Hello, I'm Melvin, a software engineer based in Los Angeles. I began programming in C in 2004 while in middle school and have been passionate about it ever since. Over the years, I've explored various programming languages and technologies. I enjoy learning new concepts and often spend my free time experimenting with emerging tools and frameworks. I am dedicated to clean architecture and well-tested code.
Like many web engineers from the pre-AngularJS era, I began my journey with backend development. I started with raw PHP when it was a leading technology for building websites, then embraced new trends such as Rails, Django, Symfony 2, Node, and Go. I strive to stay current with the evolution of backend technologies, carefully weighing their pros and cons before adopting them. Additionally, I have spent several years working with C and C++.
While I find backend development enjoyable, modern backends primarily focus on processing and returning data to clients. This reality sparked my interest in client-side development. I believe that writing client code has made me a better backend engineer, as I understand the challenges of working with undocumented or poorly designed APIs that only partially deliver the required data.
Professionally, I have experience across a variety of platforms, including native mobile apps (iOS and Android), hybrid mobile apps, standard Electron apps, Electron apps with a local Go backend for heavy lifting (utilizing cgo for native Windows and macOS libraries), and Single Page Applications (SPAs) using Angular, React, and more.
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