Software Engineer.
@deprecated motion graphic designer and photographer.
@author
Teng Wei Herr
A designer/photographer-turned-software-engineer, occasionally writing tech articles and contributing to OSS projects.
Besides work, I like playing basketball, tennis, and chugging coffee.
I am currently based in Malaysia. Did you know we have the best food ever?
Tech I've worked with:
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Zustand
- MobX
- Redux
- Webpack
- Node.js
- Supabase
- PostgreSQL
- Kafka
- Spring Boot
@works
Where I've worked & volunteered:
2022 - Present
Web Engineer
MoneyLion Inc.
Web Engineer
2 years 5 months
- Identified web performance bottlenecks and reducing total blocking time by up to 90%.
- Overhauled a static site using SSG, headless CMS, and implementing a zero-runtime-cost asset caching strategy in Next.js.
- Migrated a React SPA to a Next.js isomorphic web app, achieving a 16x faster load time with 50% less code.
- Fine-tuned backend service scalability and optimized K8s resources with HPA to handle 30K RPS while maintaining SLOs.
2024 - 2025
Founding Engineer
PAYGAP Asia
Founding Engineer
5 months
- As a founding engineer, I architected and developed the entire system from 0 to 1, making key technical decisions like tech stack selection, database design, security implementation etc.
2019 - 2024
Motion Graphic Designer
HERR Studio
Motion Graphic Designer
5 years
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, After Effects, Photoshop, etc
- Worked with international clients to produce high quality media content across various domains including finance, interior design, corporate, and government units.
Web Engineer
2 years 5 months
- Identified web performance bottlenecks and reducing total blocking time by up to 90%.
- Overhauled a static site using SSG, headless CMS, and implementing a zero-runtime-cost asset caching strategy in Next.js.
- Migrated a React SPA to a Next.js isomorphic web app, achieving a 16x faster load time with 50% less code.
- Fine-tuned backend service scalability and optimized K8s resources with HPA to handle 30K RPS while maintaining SLOs.
Founding Engineer
5 months
- As a founding engineer, I architected and developed the entire system from 0 to 1, making key technical decisions like tech stack selection, database design, security implementation etc.
Motion Graphic Designer
5 years
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, After Effects, Photoshop, etc
- Worked with international clients to produce high quality media content across various domains including finance, interior design, corporate, and government units.
@published
Next.js SSG: Caching Third-Party Assets for Zero Runtime Cost
Minimizing Bandwidth Usage by Serving Third-Party Assets Statically in Next.js
Chrome’s Performance Panel 101: What’s Going on in Your JavaScript Main Thread
Learn to use the profiler in Chrome’s Performance Panel with my favourite settings and some useful tips
Animated Bar Chart with D3.js and React
Learn the underlying concepts and how to plot charts with D3.js and React
View more at Medium
Get in touch
Drop me a message if you have any questions or just want to say hi.
Any collaborations and opportunities are welcomed.
