I'm a passionate software engineer and entrepreneur based in the SF Bay Area, currently serving as CTO at Clix.so and Founder of Livewire.so. With experience as a backend developer at Coupang and NAVER, I'm dedicated to building innovative developer tools and scalable applications.

• CTO at Clix.so - Leading technical strategy and development
• Founder of Livewire.so - Location based Live Performance Discovery Platform
• Open source contributions and community building

• JavaScript/TypeScript - Primary focus with extensive experience
• Java & Scala - Enterprise backend development (Coupang, NAVER experience)
• React & Redux - Frontend application development
• React Native (Expo) - Cross-platform mobile development
• Node.js - Backend and full-stack development
• Spring Framework - Java enterprise applications
• Ktor - Kotlin server-side development

• AWS - Cloud infrastructure and services
• Supabase - Backend-as-a-Service and real-time applications
• PostgreSQL - Relational database design and optimization

• Developer tooling and productivity solutions
• Full-stack application development
• Cross-platform mobile applications
• Cloud-native architecture
• State management architecture
• API design and integration

A comprehensive React + Redux application development tool designed to streamline the development process and reduce boilerplate code.

An isomorphic Fetch API implementation with enhanced browser compatibility, enabling seamless HTTP requests across different environments.

A powerful template for bootstrapping modern applications with Expo, Next.js, and Firebase integration.

Built with Supabase & React Native (Expo)

Korea's premier live music discovery platform that helps users find concerts and performances near them.

Key Features:

• Location-based concert discovery
• Real-time performance data from official sources
• Artist information integrated with YouTube and Spotify
• Cross-platform mobile app (iOS/Android)

Tech Stack: Supabase, React Native (Expo), TypeScript, PostgreSQL

Leading AI customer messaging platform for developers - Kotlin, AWS, LLM, CRM

Engineering leader for CRM marketing automation, performance optimization - Next.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, Spark

Built live music discovery platform with generative AI crawling - React Native, Supabase, Generative AI

Led gaming analytics service, A/B testing, container migration - Java, Kotlin, AWS, Docker

Led backend foundation teams, built server-side scraping platform - Java, Go, Kubernetes, Microservices

Built A/B testing platform, SDK development, monolithic to microservices migration - Spring, Scala, Kotlin, Kafka, GraphQL

Built NAVER TV from scratch, recommendation engine, distributed video infrastructure - Java, Spring, Apache Mahout

• 🦈 Pull Shark (x4) - Significant open source contributions
• 🤝 Pair Extraordinaire - Collaborative development excellence
• ⚡ Quickdraw - Rapid issue resolution
• 🎯 YOLO - Bold and innovative commits
• ⭐ Starstruck - Popular repositories

I believe in:

• Developer Experience First - Tools should enhance, not hinder creativity
• Open Source Contribution - Sharing knowledge and building community
• Continuous Learning - Staying at the forefront of technology
• Pragmatic Solutions - Balancing innovation with reliability

• 🔗 LinkedIn: cho-minkyu
• 🐦 Instagram: @min.kyu.cho
• 🐦 Twitter: @min_kyu_cho
• 📧 Email: [email protected]

• Next-generation development tools
• AI-assisted development workflows
• Cross-platform application architecture (RN, Flutter, KMP)
• Developer productivity optimization
• Startup technology strategy