learn Three.js, ceramics, how to nap properly.
Supporting Manchester United. Through the good, the bad, and the very bad.
Khruangbin · Mac DeMarco · old Vietnamese jazz.
Three.js, ceramics, how to nap properly.
Manchester United. Through the good, the bad, and the very bad.