I’m Htain Lin Shwe, a full-stack engineer with 19+ years of experience turning complex ideas into dependable products—from payment platforms and streaming infrastructure to AI tools and Myanmar-language technology.
ExploreSelected work
A selection of products built for writers, developers, learners, and media teams—each shaped by a real problem worth solving.
A native Markdown writing studio with a rich editor, live preview, Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math, and export to PDF, HTML, EPUB, and DOCX.
02A modern terminal designed for full Myanmar Unicode support—so developers can type, edit, and ship Myanmar text correctly across CLI tools.
03One of Myanmar’s first open English–Myanmar dictionary platforms, with an open dataset and API used by learners, apps, and language tools.
04A self-hosted video transcoding and live-streaming platform with Go services, Laravel, React, PostgreSQL, Redis queues, and analytics.
Built beyond the screen
“The best technology becomes infrastructure for someone else’s progress.”
My work sits at the intersection of engineering and public impact. Rabbit Converter helped support Myanmar’s national Unicode migration. Ornagai opened language data to developers and learners. Payment and streaming platforms connected millions of everyday actions to reliable software.
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I’ve worked across hands-on engineering, architecture, consulting, and company leadership—without losing touch with the craft.
Bonjoy LLC
Houston, Texas, USA
Built PetroBench AI charting with LLM tool calling, a RAG knowledge system for PDF and text search, scalable Laravel and React applications, REST APIs, Redis-backed queues, offline-first mobile apps, and reusable React Native components for Mendix.
Wize Pay
Chicago, USA · Remote
Developed a SwiftUI banking app with MVVM, integrated Plaid, built dashboards with SwiftUI Charts, applied test-driven development, set up GitHub Actions CI/CD, and integrated Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics.
City Holdings
Yangon, Myanmar · Remote
Redesigned the AWS architecture and MongoDB data model for City Reward, reduced monthly infrastructure cost by 40%, eliminated recurring reliability incidents, and deployed Docker services on Amazon ECS with AWS CodePipeline.
COMQUAS
Yangon, Myanmar
Founded and led a fintech and media technology company; built payment infrastructure for AYA Bank and Telenor Myanmar, led Pyone Play and Mahar streaming systems, and managed production architecture, DevOps, and engineering delivery.
2C2P
Singapore
Built the 2C2P iOS payment SDK, Easy Bill App, AGD Bank Wallet, MCB Virtual Card App, and Near Me Wallet while supporting secure payment integrations across Myanmar and Thailand.
Previous Positions
Singapore & Myanmar
Built mobile applications at Edenpod, full-stack enterprise applications at Point Star, and web systems and internal tools at Alpha Mandalay.
Books & teaching
I write practical technical books in Myanmar language to make software engineering concepts more accessible to the next generation of developers.
Web foundations
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Start from first principles
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Data modeling & SQL
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Reusable software design
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The first steps in a career
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Building software well
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Problem-solving fundamentals
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