# Ng Fang Kiang

> The personal digital journal of Ng Fang Kiang. Documenting raw thoughts, life milestones, learning curves in tech, and lessons gathered on the open road.

## About Me

- **Name**: Ng Fang Kiang (黄钫江)
- **Role**: AI Product Leader & Technologist
- **Location**: Malaysia
- **Focus Areas**: Deep Learning, Agentic AI Systems, Product Strategy, Embodied AI & Computer Vision.
- **Canonical Website**: https://fangkiang.com/

## Core & About

- [My Footprints](https://fangkiang.com/maps/): Explore an interactive map documenting travels across 34 countries, reflecting how diverse global perspectives drive vision and personal growth.
  - [Why I Started This Blog](https://fangkiang.com/why/): An explanation of why I started this blog to document my life's journey, structure knowledge, and own my non-traditional path.
  - [Hobbies & Passions](https://fangkiang.com/hobbies/): Biking & Cultural Exploration Building, riding, and discovering—my passion lies at the intersection of hands-on craftsmanship and immersive...
  - [Projects](https://fangkiang.com/projects/): A showcase of engineering and software projects including autonomous rover navigation, real self-driving car programming, semantic segmentation, robotic arm manipulation, and global platform architecture.
  - [Work](https://fangkiang.com/work/): Detailed overview of professional career history, including building and scaling the global remote workers platform Jorcus across four platforms as a solo engineer, and providing technical code reviews and mentorship for over 140,000 students across multiple Udacity Nanodegree programs.
  - [My 1st post](https://fangkiang.com/post/): Desc Text.
  

## Featured & Recent Posts

- [An Unusual Route](https://fangkiang.com/posts/an-unusual-route/) (2026-10): A candid retrospective on walking away from traditional university and corporate paths in 2016 to master engineering through full-time self-study and MOOCs.
- [At the Peak but Bound by Ground](https://fangkiang.com/posts/at-the-peak-but-bound-by-ground/) (2026-10): How a self-taught 20-year-old from Malaysia hit #1 on MIT's DeepTraffic leaderboard, caught the eye of NVIDIA and FAANG executives, stepped back for family—and why, now unbound by geography, he is ready for the frontier.
- [300km in 24 Hours - My Malaysia Ultra Solo Ride Record in Casual Gear](https://fangkiang.com/posts/300km-24hours-gravel-bike-malaysia-ultra-solo-ride/) (2026-10): An unsupported 298 km solo ultra-cycling loop across Malaysia in 23h 17m on a DIY gravel bike in casual gear—proving mental grit beats elite equipment.
- [Pitch Black Detours and 2,000m+ Climbs: How I Conquered Fraser’s Hill Solo](https://fangkiang.com/posts/into-the-dark-conquering-frasers-hill/) (2026-10): A 20-hour, 200km solo gravel ride through pitch-black forest detours, surprise livestock encounters, pro paceline drafts, and 2,208m of climbing to Fraser's Hill—the foundational crucible that paved the way for my 300km graduation challenge.
- [The Hardest Online Course I Ever Took](https://fangkiang.com/posts/the-hardest-online-course-i-ever-took/) (2026-10): A personal memoir on conquering the Udacity Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree (SDCND) from scratch without a Computer Science degree—covering MIT DeepTraffic, sensor fusion in C++, and master's-level engineering rigor.
- [My Journey with MIT DeepTraffic: Ranking #1](https://fangkiang.com/posts/mit-deeptraffic-first-place-udacity/) (2026-10): Read how NG FANG KIANG achieved rank #1 in MIT’s 6.S094 DeepTraffic competition using Deep Reinforcement Learning, leading to a Udacity Self-Driving Car scholarship and high-profile industry recognition.
- [Looking Back at My 2021 Tech Predictions: How the Future Arrived Right on Schedule](https://fangkiang.com/posts/looking_back_at_my_2021_tech_predictions/) (2026-10): How accurate were tech predictions from 2021? Author Ng Fang Kiang reviews five years of rapid progress in AI, automation, spatial computing, and hardware, proving that the future arrived right on schedule.
- [That Time NVIDIA AI Followed 135 Accounts on Instagram - And I Was One of Them](https://fangkiang.com/posts/nvidia-ai-followed-my-instagram/) (2026-10): Discover the surreal connection between a self-taught AI enthusiast and NVIDIA AI. Explore how achieving the #1 global spot in MIT’s DeepTraffic and a Udacity SDCND scholarship caught the attention of a tech giant.


## Optional & Resources

- [My Footprints](https://fangkiang.com/maps/): Interactive journey log spanning 34 countries and cycling expeditions.
- [Credits](https://fangkiang.com/credits/): Architecture documentation and custom PaperMod fork specifications.
- [Topic Index](https://fangkiang.com/tags/): Curated taxonomy covering Deep Learning, Autonomous Systems, Endurance Cycling, and Product Leadership.