AI Architect | Claude Certified Architect, Foundations | Senior Software Engineer
I'm Mark(Zhirong) Huang, an AI Architect and Senior Software Engineer focused on turning LLMs, agentic workflows, and distributed systems into production-grade software.
- 🏅 Claude Certified Architect, Foundations
- 🧭 Leading AI coding assistant adoption with Claude Code, Codex, Roo Code, and multi-AI review workflows
- 🧱 Building security-first AI architecture patterns through VCP, standards-driven guardrails, and UAT gates
- ⚙️ Go-focused backend engineer with .NET roots, distributed systems experience, Kubernetes, and CI/CD ownership
- 🌐 Experienced in web platforms, ecommerce payment integrations, and high-availability production systems
- ✍️ Writing about AI architecture, practical LLM adoption, and software engineering at markhuang.ai
- Production Claude systems - Model selection, tool boundaries, MCP integration, evals, observability, and failure-mode analysis
- Agentic engineering workflows - Claude Code, Codex, Roo Code, multi-AI review loops, and UAT-driven delivery
- Developer-platform automation - Repository-aware AI tooling, documentation-as-context, and workflow orchestration
- Security-first AI delivery - VCP standards, prompt discipline, reviewable guardrails, and maintainable AI-generated code
💻 vcp
A security-first protocol for AI coding assistants to produce maintainable, reviewable, and architecturally sound code instead of fast-but-fragile output.
Generate a proficiency badge for Claude Code usage with a rule-based scoring engine across 5 Claude Certified Architect-aligned domains.
Make repository documentation available through MCP so AI assistants can use project knowledge directly.
Golden rules for Claude Code memory files that enforce honesty, verification, and disciplined engineering behavior.
Multi-AI workflow patterns for pairing Claude Code with Codex-style review and implementation loops.
- 👨💻 Become a developer
- 💍 Get married
- 🐕 Own a golden retriever
- 🪵 Do woodworking for housing
- 🎨 Get tattooed
- 🏍️ Become a motorcycle rider
- 📚 Start book reading
- 🏅 Earn Claude Certified Architect, Foundations
- ⛷️ Learn how to ski
- 🚀 ...and the journey continues
- 🔬 Exploring New Technologies - Always excited to learn and experiment with cutting-edge tools
- 🤖 AI Architecture - Designing production-grade Claude and LLM systems with clear boundaries, evals, and failure modes
- 🧠 Emotional Intelligence - Continuously working on understanding and improving interpersonal skills
- 💭 Critical Thinking - Refining my approach to problem-solving and decision-making
- 📖 Reading - Expanding knowledge through books
- 🏍️ Motorcycle Riding - Freedom on two wheels