Mathew Noah

Greetings from

Mathew Noah

Software engineer · Kuala Lumpur 吉隆坡

Hallo! 你好!Selamat datang!

I'm Mathew: a Dutch software engineer, living in KL now. This is my little corner of the internet, with notes on life abroad, code and books, plus things I've built. Make yourself at home.

Tot ziens, Mathew Noah

To: you, the readerThe Internet
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About

Mathew grinning and pointing up at Merdeka 118, a twisting glass skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur
me, under Merdeka 118

A Dutch software engineer in Kuala Lumpur, collecting the city one note at a time.

By day I write software. The rest of the time I'm figuring out life in a new country: the food, the languages, the weather, and a seven-hour gap with everyone back home.

By day I'm a software engineer; in the garden I write about moving countries, building software, and the books that keep me company.

  • FromNetherlands荷蘭
  • Based inKuala Lumpur吉隆坡
  • TradeSoftware engineer軟件工程師
  • SpeaksNL · EN · 中文一點點中文

Now 現在

Updated October 2026

Building
My university thesis
Reading
How Big Things Get Done, Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner
Getting used to
Afternoon thunderstorms, and stand-ups seven hours apart
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Garden

Notes that grow over time. Some are first thoughts, some have been revised many times; each one shows how far along it is.

  • SeedlingA rough idea or first thought
  • BuddingTaking shape, revised a few times
  • EvergreenMature, but still tended
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Write back

Read something that sparked a thought, or just want to say hello? Write me a letter. I read every one, even if the reply takes a while.

To: Mathew Noah