# Calvin Liang

> Software engineer and UBC CS grad based in Vancouver, BC. Builds whimsical tools, libraries, and playful web experiments at calvin.sh.

## Site

- [Home](https://calvin.sh/): personal site, project gallery, recent blog posts
- [Blog](https://calvin.sh/blog/): occasional long-form writing
- [Tools](https://calvin.sh/tools/): in-browser utilities
- [RSS feed](https://calvin.sh/rss.xml)

## Blog posts

- [The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million.](https://calvin.sh/blog/fed-lie/): original photographic investigation into the dollar-cube display at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, with measurements and math.
- [The US Census Bureau's first LGBT data is buried in a pandemic survey](https://calvin.sh/blog/hps-lgbt/): charts of LGBT identity by birth cohort, income, state, and metro area from pooled Household Pulse Survey data.

## Standalone project pages

- [CalcGPT.io](https://calvin.sh/projects/calcgpt/): a satirical calculator powered by GPT, with Temperature and Top P sliders.
- [Orbital Flush](https://calvin.sh/projects/orbital-flush/): a toilet that flushes whenever an astronaut on the ISS flushes, mounted on a platform that tracks the ISS in orbit.
- [DEF CON 32 Badge Flashy ROM](https://calvin.sh/projects/dc-32-badge-flashy/): a GameBoy ROM that runs on the DEF CON 32 badge and flashes the LEDs.
- [Unscannable QR Code](https://calvin.sh/projects/unscannable-qr-code/): a 3D-printed QR code you can see but not scan, shown at the QR Show at Recurse Center.

## In-browser tools

- [QR generator](https://calvin.sh/tools/qr/): make QR codes with full control and a visual breakdown of what's inside.
- [QR inspector](https://calvin.sh/tools/qr-inspector/): scan a QR code and see every byte of its payload.
- [Dot Counter](https://calvin.sh/tools/dot-counter/): click to count objects in an image with colored markers and a running total.
- [Magnified Inset Maker](https://calvin.sh/tools/magnified-inset-maker/): add a magnifying glass overlay or zoom callout to an image with movable crop and detail boxes.
- [Timer](https://calvin.sh/tools/timer/): a simple timer for keeping talks on track.
- [Snippet](https://calvin.sh/tools/snippet/): share and run JavaScript snippets in the browser.
- [Wikipedia Word Counter](https://calvin.sh/tools/wikipedia-word-counter/): count words in any Wikipedia article.
- [Checklist](https://calvin.sh/tools/checklist/): a simple reusable checklist tool.

## Notable open-source libraries

- [AutoLinkText](https://github.com/Calvin-LL/AutoLinkText): make links, emails, and phone numbers clickable in text in Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Compose Multiplatform.
- [Reorderable](https://github.com/Calvin-LL/Reorderable): drag-and-drop reordering for lists in Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Compose Multiplatform.
- [view-transition-name](https://www.npmjs.com/package/view-transition-name): generate stable view-transition-name CSS values for the View Transitions API.
- [webpack image loaders](https://github.com/Calvin-LL?tab=repositories&q=webpack): a suite of 6 Webpack loaders for thumbnails, dominant colors, and responsive image generation.
- [rpi-mfrc522-nodejs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/rpi-mfrc522-nodejs): C++ driver for MFRC522 RFID readers exposed to the Node.js runtime.

## Profiles

- [GitHub: Calvin-LL](https://github.com/Calvin-LL/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-liang-5903799b/)
- [X / Twitter: @Calvin__Liang](https://x.com/Calvin__Liang)
- [Instagram: @calvin__liang](https://www.instagram.com/calvin__liang/)