About Me
Hey! My name is Jerry and I'm currently a Software Engineer in Grab Singapore.
By day, I use Go to build awesome stuff at work. By night, I can be found tinkering with random tiny projects.
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Building stuff
I love dabbling with random side projects. Probably like you, I get a thrill from bringing silly ideas and unlikely follies to life.
At the moment, I'm running Tournacat. In the past, I've made a craft beer search engine, which failed by my own definition.
Over the years, I've created a bunch of random (yet admittedly useless) things that you can still find online today. These include:
🌱 List of tiny projects
- Google Calendar add-on for Esports fans
- A public database of MICHELIN Guide Restaurants
- Search site for all craft beers in Singapore
- A spaceflight news site
- Google Calendars featuring MAS Bonds & Bills
- My very own URL shortener
- A Pastebin clone of my own
- A Sudoku solver
- A GraphQL Covid-19 API
- A map displaying Starbucks Latte prices in Singapore
- A TV information search site
My writings
My opinions are my own.
I like breaking things down in simple terms. Instead of getting caught up in the details of what and how things work, I prefer to dive into the whens and whys.
Usually, I write about software engineering or some inconsequential tiny projects that I worked on. But really, I haven't settled on any niche.
Here are my most-read writings in no particular order as of 20 Dec 2023:
- I Built My Own TinyURL. Here's How I Did It
- JWT vs Cookie: Why Comparing the Two Is Misleading
- Stop Using Exceptions Like This in Python
- Tuples vs. Lists vs. Sets in Python
- A Look Back on 7 Years of Automating Stuff
Get In Touch
If you're reading this, I'm happy to receive emails or DMs from you about anything!