Hello, I’m leo hong.

As a web developer, I use JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Redux, Next.js, Node.js/Express, GraphQL, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services and more. In addition to web development, I am currently learning AI, distributed systems, and cloud computing.

Before becoming a software developer, I briefly worked as a surveyor on land development projects in Southern Ontario. I returned to school at the University of New Brunswick, originally with the goal of becoming a licensed Land Surveyor/Professional Engineer. Understood how deeply programming was shaping the world of future engineering, I enrolled in a few computer science courses. Just enough to earn a minor, I initially thought. But that curiosity turned into something more. It led me to try out internships with two local tech companies, and then I gladly returned to one of them after graduation.

Born in the wild suburbs of southern China, I grew up with crop fields on rolling hills, rivers and waters, and witnessed rapid urbanization. It wasn’t until much later in my adolescence that I ever imagined moving to another country. I miss the golden, miraculous years of openness and progress. When I moved to Canada, I didn’t think much about the future — I just wanted to explore, to wonder...

Away from coding, I enjoy reading, hiking and playing tennis. Some of my favourite authors are Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu and Thomas Piketty. I play a lot of tennis and am also skilled in Chinese calligraphy.