Justin Sun is a frontend developer based in Adelaide with six years of hands-on experience building engaging web experiences and shipping production-ready UI features. Currently at ByteDance and a University of Adelaide student, he blends academic rigor in mathematics and computer science with practical full-stack work—having built a Next.js/Tailwind web game and integrated analytics and e-commerce tooling in prior roles. An active open-source contributor, he improved the popular alibaba/hooks library by enhancing its useLongPress hook with movement thresholds and mobile behavior fixes, plus clear refactors and demos. He also served as Open Source Officer for his university club, mentoring peers and running workshops that translate community contributions into real project impact. Though early in his career, Justin consistently focuses on usable, well-documented front-end solutions that bridge developer ergonomics and end-user polish.
6 years of coding experience
Bachelor, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Adelaide
A high-quality & reliable React Hooks library. https://ahooks.pages.dev/
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:6 reviews, 11 commits, 1 PR in 4 days
Contributions summary:Justin primarily contributed to the `useLongPress` React Hook, enhancing its functionality and improving its usability. Their work included adding a movement threshold feature to the hook, allowing for more precise long-press detection, and addressing mobile-specific behavior. They also refactored the code for clarity and added a demo to showcase the new functionality. The user consistently made incremental improvements, refining both the code and documentation.
Contributions:44 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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