Building in Public Through TikTok

Over the past months, I’ve been creating short-form technical content on TikTok focused on frontend engineering, web components, developer productivity, architecture decisions, and practical lessons from building real systems.

- My goal with these videos is simple:

- Share practical engineering insights

- Teach concepts quickly without unnecessary complexity

- Show real-world developer workflows

- Help developers discover tools and patterns they can immediately use

- Build in public while scaling production systems

TikTok Profile:

https://www.tiktok.com/@paul_song_

Topics I Create Content About

Web Components

One of the recurring topics on my content is Web Components and modern frontend architecture.

Web Components allow developers to create reusable custom HTML elements using native browser APIs without relying heavily on frameworks. They are built using technologies like:

Custom Elements

Shadow DOM

HTML Templates

This makes them framework-independent and highly reusable across projects.

Some examples of topics I discuss:

Building reusable UI systems

Encapsulating styles with Shadow DOM

Designing scalable component architecture

Sharing components across projects

Framework-agnostic frontend patterns

Real-world use cases for custom elements

Technical Tips and Engineering Content

Aside from frontend-focused topics, I also create short videos about:

Developer Productivity

VS Code workflows

AI-assisted development

Faster debugging techniques

CLI tricks

Git workflows

PR review processes

Software Engineering

Architecture decisions

Scaling applications

Multi-tenant backend design

CI/CD pipelines

System design thinking

Technical leadership

This creates a feedback loop:

Build → Learn → Share → Refine → Repeat