JOHNNYLIANG

CS + EE @ UMich · Troy, MI

I like making things and breaking things, usually in that order. Right now I'm on the core engineering team at Synthesis.trade, working on prediction market terminals and CI/CD.

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Blog — film, music, linux, rants
Gallery — photos
Projects — the real ones and the weird ones
CV — the professional page

Now

Core eng @ Synthesis.trade — prediction market terminals

CS + EE @ University of Michigan

Spark Electric Motorcycle — controls team

Michigan Blockchain

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Recent writing

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Art? What's that?

I don't know either

May 14, 2025·2 min read

Blog Post 10

N/A

March 16, 2025·2 min read

Poetry? What's that?

Blog Post #8

February 23, 2025·3 min read

I got into college yippee

Blog Post #7

February 3, 2025·2 min read

Recent adventures

Core Engineering @ Synthesis.tradeprediction markets, CI/CD2025 – presentprediction markets, CI/CD

Rebuilt this site from scratch (again)Next 16, Three.js, too much CSS2025Next 16, Three.js, too much CSS

Started at UMichCSE + EE, College of EngineeringFall 2025CSE + EE, College of Engineering

Hardware engineering @ MIT BWSIassisted walking cane for the visually impairedSummer 2024assisted walking cane for the visually impaired

SemComp — semantic text compressionGzip + Knn, no neural netsApr 2024Gzip + Knn, no neural nets

Lead Developer @ HelivoxNext.js, 75+ team members, 11 initiatives2023 – 2025Next.js, 75+ team members, 11 initiatives

TeamsCodecompetitive programming contests and organization2023competitive programming contests and organization

Google Code Jam Round 2 Qualifiercompetitive programming2022competitive programming

USACO Goldcompetitive programming2022competitive programming

Magic Bot hits 40k concurrent usersDiscord, Next.js, Redis, MongoDB2022Discord, Next.js, Redis, MongoDB

Freelance web dev & consulting16+ clients, $10k+ revenue2020 – present16+ clients, $10k+ revenue

First lines of codethe internet2018the internet