About

Hi, I'm Lucian

I'm an essentialist — I focus on what matters most, create leverage, and build things I genuinely care about. Currently a Software Engineer at Meta.

I believe the best work happens when you strip away the noise and commit fully to a few things that matter. This philosophy drives everything I do — from the products I build to how I spend my time.

What I've Built

Thinkord — AI Note-Taking App

An AI-powered speech-to-text note app built with React and Electron. Designed to capture thoughts naturally and structure them intelligently.

NASA Wildfire Fighter

An Azure-based disaster response solution for real-time wildfire detection and coordination. Microsoft Award Winner.

lucian.co — This Site

A personal platform built with Next.js 15, designed as an AI-native space with structured data for LLMs, conversational search, and an essentialist aesthetic.

LINE Order Bot

An NLP chatbot that turns natural language into structured restaurant orders. Built with Flask and deployed for real-world use.

More Projects

Investment portfolio tracker (React Native), scalable social platform (Redis + Cassandra), blockchain data API (Django), and AI speech recognition demos — details in Projects.

Recent Focus

Building with AI agents, exploring how LLMs reshape software engineering workflows, and thinking about what personal sites become in an AI-native world. Writing about it here.

Behind the Code

Street Photography

I shoot with a Canon R, mostly on the street — where stories unfold in real time. Capturing light, motion, and emotion has taught me to slow down and observe the world more closely.

Coffee

Espresso, pour-over, local shops. Coffee is both fuel and ritual — where ideas begin and conversations happen.

Big Mountain Skiing

Nothing beats skiing the big mountains with friends — sharing descents, crisp air, panoramic views, and stories we recount for years.