# Bryl Lim

> Personal site of Bryl Lim, a full-stack software and AI engineer in Metro Manila who builds web apps, mobile apps, and generative AI products.

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## Primary pages

- [Home](https://bryllim.com): Profile, current focus, selected work, and recent writing
- [Projects](https://bryllim.com/projects): Products and platforms Bryl has designed and built
- [Experience](https://bryllim.com/experience): Professional experience in AI and software engineering
- [Technical stack](https://bryllim.com/stack): Languages, frameworks, platforms, and tools
- [Consulting](https://bryllim.com/consulting): Training, fractional CTO, software development, and automation services
- [Blog](https://bryllim.com/blog): Articles about AI, engineering, and building products

## Writing

- [Being Cringe Is Part of Putting Yourself Out There](https://bryllim.com/posts/being-cringe-is-part-of-putting-yourself-out-there.md): If you create content in tech long enough, someone will eventually tell you that you're wrong. Or cringe. Or that your code isn't clea...
- [Build Competitors, Not Copies](https://bryllim.com/posts/build-competitors-not-copies.md): The past few days have been interesting, tiring, and eye-opening. What started as a discussion about copying and originality quickly beca...
- [Stop Focusing Only on the AI Model. Start Building AI Harnesses.](https://bryllim.com/posts/stop-focusing-only-on-the-ai-model-start-building-ai-harnesses.md): An AI harness is the system surrounding an AI model that makes it reliable, safe, and dependable. Learn why harness engineering is the next big shift in AI development.
- [My Setup: Poke, MCPs, and a Local Mac Bridge](https://bryllim.com/posts/my-setup-poke-mcps-and-a-local-mac-bridge.md): I finally got my automation stack to a place where it actually works for me instead of the other way around...
- [AI Products Need More Than a Good Demo](https://bryllim.com/posts/ai-products-need-more-than-a-good-demo.md): What I think about when turning AI demos into products people can trust and use.
- [What Small Mobile Apps Taught Me About Taste](https://bryllim.com/posts/what-small-mobile-apps-taught-me-about-taste.md): What focused apps like budget, fitness, and travel tools taught me about product taste.
- [Boring Guardrails Make AI Features Better](https://bryllim.com/posts/boring-guardrails-make-ai-features-better.md): Why practical AI guardrails are product decisions, not just technical controls.
- [A Practical Stack for Shipping Fast](https://bryllim.com/posts/a-practical-stack-for-shipping-fast.md): How I think about choosing a stack that supports speed without creating painful maintenance.
- [The Quiet Work Behind RAG Systems](https://bryllim.com/posts/the-quiet-work-behind-rag-systems.md): A practical look at the less glamorous work that makes retrieval augmented generation useful.
- [Observability Is Product Work](https://bryllim.com/posts/observability-is-product-work.md): Why logs, metrics, traces, and AI behavior tracking belong in product thinking from the start.
- [Building in Public Without Performing](https://bryllim.com/posts/building-in-public-without-performing.md): A personal note on sharing work online while keeping the actual craft at the center.
- [What Hackathons Taught Me About Scope](https://bryllim.com/posts/what-hackathons-taught-me-about-scope.md): What short build cycles taught me about choosing the smallest complete version of an idea.
- [Staying Grounded as an Engineer](https://bryllim.com/posts/staying-grounded-as-an-engineer.md): A personal reflection on ambition, routine, and staying close to reality while building software.

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- [XML sitemap](https://bryllim.com/sitemap.xml): Canonical public URLs and update timestamps

## Optional

- [Certifications](https://bryllim.com/certifications): Professional certifications
- [Recommendations](https://bryllim.com/recommendations): Testimonials from colleagues and leaders
- [Affiliations](https://bryllim.com/affiliations): Professional communities and associations
- [Resources](https://bryllim.com/resources): Recommended learning resources for software and AI engineers
- [Gear](https://bryllim.com/gear): Hardware and tools used day to day