i'm max, a software engineer* obsessed with design, web developement, and systems programming.

* im a full-time student, and when i'm not studying or building, i'm experimenting with new recipes, pursuing powerlifting, and occasionally snowboarding.


Sep 2025 - Present
Co-founder to a Productivity Platform
Bootstrapping my way to 10k MRR
May 2025 - Aug 2025
Software Engineer Intern at Machyna
Built a serverless file management system using AWS Lambda, AppSync, and S3
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Deep Learning Researcher
Research on mechanistic interpretability of LLM, mitigating sycophantic behaviors
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Facilitated lectures for 150+ students in Electrical Engineering Programming
Oct 2023 - Oct 2024
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Developed an LLM-based autograder, improving scoring accuracy and efficiency.
June 2023 - Aug 2023
Moved from Taiwan to California
ClockIn

ClockIn

An app that helps you stay accountable by recording timelapses of you working, so you can “clock in” with social proof

Yagmi

Yagmi

Create AI Mentors that lets you chat with an “advisor” tailored to your goals, giving you guidance and next steps as you grow

Obscuri

Obscuri

A desktop application that silently awaits for your screenshots and querys an LLM without a trace

Bcon

Bcon

A C based CLI tool that can convert data between binary value, hexadecimal, and decimal value.