2026 App
Tally Split AI
I built an AI app that turns a hand-annotated receipt into a fair split. Underneath the simple idea: a multi-layer LLM pipeline, computer vision for the handwriting, and a custom HMAC security model.
Julie.Ng_
I design and build cloud systems and AI applications for enterprise. My background spans architecture, hands-on engineering, and the messy human work of getting technology adopted at scale.
Currently I'm focused on agentic systems, and how they help organizations turn complex technology into real business value.
AI Apps
Currently building for fun
2026 App
AKS Architect AI
An AI advisor for designing Azure Kubernetes clusters. It blends official Well-Architected best practices and Microsoft docs with guidance personalized to your requirements. I aimed to digitize the version of me that only Microsoft's enterprise clients had access to.
Blog
6 min read
Architecting and Herding Coding Agents
I trusted coding agents to work autonomously on my computer until on 14 July 2026, I discovered Claude Code exploring my computer looking for context1. When an agent is missing something, it gets resourceful. A clearer prompt helps. But it isn't a boundary.
Two days later, Hugging Face disclosed a security incident. OpenAI's agents had escaped an evaluation sandbox and compromised parts of its infrastructure. Different scale, same pattern: when something is missing, the agent gets resourceful.
The next day, I started designing an autonomous coding agent system for my personal software development workflow.
6 min read
Architecting and working with AI is… slower?
I designed and wrote my GPG and YubiKey guide with two AI models. I expected it to be faster. It was not. Here is what AI actually changed about how I work, and where my own discipline still mattered.
15 min read
Securing Git Commits with GPG and YubiKeys: Best Practices for 2026
A practical, modern guide to signing your git commits with GPG and a YubiKey. Why it matters, where the common advice is overkill, and how to set it up properly.
Speaker
DevOps.js Conference, Virtual | March 29 2021
Infra vs Apps – Where are my Pipelines?
One app is easy to automate; add components, infrastructure and teams and you're lost. How many pipelines and repos do you need? Criteria to slice your pipelines without spaghettifying them.
NodeConf EU, Kilkenny, Ireland | November 10-14 2019
Visualizing cloud architectures in real time with d3.js
Monitoring tools drown you in information. Building a microservice architecture visualization with d3.js and live monitoring, then watching your architecture dance in real time.
EnterJS Conference, Darmstadt, Germany | June 21 2018
EnterJS: DIY Full-Stack JavaScript CI/CD
JavaScript's quirks make CI/CD tricky. What do you compile, when, and where? A look at full-stack JS pipelines and the common challenges. We'll laugh and cry.