High School Student & Self-Taught Developer
Learning Journey
2023 - Present
- Self-taught web development with Next.js and React, building real projects like Hativon.
- Learning Python, C, and C# through school curriculum and personal exploration.
- Contributed to Zed editor (open source) - merged PR for extensions UI improvements.
- Daily Neovim user, customizing my dev environment with a modern 0.11+ config.
Next.js
TypeScript
React
Python
C
C#
Rust
VimOpen Source Contributor
Zed Editor
2024 - Present
- Contributed to Zed, a high-performance code editor built in Rust.
- Implemented upsell banners for integrated extensions in the extensions UI (merged).
- Built type-to-filter for the project panel with 226 lines of Rust.
- Gained experience with large-scale open source collaboration workflows.
Rust
Git
GitHub
LinuxOpen Source Contributor
Next.js (Vercel)
2025 - 2026
- Merged PR into Next.js core — fixing TypeScript noUncheckedSideEffectImports for CSS imports.
- Extended existing test suite to verify the fix across .css, .sass, and .scss imports.
- Contributed to one of the most widely-used React frameworks with 130k+ GitHub stars.
Next.jsTypeScriptGitGitHub