# Elena Choo

> Software engineer in San Francisco. Projects, photography, a reading list, and writing.

Personal site. The homepage has a short bio. Projects, photos, books, and ramblings are linked below.

## Pages

- [Home](https://elenachoo.com): Elena Choo, a software engineer in San Francisco. Short bio and work history.
- [Projects](https://elenachoo.com/projects): Project notes. Each project has its own page.
- [Photography](https://elenachoo.com/photography): Photos from a Fujifilm X-T50.
- [Reading](https://elenachoo.com/reading): Books, split into fiction and nonfiction, and into up next and read.
- [Ramblings](https://elenachoo.com/ramblings): Notes and essays.

## Projects

- [Wonderland](https://elenachoo.com/projects/animations): Building my ideal world - but actually just random animations
- [CalAi](https://elenachoo.com/projects/calendar): Never miss an important event again. Upload (small) pdf documents, extract important dates and download them as calendar events.
- [Factorem](https://elenachoo.com/projects/factorem): Co-founded Factorem. One-stop portal to custom manufacturing, used by customers and manufacturers across Southeast Asia.
- [OrigARmi](https://elenachoo.com/projects/origarmi): Learn complex origami on Microsoft HoloLens with 3D animated instructions and voice navigation.
- [PingLaPong](https://elenachoo.com/projects/pinglapong): GovTech capstone — a microservices team management system with calendar, venue, and notification services.

## Upcoming

- [Mini Vestaboard Project](https://elenachoo.com/projects/mini-vestaboard): A mini split-flap display.

## 🕵️‍♀️ AI ECONOMICS: THE CASE FILES

- [Token mystery](https://elenachoo.com/ramblings/token-mystery-1): How did tokens become the unit through which intelligence is priced, and what rules does that system actually follow?
- [The fake unit problem](https://elenachoo.com/ramblings/fake-unit-problem): Why does the industry converge on “tokens” when nobody agrees what they represent?

## Personal

- [Leaving Ascend](https://elenachoo.com/ramblings/personal): Reflections at Ascend