Bryan Hu

Hi, I’mBryan.

I build apps and open-source tools. I also make photographs and music.

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From ideato app.

I build full-stack apps, from the interface to the systems behind it.

Billion

Follow what changes.

I’m building Billion to make bills, executive orders, and court rulings easier to follow.

started as my Congressional App Challenge entry. outgrew it.

Billion Browse: recent bills with plain-language titles
Billion bill summary with political perspectives and a source link

and sometimes, building the team.

Code is onlypart of it.

CEO

VC Assist

Joined in eighth grade and later became CEO of the student-run non-profit enhancing digital educational infrastructure at Valley Christian Schools. Built and maintained the full-stack platform (frontend, backend, web scrapers); later led a full frontend rewrite to improve performance and UX.

Founder

VCSD Club

Founded the Valley Christian HS Software Development Club from scratch. Designed the club website, authored curriculum, and shipped restlock-holmes — an interactive game teaching REST APIs to beginners.

Programmer

FRC Team 3256

Robot programming for 2024–2025 seasons: elevator subsystem, 3D simulation for driver practice, anti-tip logic, controller mapping, structured logging, and a competition scouting app built with Tauri 2.0.

I also point cameras at things.

Lookcloser.

I photograph, operate cameras, and switch live productions. Then comes the editing, color grading, and sound.

Canon EOS C200 cinema camera

Photographs

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there’s usually music involved.

Away fromthe screen…

I’m also a pianist and trombonist. I perform solo, play in concert and jazz bands, and release music.

Piano

9 years

Solo pianist · since 2017

  • Certificate of Merit Level 10, State Honors
  • 3rd place, USOMC Intermediate Baroque (2023)

Trombone

8 years

Concert band & jazz band · since 2018

  • 2nd place, Folsom Jazz Festival (2025)

Because without music, life would B♭

Try the trombone

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This is not indicative of my actual playing range.

a few turns along the way.

How I got here.

Music, software, and learning to build with other people.

  1. First, the music.

    I started piano in 2017 and trombone in 2018, later performing solo and in concert and jazz bands.

  2. My first lines of code.

    I started programming in fourth grade and began taking it seriously in 2020.

  3. Building for my school.

    I joined VC Assist in eighth grade and later became CEO. I built the full-stack platform for my school’s digital infrastructure and later led a frontend rewrite.

  4. A place to build together.

    In freshman year, I founded the VCSD software development club, built its website, wrote the curriculum, and made restlock-holmes to teach beginners about REST APIs.

  5. Code met the real world.

    On FRC Team 3256, I worked on the elevator subsystem, driver simulation, anti-tip logic, structured logging, and scouting tools.

  6. An entry became a product.

    My Congressional App Challenge entry grew into Billion. I kept building beyond the competition to make government decisions easier to follow.

    • 3rd place · Congressional App Challenge, CA-19
    The story behind Billion
  7. A different kind of challenge.

    picoCTF put my problem-solving to work across reverse engineering, cryptography, binary exploitation, and web security.

    • picoCTF · 174th of 8,747

the receipts.

Résumé

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Skills

Pick a skill to see my work.

I build things,then I rebuild them.

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