Encore Shao
Full-stack Engineer & AI Researcher
Building web software at Ekohe since 2011. Open source author. Currently focused on AI tooling, MCP infrastructure, and shipping things that actually get used.
8 articles
2 languages
10+ years shipping
5+ open source libs
Projects
Things I built and still maintain bamboohr-mcp MCP · TypeScript
MCP server wrapping BambooHR's API — lets any LLM query HR data in natural language.
Bookmark Dashboard Chrome · AI
Chrome extension that replaces new tab with an AI-powered full-featured bookmark manager.
RanBot AI Agents · Product
Multi-agent automation platform. Define workflows in natural language, let agents handle execution.
china_regions Ruby · Open Source
Rails engine providing province/city/district models pre-loaded with official CN region data.
Writing
Thoughts on engineering, AI, and shipping software2026
2025