Peter Chen

I build software for a living, and then I go home and build more of it for myself.

Now

PwC Middle East · Senior Manager · Lead Software Engineer · Nov 2018–present

Right now I’m on TAMM, the unified Abu Dhabi government services platform, building the path an investor takes from a trade license to a business that can actually operate. Each step has to connect, and the next one has to be clear. I spent years on this platform before, getting separate entities onto one continuous experience and keeping it stable in production.

I just finished U-Ask, a WhatsApp channel for government services in the UAE. I managed the client relationship and the delivery team, and wrote code when I had time.

I also keep two systems of my own running. One books appointments for a clinic in Hsinchu. The other is how my household tracks money, and I use that one every day.

Things I’ve shipped

  • Gopher Wood Clinic

    I built this for a clinic in Hsinchu, and I still run it: appointments, staff admin, a PWA, and a live queue. It has been in production for five or six years, and it handles somewhere between 250 and 500 appointments a month.

    TanStack Start · CockroachDB · Fly.io

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