Wei Chen
Software engineer, weekend sourdough scientist, quietly competitive at board games
📍 Cambridge, GB
🤝 Where you might know me from
Organisations
Cambridge Board Game Café · Cambridge · Thursdays
💭 To understand me a little better
Good to know about me
I will rules-lawyer a board game and then feel bad about it.
How I find communication easier
Written, please — I think in edits.
What drains me
Surprise phone calls.
💛 Things I love, can't get enough of, or have been dreaming about
A kitchen scale accurate to 0.1g
For bread.
Mechanical pencils
0.3mm. I won't elaborate.
🙅 Things that aren't really for me
'Quick sync' meetings
Could have been a message.
⭐ A few of my favourite things
Favourite books
The Three-Body Problem — Read it twice.
Favourite TV shows
The Bear — Stressful, like my starter.
🧰 Tips & life hacks I can share
Keep a sourdough log
Treat your starter like a science experiment.
🧩 Problems I'm trying to solve — ideas welcome
A starter that survives my holidays
It sulks when I get back.
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