Welcome!

Hey there! I’m Hong, a backend developer who has mass-produced more bugs than features.

My superpower? Breaking things to learn how they work. My weakness? Also breaking things.

My Journey (A Series of Fortunate Accidents)

Gameloft - The “How Do We Make Money?” Era

Started at Gameloft in R&D, where my job was basically: “Hey, can we do [cool thing] without spending money?”

Some highlights:

  • Live Twitch integration in games - Because watching others play is apparently more fun than playing yourself
  • Web-based games - Before it was cool (it’s still not cool, but we did it anyway)
  • Monetization research - Finding creative ways to make gamers open their wallets. I’m not proud, but I am employed.

Learned C++ and Python here. Also learned that gamers will find bugs you never knew existed within 0.3 seconds of release.

EcoIt - The “Make Government Go Brrr” Era

Moved to EcoIt to build document management systems for government organizations.

“Can you digitize our paper-based workflow?” “Sure, how many documents?” “Yes.”

Built an OCR system that reads government documents - contracts, applications, official letters. The kind of paperwork that makes you question if bureaucracy is a feature or a bug.

Plot twist: Government handwriting is somehow worse than doctors’. At least doctors have an excuse.

Everfit - The “Async Await My Gains” Era

Now at Everfit, building fitness tech with Node.js, NestJS, and MongoDB.

Current status: Still waiting for some callbacks from 2022. They’ll resolve eventually. Probably.

What I’ll Write About

  • Backend war stories (mostly the disasters)
  • Neovim addiction diary
  • Keyboard cult recruitment (Colemak + split keyboard)
  • Things I broke and somehow fixed
  • Tools that tolerate my chaos

Fun Facts

  • I type in Colemak on a split keyboard. Yes, I hate myself. No, I can’t stop.
  • I use Neovim. I entered willingly. I stayed because :wq is too mainstream.
  • This site has vim keybindings. Press ? if you dare.
  • Dark mode only. My eyes have rejected the sun.

Stay tuned for more posts where I pretend to know what I’m doing!