Hello World: I am Nhan Nguyen And Here Is Why I Started Writing

This is my first post. I've been meaning to start writing for a while, and I finally decided to just do it.

Why Write?

A few reasons:

• Clarify my thinking - Writing forces you to articulate ideas clearly. If you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it well enough.
• Share what I learn - I've benefited enormously from others sharing their knowledge. Time to give back.
• Build in public - Document the journey of building products, contributing to open source, and growing as an engineer.

What to Expect

I'll write about:

• AI and LLMs in production
• Open source contributions and learnings
• Engineering challenges and solutions

A Quick Code Example

Since this is a tech-focused space, here's some code to make sure syntax highlighting works:

interface Post {
  title: string;
  date: string;
  content: string;
}
 
function formatDate(dateString: string): string {
  const date = new Date(dateString);
  return date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
    day: "2-digit",
    month: "short",
    year: "numeric",
  });
}

That's it for now. More to come.