Overview
JuniorDevSG is a developer interest group that focuses on providing a place for junior developers to learn and network with each other. This month, we have 2 speakers. Sylvester will be sharing about best practices in using a Database. Ace will talk about how she is building an AI-native startup before she turns 18 years old.
Event Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
Venue: SGInnovate
32 Carpenter Street Singapore 059911
NO FOOD PROVIDED FOR THIS MEETUP
Venue Sponsor: SGInnovate
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Presentations
Topic: Working with databases
Speaker:
Sylvester Chin, Software Engineer @ Allium
LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/sylvesterchin
General database best practices, using read replicas/load-balancing primary-replica connections, observability.
About Sylvester
Sylvester was previously a backend engineer working scaling GitLab SaaS platform. He is currently a software engineer @ Allium, an enterprise blockchain data platform.
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Topic: What'S UP JuniorDevSG! | Building an AI-native startup before I turn 18
Speaker:
Ace (He Hua) Yip, Founder / CEO, 'Sup (supcareer.app)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ace-yip-71b71b20a/
I'll share about my journey as a student founder building a startup for Singaporean youths in the local ecosystem
- startup realities
- how I build while balancing school
- turning your dev project into a startup
- insights about the local startup ecosystem
- Agentic AI & AI industry trends
I'll also share about what I've built @ 'Sup, and give a lightning demo of our product!
About Ace
I grew up around microcontrollers & python (yay RPi, yay BeagleBoard!) and started building my own robotics projects at 7 (I thought mecanum wheels were the coolest things ever). Got into software & webdev afterwards and have been working on a couple of projects in that area since. In 2024, I met my team of talented devs and we started building 'Sup, an AI-native edtech startup aiming to reshape the recruiting experience and give students/grads a leg up in career development.
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Schedule:
7:00 to 7:15 - Event Registration & Networking
7:15 to 7:20 - Introductory Remarks
7:30 to 8:00 - Topic 1
8:00 to 8:30 - Topic 2
9:00 - Supper
About JuniorDev SG:
JuniorDevSG is a developer interest group that focuses on providing a place for junior developers to learn and network with each other.
At the same time, we seek to be a support system to help junior developers break into tech, navigate their careers as well growing them to one day become senior developers or tech leaders in the tech industry.
Schedule
Date: 14 Jul 2025, Monday
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (GMT +8:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
Location: 32 Carpenter Street, 059911
Speakers
Speaker's Profile:
Sylvester Chin, Software Engineer, Allium
Sylvester is a software engineer @ Allium, an enterprise blockchain data platform.
Speaker's Profile:
Ace (He Hua) Yip, Founder / CEO, 'SupYip-29c14d91-b9d1-415d-b600-839ce47a1c59.png)
I grew up around microcontrollers & python (yay RPi, yay BeagleBoard!) and started building my own robotics projects at 7 (I thought mecanum wheels were the coolest things ever). Got into software & webdev afterwards and have been working on a couple of projects in that area since. In 2024, I met my team of talented devs and we started building 'Sup, an AI-native edtech startup aiming to reshape the recruiting experience and give students/grads a leg up in career development.
