Mimi Gong
Software Engineer At Instagram Media Platform Team
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMimi Gong is a software engineer with eight years of experience, currently building media platform features at Instagram from the San Francisco Bay Area. She brings full-stack chops across front-end UX improvements and backend integrations, demonstrated by sustained open-source contributions to popular projects in the Hexo ecosystem (core, site, and theme) and polished front-end work on Live2D widgets. Her background includes systems-focused internships at Apple (secure element testing and SCP02 implementation) and research at Tsinghua, complemented by an MS from Carnegie Mellon and a BE in Telecommunications. Comfortable bridging product-facing UI polish and low-level protocol concerns, she has a knack for refactoring legacy code and shipping pragmatic automation that improves developer and user experiences.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Telecommunications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Telecommunications Engineering at Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsMaster of Science - MS, Information Technology - Mobility, Master of Science - MS, Information Technology - Mobility at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (19)
love2d10
github-ci10
javascript10
static-site-generator10
css10
hexo10
front-end-development10
html10
nodejs10
githubaction-workflow10
jes9
testing9
jtest9
nunjucks9
regular-expression9
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
stevenjoezhang/live2d-widget
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
把萌萌哒的看板娘抱回家 (ノ≧∇≦)ノ | Live2D widget for web platform
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 138 commits, 13 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Mimi primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the `live2d-widget` repository. They modified JavaScript files, specifically `waifu-tips.js` and `autoload.js`, to change API URLs, update code styles, and remove or add features like string rendering and a back-to-home button. They also introduced a demo file (demo.html) and updated the style sheet (waifu.css). Furthermore, the user made changes to enhance UI elements and overall user experience.
live2dweb-platformlive2d-widgetwidgetflutter
next-theme/hexo-theme-next
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
🎉 Elegant and powerful theme for Hexo.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:22 releases, 56 reviews, 317 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Mimi primarily contributed to the theme's front-end components, focusing on improving user experience and functionality. Their work involved refactoring JavaScript utilities, implementing features like copy-to-clipboard functionality for code blocks, and optimizing the sidebar and tab navigation. They also updated and improved the integration of third-party libraries like Fancybox and Mermaid.
hexohexo-themetheme-next
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