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Hi, I’m Hoye LamDeveloper, Father, Writer
I’m a senior software engineer for DeepL Voice and Mobile. On the side I build my own apps, and here I write what I actually think about software, work, and family.
What I’m building
All projectsMac text-to-speech with selected text, screenshot OCR, and natural voices.
Share feedback →First reading practice on iPad: letter sounds, words, and short sentences with Milo.
AI assistant for the admin work of small businesses, in the tools they already use.
Map-first dashboard of current public data about the Netherlands, with every source shown.
Unload thoughts and revisit them later.
Share feedback →Save and archive webpages on iOS and iPadOS.
Share feedback →Hydration supplements for athletes.
Day job
About meSenior Software Engineer for DeepL Voice and Mobile at DeepL
Building DeepL Voice and the DeepL mobile apps.
Latest writing
ArchiveLoudScript for Mac: language fallback, easier model management, and faster starts
I made some significant improvements to the macOS app of LoudScript, my free text-to-speech app. Fallback for unsupported languages LoudScript now falls back to a supported custom text-to-speech (TTS) model when the active model doesn't support the language of the text it's…
Software engineering will never be the same again, and that's a good thing
I feel like software engineering will never be the same again, and engineers will be way less needed. I believe that's actually a good thing. How code looked was uninteresting to me What drew me to software engineering in the first place was beautiful web and mobile…
He who can contribute and does not, does not deserve anything
They have functioning limbs and minds good enough to work in even considered lower level jobs, but refuse to do so. The cockroaches, insects, parasites who do nothing to contribute to the community in any meaningful way. Yet they expect to be treated as if they were the same as…
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