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Andy Wang

Chico, CA

Ex-Google, Startup Enthusiast

I strive to become a Pragmatic Programmer. I put special emphasis on software architecture. TDD, SOLID principles and Design patterns are the paradigms I live by as a programmer. I seek the responsibility, whether it is leading a team or owning a feature of the project.

Experiences

Home Design Guild

Founding Engineer

As a Founding Engineer, architected and built a SaaS marketplace MVP from scratch using React, TypeScript, and NestJS, integrating payment processing and a custom matching algorithm while establishing the DevOps infrastructure on GCP.

DeepScribe

Senior Software Engineer

Engineered end-to-end AI products for clinicians, including ambient copilots and billing automation systems, and optimized scalable inference pipelines on AWS to support production LLM workloads.

Google

Software Engineer

Led the launch of an Angular/Java application that drove $5M in sales and managed a team to deprecate a legacy system, achieving $400K in annual cost savings, while enhancing Java microservices to eliminate 10M+ unnecessary notifications.

Accretive Technology Group

Software Engineer

Developed and optimized high-traffic front-end products and led a greenfield project from MVP to production using React and Next.js, while maintaining legacy PHP applications to ensure system stability.

The Home Depot

Software Engineer

Scaled a real-time data pipeline on GCP processing 30,000+ transactions per second and built high-performance Java APIs, while establishing a CI/CD pipeline that reduced production bugs by 50%.

Full Stack, infrastructure, AI/ML

I build across the stack, scale systems that last, and dive deep into ML, because staying sharp means never standing still.

Experiments

A sandbox of code where I test ideas, sharpen my craft, and explore new technologies.

Developer Workbench

See what powers my dev flow: tools, themes, gear, and shortcuts I cannot live without.

Design Patterns

Explore classic design patterns through focused, self-contained examples.

I write about Startup Experience, building thoughtful systems, writing maintainable code, and solving real-world engineering problems at scale.

Browse articles

Andy's Place in the Startup World

I worked for 2 startups as a full-time employee and learned to be creative, innovative, entrepreneurial, and disciplined while delivering high-quality software.

  • Startup
  • Culture
  • Career
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From Preview Links to Full Ephemeral Environments: Scalable Testing in Microservice Architectures

Ship with Confidence, Not Just Speed. Preview links are just the beginning — discover how full-stack ephemeral environments supercharge testing, reduce bugs, and bring engineering, product, and marketing into perfect launch alignment. Learn the practical steps to implement scalable, PR-specific deployments in modern microservice architectures.

  • infrastructure
  • CI/CD
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VIBE CODING?! I'M SHOOK

AI-assisted coding has improved dramatically, and in startup environments it can multiply output when paired with engineering judgment, clear architecture, and strong review habits.

  • AI Assisted Coding
  • Startup
  • Productivity
  • Engineering
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Self-Hosting Plausible Analytics on AKS Behind Azure Front Door

Google Analytics felt like too much. I wanted lightweight, privacy-respecting analytics for my portfolio — but also full control. So I built a fully automated Plausible deployment using AKS, Helm, cert-manager, and Azure Front Door. Here’s how it works.

  • AKS
  • Kubernetes
  • Plausible
  • Azure Front Door
  • cert-manager
  • Helm
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Get in Touch

Thanks for reading a little bit about me. I’m always happy to chat and provide any helpful advice that I can. You can schedule a discovery call to see if we’re a good fit, or just email at andywang.ux@gmail.com or my Github lintelbeam.

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