Writing

Essays on the work that taught me how I work.

Not tutorials. Not LinkedIn humblebrags. The real stories behind the projects — what went wrong, what I learned, and the moments that changed how I see things. A new one every couple of weeks.

Essay · 5 min · 12 May 2024

I started a boardgame community because I hate seeing people stare at their phones

The phone is not the enemy. The absence of a reason to look up is. How DN Boardgame grew to 900 members and became a bilingual bridge between Vietnam and the world.

Essay · 7 min · 28 July 2026

The night a hundred American students walked into my university

The project I am most proud of — and the weekend I stopped being a helper and became the person in charge. The skill I learned running that room is the exact one I use to build software now.

More coming every two weeks. Next: the day 41 real orders got cancelled by three merged spreadsheet cells.