now.
A snapshot of what I'm building, reading, and turning over right now — in the spirit of Derek Sivers' /now idea. It changes when life does, not on a schedule.
UPDATED Jul 2026 · Ho Chi Minh City
Building
Leading payments work — the unglamorous plumbing that only gets noticed when it breaks. Lately: making settlement legible to the people who don’t build it.
On the side, this site — an excuse to write more plainly than a PRD lets me.
Reading
- No Death, No Fear — Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Making of a Manager — Julie Zhuo, second time
- Thơ mới 1932–1945, chậm, mỗi tối vài bài
Thinking about
Why the words we pick for work — partner, resource, user — quietly decide who carries the cost. Trying to write one clear thing about it.
Away from the screen
Learning to develop film properly. Slower, more expensive, and somehow the only photos I keep looking at.
Earlier
Mar 2026Ho Chi Minh City
Building
Shipped the QR settlement revamp. Mostly deleting states nobody could explain.
Reading
Working in Public — Nadia Eghbal
Thinking about
Why every internal tool becomes a form, and every form becomes a queue.
Nov 2025Da Nang
Building
A month of discovery interviews with merchants. Notebooks full, roadmap emptier — in a good way.
Away from the screen
Two weeks along the central coast with one camera and one lens.
Jun 2025Ho Chi Minh City
Building
Joined the platform team. First job: understand why nothing ships in Q2.
Reading
High Output Management — Andy Grove