Hello, I’m Tina.

Full-time engineer.
After-hours home chef
& content creator.

Always exploring what’s next—and the world along the way.

大家好，我是 Tina。现在是一名全职软体工程师，平时喜欢分享烹饪烘焙和个人经历

Currently

What I’m up to lately

Building software and growing as an engineer.
Dreaming up two summers in Europe—send me your favorite places!
Learning to invest wisely and make money work for the long term.

A pastel-blue software engineering workspace with code, circuit hardware, and technical sketches

Featured projects

Engineering things I’ve built

Latest from life

A postcard from Tokyo

March 2026 · Tokyo, Japan

Latest media

Let’s explore cooking, careers & relationships.

Follow along on Xiaohongshu, YouTube, and the podcast.

About me

I’m Tinghui, a software engineer with three years of industry experience.

I share honest stories from my career and everyday life in the hope that my experiences resonate with you, offer a useful perspective, or help you feel a little less alone while figuring things out.

Interests

Engineering, travel, food, cooking, baking, and storytelling

Languages

English · Chinese

Based in

California

Projects

Selected things
I’ve worked on.

Engineering, creative work, and meaningful experiments—finished and unfinished.

01Search Engine · Mar–Jun 2022 · Riverside, CATwitter Search Engine

Java · Lucene · Tweepy · Twitter API · JSP

Developed a full-stack search engine using Tweepy and the Twitter API to crawl tweets into JSON files.
Indexed and analyzed fields including name, location, and text using Lucene in Java.
Implemented weighted search rankings with a query parser and optimized search time to under one second.
Designed and developed a JSP interface that captures queries and displays the top results.

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02Embedded System · Mar–Apr 2022 · Riverside, CAAutomatic Pet Food Dispenser

Arduino · Sensors · Embedded Systems

Built an automatic pet-food dispenser activated by weight detection or a button press.
Used a scale to monitor food weight continuously and trigger dispensing below a defined threshold.
Reduced input flickering by sampling weight measurements at controlled timer intervals.

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03Software · Sep 2021–Mar 2022 · Riverside, CAVR Classroom

Unity · C# · HTC Vive · Agile / Scrum

Designed and implemented a 3D virtual study environment with six interactive modules in Unity using C#.
Configured HTC Vive controls for user movement, laser pointers, and interactions.
Led weekly Scrum meetings and introduced an Agile workflow that improved production by approximately 30%.

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04Mobile App · Apr 2021 · Riverside, CAFace Recognition Camera & App

Best Hardware + Best Use of Google Cloud Platform · Citrus Hack 2021

Python · OpenCV · Raspberry Pi · Android · Java · Google Cloud

Built a camera system that identifies known and unknown individuals and notifies users in real time.
Trained a facial-recognition model using Python, OpenCV, a webcam, and Raspberry Pi.
Developed an Android app in Java that maintains a visitor log with names, timestamps, and images.
Connected the backend and frontend through Google Cloud to deliver notifications.

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05Interactive Website · Aug 2019 · London, UKA++ Learning

JavaScript · HTML · CSS · Firebase · Travis CI · JTest

Created a full-stack local tutoring website during a study-abroad startup simulation using Agile practices.
Built registration, login, tutor search, appointment scheduling, communication, and email features with Firebase.
Implemented Travis CI and JTest coverage across 95% of the program, including search and data-correctness testing.

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Life