Benedict Woo
Lead Developer at Multiverse Minecraft Plugin
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolBenedict Woo is a Lead Developer and computer science student at the National University of Singapore with eight years of hands-on experience building backend systems, open-source tools, and competitive programming expertise. He spearheads Multiverse, a well-known Minecraft multi-world plugin, and contributes significant backend improvements to popular Discord frameworks like interactions.py, demonstrating strong API and command-handling skills. A former president of campus tech groups NullSec and Overflow, he pairs technical depth with proven leadership—organising CTFs, workshops and youth cyber camps. His background in cybersecurity and malware analysis (notably the capstone Malware Toolbox) complements his software engineering work, giving him practical insights into secure tooling. Known for thinking creatively about algorithms and system design, he often bridges hobbyist projects and production-grade plugins that serve large communities.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics, Diploma, Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics at Ngee Ann PolytechnicComputing+, Computing+ at School of Science and Technology, SingaporeBachelor of Computing in Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computing in Computer Science, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (24)
py10
back-end-development10
python10
bukkit10
discord10
plugin-development10
command-line-interface10
java10
javas10
discord-bot10
command-line10
command-line-tool10
api-design9
restful-api9
reflection9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Multiverse/Multiverse-Core
Aug 2020 - Mar 2022
The original Bukkit Multi-World Plugin!
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:220 reviews, 289 commits, 419 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Benedict primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Multiverse-Core Bukkit plugin. Their work included fixing bugs related to world cloning and disallowing world names with spaces. They also added features such as respawn anchor support and the ability to keep game rules on world regeneration. Furthermore, the user improved the /mvinfo command and optimized code by removing unnecessary variables.
minecraftworld-pluginbukkit-pluginmultiversebukkit
interactions-py/interactions.py
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
A highly extensible, easy to use, and feature complete bot framework for Discord
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:49 reviews, 76 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Benedict primarily contributed to the implementation of slash command features within the interactions-py framework. Their work includes adding support for command permissions, default permissions, and subcommand structures. The user also refactored existing code and made enhancements to facilitate the management and syncing of commands within the Discord API. These modifications involved changes across multiple files related to command handling and API interactions.
python-librarypythondiscorddiscord-librarybot
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