Hi, I'm Matthew.

Work

Earlier case studies

• Emoji Story

  Full-stack · 2022

  GPT-3 story generator for kids with dyslexia. Next.js, Firebase.

• Windblade PTCG

  Web engineer · 2020 – 2021

  Index and deck builder for 3000+ Taiwanese Pokémon cards. Scraping, Express, MongoDB, Lambda.

• Xun Wang

  Web developer · 2020 – 2021

  Sculptor portfolio with i18n and heavy image optimization. Next.js, Tailwind.

• Taipei Film Fund

  UI/UX · 2021

  Concept design for a film-investment portal.

Writing

• Oct 2025

  tRPC 11 Setup for Next.js App router 2025

  typescript · nextjs · webdev · react

• Aug 2025

  We Tried Recursive React Server Components + Suspense - It Just Worked

  typescript · functional · architecture · learning

• Jun 2025

  Dev on a potato 🥔 laptop. Enter, VSCode remote coding

  learning · webdev · vscode · linux

• Dec 2024

  TypeScript devs: copy‑paste this 25‑line Result to ship with fewer surprises

  typescript · architecture · learning · tutorial

• Oct 2024

  Use GitHub and Linux? Setup ssh permissions in 59 seconds

  linux · git · beginners · devops

• Sep 2024

  Save 1000 hours in development time. VSCode shortcuts & Window Management

  vscode · beginners · programming · productivity

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Experience

1. Sep 2023 – present

   POXA Energy · Technical Lead · Full Stack Engineer

   Energy storage and power-market startup in Taiwan. Lead a small team building the software that runs battery sites and trades in Taipower's markets.

2. Jul – Sep 2023

   unistart · Software Engineer (remote)

   Programmatic SEO content pipeline and production database fixes.

3. Dec 2022 – Jul 2023

   Pickupp · Full Stack Engineer

   Logistics platform. Merchant workflows for 100k+ users across Asia.

4. 2019 – 2020

   Homlan International · Front-end Developer

   Headless CMS marketing sites with i18n.