Yishu See

About

My name is Yishu (like a GitHub issue). My interest lies in tool design which has led me to explore areas such as programming languages and code bundling. I'm drawn to problems that reward taste.

Previously I worked on ads and marketplaces at Shopify, built web fundamentals at Carousell, and helped early start-up founders scale at Shiip.

I received my BEng in Electrical Engineering from National University of Singapore, concentrating on human-computer interaction.

I run a weekend cafe at home.

Highlights

• Recurse Center (2020) where I got to meet other language design enthusiasts
• Talk - JSConf.Asia: Designing Components for Fun, Profit and Sanity (2019)

Interests

I'm always excited to talk about:

• Tools. Especially personal knowledge management, spaced repetition and code editors.
• Programming language and type system
• Puzzles. I'm a regular attendant at Puzzled Pint and participated in the CMU Puzzle Hunt 2025 and supported the Singapore team at MIT Mystery Hunt.
• Malleable software
• Board games. I own 92 and have recorded plays of 382 games. My favorite mechanism is dice selection.
• Climbing
• Food and coffee

Misc

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