Hi, I’m Lu Meng,

a master’s student in computer science at UC San Diego 🇺🇸, and a former undergraduate at HKU 🇭🇰.

Welcome to my site for knowledge, skills, and anything else I want to share with the world. There are no ads, no sponsored posts, and no paywall here. I wish my personal notes could be helpful to you.

Check out all posts to see everything I’ve written or trending tags to explore random topics.

Learn more about me at LinkedIn and GitHub.

🪄 What’s Brewing?

Updated Jan, 2025

• This summer, I’m diving into the world of crypto as a backend software engineer at OKX Hong Kong. Think of me as the person behind the scenes making sure your digital assets stay safe (and fast)!

💥 Facts

• This site was born in the summer of 2022, powered by Hexo with theme Minima, and hosted on Netlify.
• I am pursuing a Master of Science degree in Computer Science at the University of California San Diego.
• I obtained my Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong in 2023.
• I once worked as a backend development intern at Trip.com in 2022 and at Meituan in 2024.

🤖 Tools

Software

• Coding: JetBrains IDE and Visual Studio Code
• Terminal: Windows Terminal and Termius
• Notes: Notion and Simplenote
• Music: Apple Music and NetEase Cloud Music

Hardware

• Coding Laptop: Inspiron 7590 with Intel® Core™ i7-9750H and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650
• Portable Laptop: Surface Pro 8

Everyday Carry

• OPPO Find X8s
• Nikon ℤ 30
  • VILTROX AF 25mm F1.7 Air
  • SIGMA Contemporary 56mm F1.4 DC DN
  • NIKKOR Z DX 18-140mm f/3.5-6.3 VR
• Nextorch P80

🏝️ Places

Lived

• Hong Kong SAR, China
• Shanghai, China
• La Jolla, California, United States

Visited

• Aisa, Europe, and North America

🦄 Miscellaneous

• I wrote this website during my Trip.com internship in summer 2022. Let’s call it a “side project” that happened while I was perfecting the art of looking busy.