Software, systems & the work between.San Francisco · Writing since 2016

KahWee Teng.

Staff software engineer.
Writing here since 2016.
A little about me

I build frontend systems and developer tools. This is where I write about the decisions, the debugging, and what I’d do differently.

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The latest · Sep 25, 2026

Building a San Francisco map feels a bit like cheating

I’ve always wanted a small, animated SVG map of just San Francisco. The city’s open data was already there. Codex made the rest feel easy.

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A few places to begin

Selected writing

Four pieces about things I’ve built, tried, or changed my mind about.

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AI coding practice

AI Pricing Is Becoming UX

GPT-5.6 turns capability into a price ladder, while Codex Spark turns speed into a separate button. AI pricing is becoming part of the interface.

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Frontend migrations

Evaluating a TanStack Table v9 Upgrade

I wanted to keep a shared table component current without accepting migration work on faith. A side-by-side benchmark made the trade-off much easier to judge.

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