About Me

I am an aspiring fullstack developer in Hong Kong. I graduated from HKUST (BSc in Mathematics and Economics, minoring in IT) in 2020 👨‍🎓. Information Technology was not an industry I would see myself in, but after landing a job in a FinTech company I have fully embraced it. I enjoy the rapidly changing nature of this industry, being on the cutting edge of technology is awesome.

While I am not at work, I enjoy tinkering with my homelab. Having alternatives to popular services hosted in my own house gives me senses of privacy and accomplishment, and I learned a lot in the process of setting these up. I am an active participant of the homelab discussion thread in LIHKG 硬件台, and I wrote a comprehensive guide to homelabbing (in Chinese) targeting newbie homelabbers. You can find the guide here.

I also like playing video games, particularly the most challenging ARPGs (e.g. Dark Souls series, Monster Hunter series). Hit me up if you need a buddy in Monster Hunter games! ⚔️🐉

I excel at Python (+Django) and SQL, have good experience in Java (+Spring Boot), C# (+.Net Framework) and Javascript (+React). I also have much more knowledge of computer hardware and Linux than your average developer. I also have hand-on experience on DevOps (I set up the CI/CD environment in my company all by myself).

I also daily drive Linux (🎩Fedora KDE is my favourite distro!), with a Windows 10 virtual machine inside for high-performance, low-latency gaming. Find out more about my setup here.

People working with me says I am a fast learner, and they are not wrong: I enjoy doing research on topics I found interesting; I found a lot of topics in technology interesting: Currently my focus are Linux, LLM and computer hardware. By the way, Hacker News is my favourite source of tech news!

As of now I am self-studying AWS management, system design and networking. Ideally I would see myself become a tech lead in a major company in the future.

You can contact me via Discord, Telegram or at yatkinleung [at] hotmail [dot] com.