Mingyu Kang
Software Engineer at Google
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolMingyu Kang is a software engineer in Mountain View with 11 years of experience building developer-focused tools and production software at Google and in academic and research settings. Grounded in physics and computer science, he blends strong math and systems thinking with hands-on coding across graphics, animations, data mining, and visualization. At Google he applies scalable engineering practices; earlier roles include a Wolfram internship and a computer lab assistantship where he worked on solver tooling. An active open-source contributor, he enhanced the widely used Spacemacs editor by adding Wolfram-mode support, symbol-overlay navigation, and improved vterm keybindings—work that speaks to his focus on developer experience. Comfortable across the full stack, Mingyu brings a pragmatic curiosity and a habit of improving tooling for both users and fellow engineers.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at Fudan UniversityExchange, Physics, Exchange, Physics at The University of British ColumbiaMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Florida
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Github Skills (7)
configuration-management10
configurations10
emacs10
configuration-file10
vim9
co8
python6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
syl20bnr/spacemacs
Feb 2017 - Jun 2020
A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 14 comments in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Mingyu contributed to the Spacemacs configuration, primarily focused on enhancing the user experience and adding functionality. They added support for the Wolfram-mode in Emacs, ensuring it was correctly integrated. Additionally, they implemented a symbol-overlay package, improving navigation within the editor. Furthermore, the user updated key bindings for vterm, enhancing the terminal experience within Emacs.
configurationvimspacemacsemacsemacs-lsp
kenkangxgwe/lsp-wl
Aug 2018 - Oct 2022
A Wolfram Language Server
Contributions:6 releases, 368 commits, 2 PRs in 4 years 2 months
rustwolframmathematicalisplanguage-server
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