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┃ Melbourne, Australia • Full-Stack • Cloud • AI Integration ┃
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I'm Paul – a technology enthusiast who loves building things that solve real problems. Over the years, I've been fortunate to work on everything from cloud platforms and AI systems to mobile games and booking platforms. I believe good software is invisible – it just works, feels natural, and makes people's lives a bit easier.
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│ "Code is poetry written in logic." │
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SELECT skills FROM paul_wen WHERE expertise IN (
-- Cloud & Platform Engineering
'AWS & Azure' /* Multi-cloud architecture & deployment */,
'Docker & Containerization' /* Scalable microservices */,
'CI/CD Pipelines' /* Automated delivery & quality gates */,
-- Full-Stack Development
'TypeScript & JavaScript' /* Type-safe, modern codebases */,
'React & Next.js' /* Server-side rendering & SPAs */,
'Node.js & Express' /* High-performance backend services */,
'Python & Flask' /* ML integration & data pipelines */,
-- AI & Machine Learning
'LLM Integration' /* GPT, Claude, custom models */,
'RAG Pipelines' /* Retrieval-augmented generation */,
'Databricks ML' /* Enterprise ML workflows */,
'Prompt Engineering' /* Optimizing AI outputs */,
-- APIs & Data
'REST & GraphQL' /* Scalable API design */,
'PostgreSQL & MongoDB' /* Relational & document stores */,
-- Practices & Mindset
'System Design' /* Architecture that scales */,
'Performance Optimization' /* Every millisecond counts */,
'Security & Compliance' /* Built-in, not bolted-on */
) ORDER BY impact DESC, reliability DESC;
-- Currently exploring: Building reliable, human-centered AI workflows 🤖- Ship early, iterate often – Perfect is the enemy of good
- Security isn't optional – It's foundational, not a feature
- Code is read more than written – Clarity over cleverness
- Learn in public – Share knowledge, grow together
- Build for humans – Technology should serve people, not the other way around
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer
- M.IT in Computing – University of Melbourne
- B.Sc. in Computing and Software Systems – University of Melbourne
Working on AI-enabled platforms that respect human expertise while automating the tedious stuff. Exploring ways to make cloud infrastructure more intuitive and helping teams deliver secure, reliable software faster.
Always happy to chat about technology, cloud architecture, AI systems, or share war stories about production incidents. Feel free to reach out!
"The best code is the code you don't have to maintain."
Thanks for stopping by! 🚀