who i am

I'm a problem solver at heart, driven by curiosity and a desire to create meaningful impact.

I mostly spend my time pondering the feasibility of ideas—research, prototyping, or otherwise.

values

The most important value to me is discipline. It keeps my time, my finances, and my health in check as I work towards a goal. This is closely followed by integrity and empathy, which stems from a strong belief in treating others the way I would like to be treated. I believe that these values are the foundation of any relationship, be it personal or professional.

hobbies

I'm a very simple person! I enjoy calisthenics, expanding my vocabulary, and karaoke. When I move around, I listen to podcasts, read books, or ask GPT questions about anything I'm curious about.

more hobbies?

Occasionally, I swim, cook, and play sports. Rarely, I hike and go caving. I love trying new things and I've also been picking up mahjong. 🤓

my dev journey

beginning with basics

I started off with Visual Basic on Excel to automate regular expense calculations. After an introductory course to web dev, I made a Receipt Calculator to solve a problem I had.

suffering in school

At this point, I was learning about the different programming languages and frameworks. I also have experimented with data analytics and visualization tools like Tableau and Scikit-learn and exposure to various other machine learning technologies along the way

finally some fun

Modules in school expanded my horizons into areas like cybersecurity fundamentals, IT solution architecture, and of course, data structures and algorithms. It was to my surprise that I found the areas of expertise within this segment to be the most fun.

current stack

tech stack

CSS
HTML
JavaScript
React
TypeScript
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
shadcn/ui
Material-UI
Vue.js
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
React
TypeScript
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
shadcn/ui
Material-UI
Vue.js
Node.js
Python
FastAPI
Spring Boot
MongoDB
MySQL
Docker
AWS
Git
Node.js
Python
FastAPI
Spring Boot
MongoDB
MySQL
Docker
AWS
Git

p.s.

I learn fast.

what's going on

I'm currently a final-year student at the Singapore Management University, with a degree in Information Systems and majoring in Digital Cloud Solutions and Business Analytics.

i build watches

A friend and I contemplated the exorbitant price of luxury watches, and in order understand the intricacies involved, we set out to build our own custom Seiko watches. Check out my creations here!

what's next

lifelong curiosity

I really do enjoy learning basically pretty much about anything. It's an entire spectrum ranging from psychology concepts to chess or even the coldest city in the world. Currently, I'm trying to learn more about how automated markets and tokenomics work.

raycast + zen browser

I recently had to retire my old mac. On my new one, I stumbled upon RayCast. I've been using it for a while now, and I'm loving it. I'm also trying out Zen Browser, a combination of Firefox's privacy with Arc's aesthetics further enhanced by customizable theming through a .css file. It's a pretty cool concept, and I'm excited to see how it grows. I have an intention to contribute to either project, but I'm still trying to figure out how I can do that.

© 2025 Daryl Chua
Built with 💙, deployed on Vercel by yours truly.