# Hello, I'm Duong

A quick hello, and what you can expect here

Published 2019-02-20, updated 2026-10-03 by Duong Nguyen. Canonical URL: https://duong.page/post/hello-im-duong/


Hi, I'm Duong, a backend engineer. Welcome to my little corner of the internet. Grab a coffee, this won't take long.

## Who I am

I'm a backend engineer who loves building products and systems at scale, and designing how all the pieces fit together. I'll use whatever language gets the job done. I like code that's easy to read, easy to run, and easy to change six months later, when I've completely forgotten how it works. My favorite rule: *keep it as simple as possible, but no simpler.*

I also care about how teams work. Clear designs, good tests, and tools that save time instead of adding one more step to the checklist.

And I'm a lifelong learner. Most of what I know, I learned from someone kind enough to write it down. This blog is me paying that forward.

## What you'll find here

No hot takes, no daily news. Just posts I'd want to find myself:

- **Practical guides.** Things I set up, fixed, or automated, with the commands that actually worked (not the five that didn't).
- **Things I'm learning.** New tools and ideas, and what I honestly think after using them for real.
- **Lessons from the job.** Mistakes, surprises, and small habits that made my work better. Yes, I'll share the mistakes too.

## Stick around

Follow along with the [RSS feed](/index.xml), browse by [topic](/tags/), or check out my code on [GitHub](https://github.com/duongnv129). Want the longer story? Here's more [about me](/page/about/).

Thanks for stopping by. Let's learn something together.