Independent Builder
Turning curiosity into products, and products into freedom through code, design, AI tools, and honest experiments. I build tools, interfaces, stories, prototypes, and research demos without pretending they are bigger than they are.
Selected builds
Start with the legal-tech research assistant and Android prototype, then scan smaller concepts and experiments built from curiosity, code, design, and AI tools.
AI / LegalTech / Thesis Project
The main build: a Vietnamese labor-law assistant using retrieval, graph context, grounded generation, and citation checks.
Android / AI Studio / Product Experiment
The second track: an Android/Kotlin product experiment for a Vietnamese family-tree idea, prepared around AI Studio and Gemini.
Frontend / Motion Design
A dark neon Next.js portfolio system for testing reusable sections, responsive layout, motion, and project storytelling.
Dashboard / Interface Design
A compact dashboard UI study for practicing card hierarchy, dark composition, responsive grids, and readable data blocks.
Main Build Deep Dive
The strongest project in this portfolio: a research build focused on retrieval, legal-document structure, graph context, and citation validation.
The problem
Vietnamese labor-law information is spread across official documents and related legal structures. A natural-language answer needs to stay tied to retrieved legal context instead of unsupported model output.
The solution
The assistant uses a scoped corpus, hybrid retrieval, graph expansion, grounded generation, and deterministic citation validation before returning a legal-information response.
Architecture
User question
Hybrid retrieval
Legal graph expansion
Grounded generation
Citation validation
Final answer
Key features
Tech stack
Capabilities
UI experiments
Honest practice pieces focused on colorful UI, responsive layout, and component thinking.
UI Concept
A keyboard-first overlay concept exploring glass panels, glow states, and compact navigation patterns.
Personal Experiment
Reusable card treatments for colorful portfolio surfaces without overwhelming the content hierarchy.
Practice Project
A study in responsive spacing, section rhythm, and readable layouts across mobile and desktop screens.
Process
The workflow stays practical so visual experiments still become usable frontend work.
01
Follow curiosity, collect references, and decide what the experiment is actually trying to prove.
02
Turn the idea into reusable pieces, editable content, and a clear interface or tool shape.
03
Refine contrast, spacing, motion, and responsive behavior without pretending the build is more finished than it is.
Build log
A transparent timeline of personal builds, coursework, self-directed practice, and experiments.
2024 - Present
Independent Builds
Building personal tools, portfolio systems, research demos, mobile prototypes, and UI concepts with code, design, and AI-assisted workflows.
2023 - 2024
Self-directed Practice
Practiced React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, accessibility basics, interface thinking, and small product experiments through coursework and personal builds.
CONTACT
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