About

I'm Phuc Truong, a new-grad software engineer. I graduated from UCLA in 2026 with a B.S. in Mathematics of Computation, and I'm actively looking for a full-stack or software engineering role.

What I care about most is building things that actually run in production and staying responsible for them - not demos that work once on a laptop. Most of what I know, I learned by building something and then having to keep it alive. I run a homelab - a mini PC and a NAS I put together myself - and every project on this site is served from that hardware, over my own network. When PlanBear's cloud bill stopped making sense, I moved it home. When I wanted to understand anomaly detection, I pointed a model at my own server's telemetry and watched it over-alert. I'm a hands-on learner, and running infrastructure I'm actually on the hook for has taught me more than any single class.

I'm based in San Jose, CA.

Resume (PDF)ptruong9090@gmail.com LinkedIn

Phuc Truong at UCLA graduation in front of Royce Hall at golden hour, wearing a Class of 2026 Mathematics of Computation stole — Royce Hall, UCLA - Class of 2026.

Photography

I shoot a Fujifilm X100V, usually with a pro-mist filter. What I like about it is getting the shot right in the camera - I didn't want to spend time editing, I wanted to see the photo straight out of the camera and keep it that way. Before the X100V I shot with a Sony a6400 (Tamron 28-75, Sigma 16mm).

I'm drawn to quiet, in-between scenes: an empty road at dusk, a city from above right before the rain, a street after the crowd thins out.

Film photograph of an empty dirt road at dusk in the high desert, power lines running toward distant hills under a pink-blue sky

A city street seen from above under heavy storm clouds, a sliver of sunset on the horizon

Black-and-white street photograph of a San Francisco street at dusk near Union Square, parked cars and tall buildings receding into the distance

Coffee

I've never worked as a barista - I just love to drink coffee. I pull my own shots at home and enjoy tasting how different beans and roasts each have their own flavor profiles, always chasing the perfect cup. I practice latte art too.

A latte with a rosetta poured into a glass, held over a desk with a mechanical keyboard, monitors, and a laptop

A latte with leaf art in a ceramic cup next to a home espresso machine on a kitchen counter