Solution Architecture
Translating business requirements into a clear technical direction: a design people can understand, build and still live with years later.
Senior Solution Architect · Melbourne
Designing systems.Building ideas.Making technology work.
I'm Nevin, a Senior Solution Architect based in Melbourne. I turn complex technical problems into scalable, practical solutions, and bring my own ideas to life through software and hardware.
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GitHub stars on AmiiboAPI
About
An architect by profession. A builder by nature.
By day I work as a Senior Solution Architect, turning business needs into systems that are practical to build, sensible to run and secure by design. Most of that work is about decisions: what to connect, what to keep simple, and which trade-offs are worth making.
Outside of work I still write code, because I like making things. An open API for amiibo data, a live golf leaderboard for a smartwatch, a weather display on a Raspberry Pi. If an idea is interesting enough, I usually end up building it.
Nevin Vu · Senior Solution Architect
Based in
Melbourne, Australia
Studied
Monash University - Computer Science
Speaks
English and Chinese
Expertise
Good architecture is a series of good decisions.
Technology choices matter, but the real work is understanding the problem, weighing the trade-offs and getting something dependable delivered.
System Design & Integration
Connecting systems so data flows where it should. Clean interfaces, well-defined contracts and as few moving parts as the problem allows.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Choosing where things run and how, balancing cost, operability and room to grow.
Software Engineering
Still hands-on. Writing code keeps my designs honest about what is actually easy or hard to build.
Security, Reliability & Scale
Designing for the bad day as well as the good one: secure by default, resilient to failure, ready for load.
Technical Leadership
Helping teams and stakeholders reach the same picture by explaining options plainly, making the call, and staying close enough to delivery to see it through.
Projects
Things I've built
A collection of ideas, experiments and projects I've brought to life, from APIs to applications and hardware.
Smartwatch app
Pebble Golf Live
Live pro golf on your wrist.
A Pebble watchapp for following professional golf as it happens, with leaderboards, scorecards and schedules a glance away.
- Live leaderboards for the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and the majors
- Player round summaries and hole-by-hole scorecards
- Upcoming tournaments and historical results
- Pebble Timeline integration
- Touch and button navigation
Open-source API
AmiiboAPI
A free, public REST API for amiibo information, usable from any platform. My most widely used open-source project.
Algorithm visualisation
Dijkstra Algorithm Unity
Dijkstra's shortest-path algorithm in Unity 3D. Pick two points, block some nodes, and watch it route around them.
Open source
Built in the open.
Most of what I make ends up on GitHub. These are the repositories worth a look.
github.com/N3evin- Pebble Golf Live Smartwatch app
- AmiiboAPI Open-source API
- WeatherPi Hardware + software
- Dijkstra Algorithm Unity Algorithm visualisation
Star and fork counts are refreshed from the GitHub API each time the site is built.
Contact
Have an idea worth building?
Always happy to connect, exchange ideas, or talk about technology.