Currently

Working on

• FYP — 2D-to-3D video conversion for XR. Building the reinforcement-learning model that scores conversion quality.
• Coursework: Artificial Intelligence and Software Architecture. Both are heavy, both have deadlines that don't move.
• Been There Series — the personal project getting the most attention outside school right now.
• Wan's Dine — maintenance mode. Bug fixes only until the FYP is shipped.
• Interview prep for front-end and mobile roles. Resume, system design notes, and algorithm warm-ups on rotation.

Learning

• Reinforcement learning fundamentals — reward shaping and policy evaluation, mostly for the FYP.
• React Native — every mobile posting expects it, and I want the option.
• Frontend system design — caching, hydration trade-offs, state boundaries. The interview kind.
• Slowly redoing classic data structures and algorithms in a paper notebook. No grind, just steady.

Reading

• Refactoring — Martin Fowler, 2nd ed. Re-reading slowly with my own code as the exercise set.
• Kitchen Confidential — Anthony Bourdain. Off-hours read. Honest, slow, very my pace.
• Weekly: lobste.rs, Josh Comeau's blog, and a small handful of MY/SG tech newsletters.

Off-screen

• Working through KL's Japanese restaurants one by one. Slow project, no rush.
• Dim sum on Sunday mornings is non-negotiable. Same handful of 茶楼 on rotation.
• Cooking on weekends when the FYP allows — mostly Cantonese. Soup, rice, simple things.
• Long walk after dinner, same loop most nights. Where most of the actual thinking happens.
• Handwritten notes before any code gets written. The notebook is usually louder than the editor.

Quietly skipping

• New side projects — nothing starts until the FYP is in version control.
• Twitter / X — uninstalled. Not missing it.
• Chasing every new JS framework. Things have to earn their keep before they go on the stack.
• All-nighters. Sleep is part of the schedule this year.