# Hieu Pham

> Hieu Pham is a product-focused software engineer in San Francisco, California building production AI systems and developer tools.

Personal portfolio of Hieu Pham. Contact: hmpham317443@gmail.com.

## When to use this site

- Experience and engineering decisions: read the work pages.
- Project descriptions and stacks: read the projects index, then a project summary.
- Background and contact: read About or Contact.

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## Formats

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## Core pages

- [Hieu Pham - Software Engineer](https://hieumpham.dev/index.md): Hieu Pham is a product-focused software engineer in San Francisco, California building production AI systems and developer tools.
- [About](https://hieumpham.dev/about.md): About Hieu Pham: background, how I work, and what I do outside of code.
- [Work](https://hieumpham.dev/work.md): Professional experience of Hieu Pham: roles, companies, and shipped systems.
- [Projects](https://hieumpham.dev/projects.md): 16 projects by Hieu Pham across AI, web apps, and developer tools.
- [Contact](https://hieumpham.dev/contact.md): How to reach Hieu Pham about contract work, collaboration, or questions.

## Work history

- [Production AI for Matchmaking - Ditto](https://hieumpham.dev/work/ditto.md): Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer) at Ditto, May 2026 - Present. At Ditto, I build production systems for a consumer dating product: reliable message delivery, chatbot evaluation, and location-based matching.
- [Building Medicare Intelligence from Zero - CheckRx](https://hieumpham.dev/work/checkrx.md): Founding Software Engineer at CheckRx, Mar 2024 - May 2026. CheckRx is a Medicare intelligence platform I helped build from scratch as a founding engineer. We started with data pipelines and APIs, then layered on agent t
- [Real-time AI Interview Coaching from Scratch - Mocktalk](https://hieumpham.dev/work/mocktalk.md): Founding Software Engineer at Mocktalk, May 2023 - Jun 2024. Mocktalk is an AI-powered mock interview platform. You talk to an AI interviewer in real time, just like a real technical interview. It listens, responds, asks 
- [BS Computer Engineering - UC San Diego](https://hieumpham.dev/work/ucsd.md): Student at UC San Diego, Sep 2020 - Jun 2024. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. The program bridges hardware and software: you star

## Projects

- [Frontforge](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/frontforge.md): Frontforge: Frontend project scaffolding CLI. Go CLI that scaffolds frontend projects in under 30 seconds. Supports 9 frameworks and 50+ package combos with zero config conflicts.
- [InkSight](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/inksight.md): InkSight: AR tattoo preview app. AR tattoo preview app using MediaPipe body tracking. AI refines rough sketches into polished designs via Flux.1-dev with ControlNet.
- [Marginalia](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/marginalia.md): Marginalia: Spaced repetition for readers. Spaced repetition app for reading highlights. Import from books, articles, and Kindle; generates AI flashcards using FSRS algorithm.
- [HoundMe](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/houndme.md): HoundMe: AI accountability voice coach. AI accountability coach that checks in via push notifications, SMS, and voice calls. Five coach personalities with escalation logic and multi-provider AI.
- [AgentForge](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/agentforge.md): AgentForge: YAML-to-agent dev tool. Developer tool for creating production-ready AI agents from YAML configs. Visual dashboard with voice and text channels, LangSmith observability.
- [Morpheus](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/morpheus.md): Morpheus: 3D dream constellation journal. Dream journal where dreams become a 3D constellation. Each dream is a glowing orb connected by threads of recurring themes. Text, voice, and guided capture modes.
- [Grooveboard](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/grooveboard.md): Grooveboard: Spotify playlist manager. Spotify playlist manager with duplicate detection, folder organization, bulk operations, analytics, and QR sharing.
- [Hera](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/hera.md): Hera: Personal relationship CRM. Personal CRM for managing relationships through proactive reminders, contact profiles, and social calendar management.
- [Xenia](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/xenia.md): Xenia: Hotel proposal data extractor. Extracts structured financial data from hotel proposals. Parses HTML, PDF, and scraped web pages into normalized quotes with confidence scoring and comparison.
- [Hivemind](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/hivemind.md): Hivemind: AI agent marketplace. Two-sided marketplace for AI agents built on AGNTCY open standards (Linux Foundation). Connects agent developers with end users.
- [Astrape](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/astrape.md): Astrape: RSVP speed reading extension. Chrome extension for speed reading using RSVP. Adaptive pacing per word, comprehension checkpoints with fill-in-the-blank recall, Markdown-exportable bookmarks, session persistence, and weekly reading stats.
- [DMForge](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/dmforge.md): DMForge: Fake conversation generator. Generate pixel-perfect fake SMS and social media conversations. Drag-to-reorder messages, click-to-edit, and export as PNG. Entirely client-side.
- [Pan](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/pan.md): Pan: Plant identification field guide. Real-world Pokedex for plants. Point your camera, Core ML identifies species on-device, and collect botanical illustrations in a gamified field journal.
- [Val-Globe](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/val-globe.md): Val-Globe: Valorant esports 3D globe. Interactive 3D globe visualizing the Valorant Champions Tour schedule. Filter by region, scrub the timeline, and click events for details.
- [Heracles](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/heracles.md): Heracles: AI-powered training platform. Mobile training platform that structures programming into 12 Labors. AI generates periodized programs, adapts to injuries and schedule changes, and coaches via text and voice.
- [Zeus](https://hieumpham.dev/projects/zeus.md): Zeus: Logic gate circuit simulator. Browser-based logic gate simulator with 8 gate types, subcircuit abstraction, sequential circuit support, and 10 progressive challenges. Features tri-state signal propagation, timing diagrams, SVG export, and a command palette for rapid circuit building.

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