Summary
Richard Chu is a full-stack software engineer and founder with 13 years of experience building modern web and spatial computing experiences from NYC. He founded Fluxmail and previously created Notabase, an open-source "second brain" note-taking app built with Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, Supabase and PostgreSQL that grew to 500+ GitHub stars. Currently at Meta Reality Labs, he works on core AR/VR apps and experiences while continuing to ship product-focused full-stack projects. Educated at Princeton and ETH Zurich, he blends strong academic foundations with hands-on product and open-source craftsmanship. Notably, he moves smoothly between front-end React work and backend serverless/database architectures, with a knack for turning experimental ideas into widely used developer tools.
13 years of coding experience
ETH Zurich
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Princeton University