Loïc Bistuer
Co-founder & CEO at Newlogic
Bangkok Metropolitan Area Thailand
Summary
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Top SchoolLoïc Bistuer is a founder and engineering leader with 17 years’ experience building high-impact web systems across Southeast Asia from his base in Bangkok. As Co-founder and CEO of Newlogic he leads a 50-person team delivering digital transformation for governments, NGOs and startups, blending product strategy with hands-on technical oversight. A long-time Django Core Developer and former WFP Solutions Architect, he brings rare expertise in both humanitarian-scale payment/beneficiary systems and the internals of a major web framework used by sites like Instagram and Pinterest. His open-source work focuses on bug fixes and refactors that improve stability and maintainability, and he has also contributed full-stack upgrades to projects like PouchDB Server. Originally from southern France, he pairs entrepreneurial grit—he co-founded a Bangkok restaurant—with a passion for using technology to create measurable social impact.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
EpitechMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.), Telecommunication Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Telecommunication Engineering at RMIT University
English, French, Thai
Github Skills (14)
databases10
pouchdb10
javascript10
nodejs10
expressjs10
data-models10
python10
back-end-development10
django10
database10
testing9
monorepo9
api8
apidoc8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
pouchdb/pouchdb-server
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
CouchDB-compatible server built on PouchDB and Node
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:53 commits, 21 PRs, 62 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Loïc primarily contributed to the PouchDB server, upgrading the PouchDB core library, and integrating and enhancing features for the express-pouchdb mode. They tweaked the express-pouchdb mode to align with the latest PouchDB test suite requirements, and also made updates to support features that are related to the monorepo structure. Further contributions involved adding various node modules and adjusting the existing code base to work with new features.
javascriptnodejsdatabasepouchdbcouchdb
django/django
Jan 2015 - Jan 2018
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:41 PRs, 28 pushes, 270 comments in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Loïc's contributions primarily involved fixing bugs and refactoring code within the Django framework. They addressed minor warnings in tests, refactored code to improve code quality, and corrected issues related to features like ModelForm and related manager functionality. Their work focused on improving the overall stability and maintainability of the Django project by addressing specific issues and code quality issues.
pythondjango-frameworkappsdjangoframework
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