Eric Fong
Founder at EC5
Hong Kong, China
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Fong is a founder and full-stack software engineer with 15 years of experience building web and mobile products, from a Git-like distributed note app to a local-shop search engine and social network in Hong Kong. He blends hands-on backend systems work—contributing to the realtime API toolkit Deployd by extending server capabilities, session and DB integrations, and dashboard integration—with practical frontend and mobile delivery as a former CTO who shipped employer and employee Android apps. His career includes building a large dynamic GIS platform at the Hong Kong Observatory that handles daily multi-GB updates, plus roles improving performance and scaling in PHP, Java, and J2EE environments. Comfortable owning product through architecture, implementation and operations, he thrives on pioneering libraries and tooling that make realtime and integrated experiences easier to build. Notably, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with deep systems experience, often bridging low-level server work and user-facing interfaces.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityComputer Study, Computer Study, Computer Study, Computer Study at McGill University
Github Skills (11)
nodejs10
javascript10
expressjs10
mongodb-database9
apidoc9
mongodb9
api9
testing8
session-management8
configuration-management7
dashboard6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
deployd/deployd
Nov 2014 - Jul 2015
a toolkit for building realtime APIs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 56 PRs, 41 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to the core functionality of the `deployd` project, focusing on extending the server capabilities. They implemented features such as attaching deployd components to existing HTTP servers, enabling session management and database interactions. The user also focused on improving error handling and ensuring proper configuration loading. Furthermore, they contributed to the dashboard interface, indicating familiarity with front-end integration.
realtime-api
ericfong/balanc
Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:68 commits, 74 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
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