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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