About me

I'm Michael Esteban. A software engineer from Brisbane, Australia. I create small, purpose-driven websites and interactive tools.

I currently work in the Human Computer Interaction lab at the Queensland University of Technology. I'm a wearer of many hats and my days are a mix of coding, soldering, 3D printing, teaching and more.

A big focus of my work is finding ways to make complex interactions more accessible and engaging through visualisation and user-friendly interfaces. This tends to lend itself to the JavaScript/TypeScript world, although I'm very pragmatic and will use whatever tool is best for the job. Some of the projects that I work on also have a hardware component where I put on my maker hat and write code that runs on Raspberry Pis housed in laser-cut or 3D-printed enclosures.

Recently, I've been exploring how people interact with LLMs. I'm curious if there are more intuitive and effective ways to use LLMs beyond a chatbox interface.

With degrees in Computer Science and Law, I enjoy bridging the technical and human aspects of technology. I love teaching others how to program and regularly lead primary, high school, and university classes. When I'm not online, you can usually find me on a tennis court.

This website is primarily a collation of side projects, blog posts and papers that I have created or collaborated on.