Sarah Chen

Staff Product Engineer • Fun Optimizer

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🙂‍↕️ About Me

I'm addicted to efficiency. I like to find the sweet spot between shipping rapid prototypes and scalable solutions. Usually by staying curious and working with talented people ✨

Core Beliefs

  • I believe people come first. Strong teams build strong products.
  • I'm committed to expanding access to engineering and challenging who we think "looks like" a developer.
  • I optimize for fun and chase problems, not solutions.

When I'm Not at Work

I either chase after my 3-month old Portuguese Water Dog or get lost in libraries, anime, and running trails. I also teach math at MMBay (though honestly, my students teach me more), and prototype ridiculous app ideas that make me laugh.

Ridiculous Apps

Agentic coding has been a game changer for the amount of personal projects shipped. Some of my favorites:

🎊 Anniversary Scrapbook

Claude Code Replit React Tailwind CSS Netlify Vite shadcn/ui

Designed and built a digital scrapbook for my parents' 40th anniversary - turns out Replit and Claude beat scissors and glue every time.

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🐕 Yumi Tracker

Claude Code React Tailwind CSS Netlify JSON

Track puppy bathroom routines with data-driven insights. Turns out I would rather build apps than stay calm about accidents.

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🎭 Feelings Wheel Journal

Claude Code React Node.js JavaScript

Web-based emotional awareness tool for identifying and processing feelings through interactive journaling. My attempt to curb anxiety and focus more on the present.

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🤖 Antighosting

iOS Swift ChatGPT API

An inside joke with friends - helps me check in with friends by giving prompts to answer via audio messages. Honestly I just call them instead now.

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⚡ Pokéstrides

Flutter Dart iOS Android

Encourage people to run with a Bulbasaur that moves when you move. All bugs are features: the pedometer resets on any Android software update, the Bulbasaur trips at times.

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🎮 Pokemon AR Experience

Unity C# Vuforia SDK AR

Demo to inspire STEM learning via interactive Pokemon experiences at the 2017 SXSW Education Expo.

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Anniversary Scrapbook

🎊 Anniversary Scrapbook

Scrapbook to celebrate my parents' 40th anniversary!

Yumi Tracker Dashboard Yumi Tracker Analytics

🐕 Yumi Tracker

Dashboard & analytics for tracking puppy potty training progress

Feelings Wheel Journal

🎭 Feelings Wheel Journal

Interactive emotional awareness tool for journaling

Antighosting

🤖 Antighosting

iOS app for meaningful friend check-ins

Bulbasaur Pedometer App

⚡ Pokéstrides

Flutter pedometer app with Bulbasaur that moves with you

Pikachu Demo

🎮 Pokemon AR Experience

Educational AR app showcased at SXSW Education Expo

👋 Say Hi

I'm currently on a career sabbatical, but I'm always down to grab coffee. We can chat about books, crazy ideas, gremlin puppies, or potential opportunities to work together. Everything under the sun!

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