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Senior Software Engineer

I’m Jewei Mak. Tastefully opinionated.

I love designing and building software, whether it’s something serious or just an idea I want to see work. I care about both the systems behind it and the experience around it. I spend a lot of time building with AI, experimenting with ideas and shipping the ones that turn into something worthwhile.

When I’m not building software, I’m usually reading, taking photos, or trying something new in the kitchen.

Open to senior roles and consulting. Résumé Email

Portrait of Jewei Mak.

Projects

All projects

  1. macOS utility

    Claude Meter

    A local-first menu bar app that shows how much Claude usage remains across each account.

    Swift · macOS · Claude Code

  2. macOS launcher

    Bopop

    A keyboard-first launcher for apps, files, clipboard history, calculations, and small answers.

    Swift · AppKit · macOS

  3. Edge infrastructure

    Uppa

    A self-hosted uptime monitor and public status page that runs on Cloudflare Workers.

    Cloudflare Workers · D1 · Bun CLI

  4. PHP library

    TypeID PHP

    Type-safe, sortable identifiers for PHP applications, with readable prefixes built on UUIDv7.

    PHP 8.4+ · Composer · UUIDv7

Writing

All 15 posts

  1. No. 015

    A new look

    Serif text, fewer boxes, and more space for the work and writing.

  2. No. 014

    A performance review of how I use AI

    What I do well with AI coding agents, where my habits cause problems, and what I want to change. A personal review based on two assessments of my chat history.

  3. No. 013

    Full Page: capture a complete page in Brave

    A Brave extension that captures a complete web page as one PNG, with a local preview and no image uploads.

  4. No. 012

    Uppa: A Small Uptime Monitor at the Edge

    A self-hosted uptime monitor and public status page built for Cloudflare Workers.

  5. No. 011

    Bopop: press, type, go

    I built Bopop, a keyboard-first launcher for macOS. Local-first, no Accessibility permission, zero dependencies. Free and open source.

  6. No. 010

    Claude Meter 2.0: Your Claude Usage, Now With Energy

    Claude Meter 2.0 reimagines your Claude usage as energy you have left — a playful redesign with a card per account and make-it-yours customization. Free and open source for macOS.