SOFTWARE ENGINEERING · AUCKLAND, NZ

Systems thinking.
Working software.

I'm Victor Shih, an MSc Software Engineering student with a background in systems analysis. I build practical software and explore how to test the ideas behind it.

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JavaPythonSQLAndroid

SELECTED WORK

From an idea to a system.

01 / PROJECTS

NZ Receipt FinanceReceipt review

Fresh produce$8.40

Milk & dairy$5.60

Pantry items$12.90

Total$26.90

Illustrative interface

CAPTURE / PARSE / REVIEW / SAVE

01 · ANDROID APPLICATION

NZ Receipt Finance

Turning supermarket receipts into structured spending data. A personal Android project that connects image capture, OCR, store-specific parsing, category rules and local receipt history.

JavaML KitRoomMVVM

Engineering focus: Clear boundaries between presentation, domain and data, with testable parsers and use cases.

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bn_bot / research pipeline

01 market observation

02 strategy evaluation

03 risk checks

04 execution audit

Evidence before promotion.

02 · TRADING SYSTEM

A lab for trading ideas.

A Python project for researching crypto futures strategies, observing shadow performance and building an auditable execution foundation.

PythonSQLiteRisk controlsAudit logs

Engineering focus: Separate strategy evidence from execution infrastructure. Record observations so each experiment can inform the next decision.

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03 · CURRENT RESEARCH

Learning with AI.
Thinking beyond code.

My research explores AI coding assistants in software engineering education, with a focus on architecture, debugging, verification and task autonomy.

I'm particularly interested in returning professionals learning unfamiliar technology stacks, and how assistance affects their system-level competence.

MSc Software Engineering · Research in progress

TRADING LAB / READ-ONLY

Evidence. Decisions. Execution.

Production and shadow observations, kept as separate tracks.

Data source not connected

Production: VPS · Shadow: NAS

Production · S25-60

No data source connected

Equity—

Cash / reserve—

Gross exposure—

Realised P&L—

Equity history

USDC · selected track

CURRENT DECISION

Unknown

No decision snapshot available.

T breadth— / 3

S25 T gateUnknown

S24 T gateUnknown

Asset	Eligibility	Reason

T breadth alone does not determine readiness for S-engine signals or order execution.

Positions

Selected track

Symbol	Side	Quantity	Entry price	Unrealised P&L

Decision & incident log

Time	Event	Reason

Trading records