Hello, I’m KahWee.

A staff software engineer in San Francisco.
Originally from Singapore.

Open to new opportunities.Let’s talk Request my CV

I work where product, architecture, and developer experience meet. I care about making large systems understandable—not only fast.

I’m looking for my next role. My work centers on frontend architecture, developer tools, and AI-assisted engineering. If that’s what your team is building, I’d like to hear about it.

My focus is frontend systems. I write when I have something concrete to add: a migration that took longer than promised, an AI workflow that changed how I review code, or a home project that failed for an unexpectedly useful reason.

The articles explain the decisions. KahWee Labs keeps the runnable examples, benchmarks, and deployment companions behind them.

I document the decision, show the evidence I have, and leave enough context for someone else to disagree usefully.

KahWee

Now based inSan Francisco: Pacific time
Originally fromSingapore: Singapore time

In the notebook

What I keep coming back to.

Making migrations worth it

Framework changes, performance work, and the cost of carrying old decisions forward.

Working alongside AI

Model choice, quotas, context, and how I review what the tools produce.

Systems I can reach out and touch

Self-hosting, local hardware, and what breaks when software meets the house.