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K. Nazran
Hi, I'm Naz.
Naz or Nazran, never KhairulEngineering lead, perpetually mid-learning-curve. Jumping through different domains to find interesting problems. 🇲🇾 in 🇸🇬.
I write here to figure things out.
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Writings
Latest
May 2026
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Hello World (again)
I rebuilt this site so I'd have fewer excuses not to write.
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May 24, 2026
May 22, 2026
Jul 23, 2025
Mar 1, 2025
Dec 31, 2021
Domain-Driven Design Is Back?
Code is cheap now. Context is not.
Hacking My Way To Build AI Agents
Three weekends, three hackathons, and the point where I stopped being just a user of AI tools.
On AI-powered coding
The initial velocity is real. What happens after the demo is the actual problem.
Six Months as a Manager: I need better boundaries
Context switches kill productivity. That's pretty much what I learned after being a manager for six months.
2021 In Review
The year I finally cashed in years of grinding — and immediately gained all the weight back.
Side Quests
Jul 4, 2024
Jun 16, 2023
Oct 31, 2022
Oct 26, 2022
Guest Speaker — Will AI Take Over a Programmer's Job?
Guest Speaker for Wired Thoughts Podcast. We talked about AI tools, whether programmers have a future, and if tech is still worth getting into.
EmpowerCard — ImpactHack 2023
How early validation killed our first idea in a mentor session and sent us straight to the top 10 with a completely different one.
Hawkie's Story Of You — Hong Leong Bank Can You Hack It 2022
Your bank statement as an AI-generated personal anthology, set in the metaverse. Won first prize and Best Demo Presenter.
Durian Runtuh — Hack-A-Tech PNB JewelTech 2022
Prize-linked savings for ASB investors — invest more, earn lottery tickets for a weekly draw.
Work
- 2024 — Now Engineering Lead · Zuno Carbon Early-stage engineering lead for sustainability data products. Rebuilt the platform, the team, and the operating rhythm around it to prepare for scale. A 1 to 100 journey.
- 2021 — 2024 Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead · Xendit Led engineering for a card product from first build to real usage. Mostly backend systems, partner edges, and the product work between them. A 0 to 1 journey.
- 2017 — 2021 Data Engineer, Analyst · Bank Negara Malaysia Pioneer member of the Bank's Data Science & Analytics team. Championed the utilization of Data Science and Machine Learning through outreach, workshops, and internal projects. A proto-Forward Deployed Engineer.
- 2019 — 2020 Technical Co-founder · Chime Visitors Co-founded a visitor management SaaS, built the MVP, and learned the useful kind of humility that comes from a market changing under you.