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Chandler Nguyen

About

Chandler Nguyen.

I’m Chandler Nguyen — an advertising operator, self-taught developer, and expat from Vietnam living in the US. This site is where I share what I learn.

The Journey

Key milestones from advertising to AI

  1. First Chatbot Built

    Built my first chatbot with ChatGPT as my guide. Zero coding knowledge, just following instructions. Used TextEdit on Mac to write code!

  2. 7 Andrew Ng Courses Done

    Completed 7 Andrew Ng courses: ML Specialization, ChatGPT Prompt Engineering, and more.

  3. DIALØGUE v1 Launch

    Launched AI podcast generator after ~6 months of building. 10+ Cloud Run microservices, real users.

  4. STRAŦUM Launch

    Launched 9-agent marketing platform in 75 days. 1,000+ commits, 200k lines of code.

  5. Blog Backend Rebuilt in 4 Days

    Rebuilt entire blog backend with Supabase, pgvector embeddings, and Ask Sydney RAG chat using Claude Code.

Credentials & Recognition

18 Years of Building

Books written, awards judged, and recognitions earned along the way.

Curious where to start?

Pick a path and start reading — or ask Sydney anything