Never Stops Building

I am Neil Lu, a Taiwanese doing ECE+CS at Duke. I build platforms with thousands of users. Call me so we can build startups together.

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In Active Development

These are my current project. Way too busy vibe-coding every day.

200+ waitlist in 3 weeks

JobReview

jobreview.org

09/2024 - Present

Taiwanese people don't use Glassdoor, and there's no good alternative. I found nowhere to share and view job reviews. I tried hard on marketing and idea validation. In the first few weeks:
  • Posts about this platform got 200k+ views on Threads, and 100+ comments saying they need this.
  • Gained 200+ in waitlist, and compiled 100+ company reviews, with consistent growth since then.
  • Compiled and indexed 580k+ company entries in Taiwan.
Right now, I am working to market and expand it, trying to hit the network effect sweet spot.
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Actively Maintained

These are still functioning, and people still use it, but I don't regularly add new features to them anymore; I still fix bugs though.

EdTech Startup, 20k+ users

Zetria

zetria.tw

09/2018 - 01/2024

An educational non-profit dedicated to making online resources more accessible.
  • We enable students to search 20+ educational platforms in a unified interface.
  • We launched an online-resource initiative that produced 150+ qualitied contents chapters.
Zetria has generated 1.3M+ visits; received 1.2k+ crowdsourced contributions; and have been featured in multiple mainstream media outlets. We also helped teachers deliver contents online during the pandemic.
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Finance Forum, 10k+ members

Alumi

anddoalumi.com

07/2023 - 06/2024

A discussion and social platform for one of Taiwan's largest finance communities. The platform handled 6k+ registrations within 24 hours of launch with 0 downtime. Users can post questions, share insights, and share files with each other. It is built on Cloudflare's infrastructure and uses identity verification and 2FA with SMS and LINE messages.
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Somewhere Out There

I founded, cofounded, or built these, but either I have passed them onto others' hands, or they have been completed fully.

AI, RAG, Image Recognition

Eapplico

eapplico.com

12/2023 - 07/2024

"Who's that guy with blue hair working in edu-tech I met in NYC? He had a black business card."
  • Co-led a team of 7, discussed with VC’s and mentors.
  • Set up Go API servers, Python ML servers, MongoDB, and Next JS & iOS clients.
  • Built fuzzy-search algorithms with OpenAI tokenizer and vector databases, enabling search through vague description of contact traits.
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EdTech, 3000+ hrs served

Infinitas

infvolunteer.org

06/2021 - 01/2023

A volunteer organization with a tailored online LMS, serving underserved communities. We achieved the following:
  • Built an online LMS to match students and volunteers, keep student profiles, and deliver pre-class notifications.
  • Enabled 3000+ hours of tutoring since launching.
  • Saw more than 120 volunteers working in the same batch to help underserved students over the pandemic.
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Shunxing

shunxing-game.web.app

05/2022 - 08/2022

A community project-showcase landing page with an interactive game and a content management portal. The static page itself is designed by Sean Liao, and I added database integration and a content management portal to it. This is a part of my friend group's community project over the pandemic.
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