Hello, I am ...

Emerald Zhu

Currently designing products for humanity.

I am a software engineer, indie hacker, ui/ux designer, AI trainer (actually helped train xAI's Grok multimodal AI), minimalist, eternal optimist and sarcasm connoisseur.

I love to solve problems for a living. I diligently build and break things (#FAFO mindset). I am motivated by challenging projects (as well as get challenged by them) with self-guided research and dynamic problem solving (*cough* *cough*, vibe coding - but you don't know that).

During my career

I have built 2 "failed" (but priceless lessons nonetheless) startups, designed from scratch and redesigned client websites ranging from personal portfolio and blog websites to ecommerce websites for small and established businesses alike with a focus on delivering clean, and modern interfaces with a sprinkle of SEO magic. Also have an extension you can try out and have another web app cooking to help with job applications (with the help of AI, cliche, I know).

Now

I currently freelance (*cough* unemployed), while bringing my creativity to life.

Website build with

Performing reactivity and statefulness, thanks to the special guest SolidJS

Let's Connect

Reach out to me via email or on social media.