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Career & selected work · Since 2006

A career in
building software.

Games, mobile apps, and productivity tools. The teams I’ve been part of, and the work we built together.

  1. – Present

    Mempipe

    I’m focused on solo building, with Mempipe as my main project. It’s a file-native knowledge workspace for agents and people.

  2. Taskade (YC S19)

    Co-Founder and CTO

    I co-founded Taskade, a productivity tool, and served as its CTO.

  3. MeowChat

    Singapore

    1. Lead iOS Engineer

    2. iOS Engineer

  4. The Pragmatic Lab

    iOS Trainer · Singapore

  5. Trifia

    Co-Founder · Singapore

    Previously known as d--buzz.

    Projects

    Showtimezz.SG

    TrafficWatch.SG

  6. buUuk Pte Ltd

    iOS Engineer · Singapore

    Mainly iOS Development. With a bit of Ruby here and there.

    Featured projects

    Open on YouTube ↗

    Mana Rapid Transit

    LXReorderableCollectionViewFlowLayout

    Created an open-source iOS layout that lets users drag and reorder collection-view items. Originally built for buUuk, and later credited in Flipboard, Instagram, and Salesforce’s open-source notices.

    iOS demo showing a playing card being dragged to reorder a grid of cards
    Drag-to-reorder demo.
    App credits & notices (6)

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    Flipboard 2.1.1 About screen crediting LXReorderableCollectionViewFlowLayout by Stan Chang Khin Boon
    Flipboard 2.1.1
    Flipboard 3.3.9 About screen crediting LXReorderableCollectionViewFlowLayout by Stan Chang Khin Boon
    Flipboard 3.3.9
    Instagram 7.9.0 open-source libraries screen naming LXReorderableCollectionViewFlowLayout and its copyright holder Stan Chang Khin Boon
    Instagram 7.9.0
    Instagram 8.5.0 open-source libraries screen naming LXReorderableCollectionViewFlowLayout and its copyright holder Stan Chang Khin Boon
    Instagram 8.5.0
    Page 2 of Salesforce’s September 2017 open-source notices listing LXReorderableCollectionViewFlowLayout and its license URL
    Salesforce notices · Sep 2017, p. 2
    Page 2 of Salesforce Quote-to-Cash’s January 2017 open-source notices listing LXReorderableCollectionViewFlowLayout and its license URL
    Quote-to-Cash notices · Jan 2017, p. 2
  7. Cabal Entertainment Software

    Software Engineer · Singapore

    Nexgen Studio assigned me to help Cabal Entertainment Software with its game engine and graphics prototype.

    Featured projects

    Smash prototype

    Worked on a prototype, researching graphics techniques including depth-of-field post-processing and rim materials.

    Smash prototype showing a third-person character in an orange 3D environment with on-screen debug information
    Smash prototype with debug information.

    Other projects

    In-house game engine

    Integrated and extended OGRE 3D for the graphics component of an in-house game engine.

  8. Nexgen Studio Pte Ltd

    Software Engineer

    Featured projects

    Crane Physics Simulation

    Developed a crane physics simulation to train operators of quay cranes, tandem lift cranes, rubber gantry tyred cranes, and dock pedestal cranes.

    Crane simulation showing the suspended lifting frame and its cable arrangement
    Lifting frame and cable arrangement.
    Crane simulation showing a suspended lifting assembly above stacked cargo containers
    Crane and cargo-container scene.
    Open on YouTube ↗
    By this version I had moved on to another project. The video shows many mechanisms available in the first version.

    Tactics Anthem

    Developed a web-based multiplayer online card game.

    Tactics Anthem Online 1 game interface
    This is the version I worked on.
    Tactics Anthem PvP gameplay preview
    A later version, after I had moved to another project; many mechanisms from the first version remain.
    Press coverage (4)

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    GameAxis Unwired August 2009 cover highlighting an industry feature on Nexgen Studio
    GameAxis Unwired · Aug 2009 cover
    Opening page of The Nex Big Thing: Made in Singapore, featuring Nexgen Studio and Tactics Anthem Online
    “The Nex Big Thing: Made in Singapore”
    GameAxis feature discussing Nexgen Studio and Tactics Anthem Online alongside illustrated game cards
    Studio profile and game design · p. 37
    GameAxis Tactics Anthem Online in a Nutshell page showing game rules and screenshots
    Gameplay overview · p. 38

    Other projects

    PC multiplayer online game

    Modified a PC multiplayer online game.