$ whoami
Lucien Tong
$ focus
developer tooling · systems engineering · workflow infrastructure · observabilityI build developer tooling with an emphasis on performance, clarity, and operational simplicity.
My work is primarily focused on systems, workflow infrastructure, runtime tooling, and network-facing software.
$ cat featured_projects.index
[wormhole]
tunneling local services to the internet with minimal setup
[seekr]
code search across text, semantics, and structure, designed to run locally
[waggle]
an orchestration framework for composing and running AI agent workflows
[dagloom]
a lightweight engine for pipelines and workflow execution
[joltvm]
runtime diagnostics and hot-fix tooling for JVM applications
[wirepeek]
real-time network traffic inspection in a terminal-first interfaceGo Rust Python Java C++ TypeScript Node.js React
Backend Engineering Systems Programming Distributed Systems Networking Observability Infrastructure
Developer Tooling System Design Workflow Orchestration Distributed Systems Network Observability Runtime Diagnostics
$ links
github -> https://github.com/lucientong
linkedin -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucien-tong-4b84583b9$ status
building practical tools for engineers
designing systems with fast feedback loops
keeping infrastructure clear, inspectable, and dependable

