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Gospels

Book of Origins.

The long-form version. Where I come from, what I carry, and the disciplines — inside and outside the editor — that shape the work.

I am Trieu Khang Trat — a builder, first, and student of software by discipline. I grew up in Vietnam and now study Computer Science at Rhodes College, where I maintain a perfect 4.0 major GPA and 3.94 overall.

My work spans five domains — full-stack web, game development, applied AI, Web3, and security — and they sharpen each other. Web teaches me to ship quickly to real users; games teach me to value feel; AI teaches me to reason about uncertainty; Web3 keeps me honest about trust; security, about threats. The thread between them is taste: a refusal to ship interfaces that don't feel inevitable.

I've shipped products acquired by larger firms, won 48-hour game jams, and spent free weekends hand-building sites for local restaurants and schools. Mastery isn't declared — it's practiced, publicly, and over time.

Waters

Before the keyboard, there were lanes.

Long before the quiet of a code editor, there was the quiet of the pool at five in the morning — the smell of chlorine, the cold tile, the first breath before the whistle.

In Vietnam, I swam semi-professionally for years. National medals came, lane records came, and more importantly: a body learned what it feels like to execute under pressure when no one can help you.

I carry that discipline into software. Ship windows are my sets. Demos are my finals. The taper before a launch is real. When the timing pad reads the number, there is no arguing with it.

“Taper, then race.”

The ledger

Discipline

Freestyle · Butterfly

National medals

Multiple

Years competing

8+

Lesson carried

Taper, then race

✦ Amen ✦

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