Jiwon Choi
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RockstarJiwon Choi is a software engineer based in Seoul with three years of hands-on experience building developer-facing front-end features and UX improvements. Now on Vercel’s Next.js team after interning there, Jiwon has contributed bug fixes and UI enhancements to the high-profile vercel/next.js repository—tackling app-router cookie issues, metadata fixes, ESLint cleanups, and dev overlay styling. Focused on saving developers time, Jiwon blends practical frontend craftsmanship with attention to developer experience. Prior experience includes independent software development and disciplined service as KATUSA in the US Army, bringing teamwork and operational rigor to fast-moving open-source projects.
3 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (15)
uid10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
nextjs10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
typescript-types10
ui-components9
component-kit9
visual-studio-code6
nodejs6
commonjs6
compilation6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
vercel/next.js
May 2023 - Jul 2026
The React Framework
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 845 reviews, 983 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jiwon primarily contributed to the `next.js` project by addressing various bugs and implementing improvements related to the user interface, particularly focusing on the app directory and its components. Their commits involved fixing cookie-related issues in app routes, correcting ESLint warnings for the next/script, and addressing problems with metadata. The contributions also include improvements to component styling for the dev overlay.
react-frameworkreactserver-renderingnodebrowser
nextjs-group/template.nextjs.guide
Sep 2023 - Sep 2025
Template for nextjs.guide
Contributions:16 PRs, 40 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years
localizationnextjstemplate
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