Hwee-boon Yar
Creator
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolHwee-boon Yar is a seasoned creator and indie developer with 30 years of software design experience and 17 years of professional experience shipping web, iOS and macOS products and their backend services. He founded and built top-ranked paid apps (including the once-popular SimplyTweet iPhone Twitter client) and now leads product engineering for AlphaWallet while running several startups and consultancies. His expertise spans end-to-end product delivery—architecture, MVP builds, presales for search and information-retrieval solutions, and hands-on iOS/Android development. An active open-source contributor, he has improved RubyMotion, BubbleWrap and core mobile wallet projects, bringing practical fixes that reduce memory leaks and harden platform integrations. Hwee-boon combines the strategic perspective of an on-demand CTO with the executional ability to ship features and train teams in macOS, iOS and git workflows. Based in Singapore, he’s especially adept at turning small teams’ ideas into polished, market-ready mobile products without unnecessary complexity.
17 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (35)
wallet10
rubymotion10
ios10
mobile-development10
memory-management10
rspec10
ui-design10
java10
ruby10
javas10
uid10
front-end-development10
ethereum10
android10
blockchain10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
AlphaWallet/alpha-wallet-ios
Feb 2018 - Jan 2023
An advanced Ethereum/EVM mobile wallet
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:14 releases, 2123 reviews, 5848 commits in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Hwee-boon primarily focuses on improving the user experience and functionality of the iOS wallet application. They address a variety of issues, including fixing bugs (e.g., incorrect amounts, crashes, display issues), enhancing UI elements (e.g., custom button labels, display of ENS names), and improving the flow of information. They're also involved in the integration and refinement of features like token swaps, private transaction support, and in-app analytics. The changes indicate a focus on improving the overall user experience of the wallet application, fixing bugs, improving performance and adding new features.
tokensethereumweb3walletdecentralized
HipByte/RubyMotion
Sep 2013 - Dec 2016
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:13 commits, 5 PRs, 2 comments in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Hwee-boon primarily contributed to the iOS part of the RubyMotion project, fixing issues related to platform names in Info.plist files. They also addressed resource compilation, specifically for `.strings` files, compiling them as binary plists. Further contributions included an update to the OSX template's edit menu, and made adjustments related to the Rakefile, including additional resources directories.
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