Product and interaction design
Shape interfaces around real tasks, repeated edits, and clear feedback.
About
I build full-stack web applications and data systems for workflows where information is incomplete, messy, or difficult to trust. Recent work spans a collection ledger for an undocumented catalogue, a no-login group-planning application, a self-hosted Python system, and a retrieval prototype built around public UH Mānoa records.
I am a computer science student at UH Mānoa, expected to graduate in December 2026. I work across product definition, data modelling, frontend and backend implementation, deployment, validation, and iteration.
The common thread is end-to-end ownership: understand the real workflow, build the complete path, and make the result clear enough to use and inspect.
Data modelling and backend systems
Turn messy source material into explicit models, persistence, APIs, and workflow states.
Applied AI and retrieval
Build retrieval, citation, source-grounding, and evaluation paths without treating model output as automatic truth.
Deployment and validation
Treat hosting, checks, operational boundaries, and maintenance as part of the system.
How I judge the work
Clear workflows
Can someone understand the path through the system without fighting the interface?
Trustworthy behaviour
Does the system handle real states, edge cases, and messy source data without hiding the boundary?
Operational reality
Can it actually be deployed, hosted, observed, and maintained after the demo works?
Stakeholder contexts
Spire Hawaiʻi LLP
Forecasting workflow project with biweekly stakeholder meetings, progress demos, and feedback cycles around financial modelling, dashboards, and backend foundations.
CIO Council of Hawaiʻi
Funded education-focused project with recurring progress reports and a planned presentation to the Education Committee.
Independent products
Ahhgela Ledger
Collection ledger for an undocumented sticker catalogue with verified and possible entries, region navigation, and repeated editing workflows.
Hangout Planner
No-login planning app for availability, polls, notes, and group-facing results through shareable links.
SpineFrame
Self-hosted Python application with authenticated flows, persistent data, review/editing paths, and deployment ownership.
Mānoa Faculty Senate RAG
Research prototype built around public Faculty Senate archive records, with retrieval, citations, source-grounding, and evaluation limits.
VocabVerse
Japanese study app centred on songs, vocabulary, grammar, review flows, and persistent study data.