Mark's blogging

For my portfolio project, I developed a fully functional interpreter for a BASIC-like programming language using Python. This was inspired by the advanced programming languages course I took at San Diego State University (SDSU), where I learned core principles of language design, parsing theory, and runtime system implementation. This project... [Read More]

Last week, I had a technical interview with a senior principal engineer at a consulting company, for a React possibly full-stack consulting position. The role involves working closely with client teams particularly in the healthcare space to help build and optimize internal applications. [Read More]

On July 25th, I interviewed with an AI company for a Founding Senior Backend Engineer role. They’re building an agentic AI platform designed to empower recruiters—automating everything from sourcing and screening to evaluation with remarkable speed and consistency. Their flagship product, RB, is already in production with real traction. [Read More]

As a developer, I wanted to create a portfolio project that showcased my frontend chops with Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, ShadCN, and my growing interest in newer backend stacks like Convex and Clerk. [Read More]

I recently got pulled into a freelance project involving n8n, a tool I’d honestly never used before. I was consulting on an automation build with a Telegram bot, working alongside a junior developer. While I can’t share the project specifics due to NDA, I wanted to reflect on the experience... [Read More]