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Cled Ngoy — developer & worldbuilder.
I care more about why a system is built a certain way than whether it merely works — architecture, data, and the tradeoffs in between. Backend by instinct, frontend when it's asked of me, and building a fictional universe on the side.
About
I'd rather understand a system than just ship it.
I'm a developer who leans hard toward the backend — logic, architecture, systems, and how the pieces fit together. Given a problem, I want to know why it's built a certain way, what the alternatives were, what it costs, and how it holds up two years from now. That habit shows up in most things I build, from platform architecture down to how I structure a fictional universe.
My day-to-day stack runs on Node.js, TypeScript, React and Next.js, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB behind them, shipped through Docker and Railway. Frontend is less of a comfort zone — but I still end up doing plenty of it, this site included.
Outside of code, I'm building a fairly massive narrative world, chasing webtoons and manga, and usually gaming late into the night when everyone else has logged off.
- Based in
- Nicosia, Cyprus · from Lubumbashi, DR Congo
- Focus
- Backend, architecture, systems design
- Also does
- Frontend, when the project needs it
- Runs on
- Late nights, gaming breaks, and a lot of "why"
Stack
Tools I reach for
Backend-first, but comfortable moving up and down the stack.
Languages
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Python
- Java
- C#
Frameworks
- Next.js
- React
- Node.js
- Django
Data
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- SQL
- Firebase
- Supabase
Infra & tools
- Docker
- Railway
- Cloudflare
- GitHub
- GitLab
Design & docs
- Figma
- PlantUML
- Draw.io
Projects
Things I've been building
A mix of platform architecture, tooling, and a couple of experiments that got out of hand.
My Story · StudioLite · Sakada
A platform for authors: story structuring, a scene-and-node editor, and a living “Bible” for each work. A full workflow carries a story from author to editor to publication, built around manga, BD, and webtoon formats with a Notion/ClickUp-style dynamic editor.
- Next.js
- System design
- Editor UX
Fleet
Architecture work for a modern backend platform — service boundaries, data flow, and how the system holds up as a microservices-first design.
- Architecture
- Microservices
- Backend
DDimension
A drawing app with three modes in one — classic sketching, scientific/2D (AutoCAD-style), and a mini-Blender-like 3D mode. Built with PyWebView and HTML Canvas, deliberately skipping Electron.
- Python
- PyWebView
- Canvas
- Desktop
Dynamic-Game-2D
A 2D game built from the ground up in Python.
- Python
- Game dev
Chr-Manager
A Python management application for organizing structured records.
- Python
Also a full-stack contributor at FleetArc, and more on GitHub.
Off the clock
Building a world on the side
When it's not architecture diagrams, it's continents, power systems, and a cast of characters that keeps growing.
The world so far
- Continents
- Tare, Fela, Febra, Pacha
- Origin story
- The Commencement, and the Creator Ang
- Central conflict
- The Miasme and the First Apocalypse
- Power system
- The Heritages
- Cast in progress
- Ida Nodgeas, Valerie Valenda, and their families
Why webtoons
Heavy on imagery, light on text, easy to fall into — that combination is what pulled me toward webtoons and manga in the first place, and it's a big part of why the world above is being built as much through visuals as through writing.
A few random facts
- No interest in luxury cars or yachts — a Toyota Land Cruiser LC76/LC79 or a Hilux is more the vibe.
- Not a seafood person, at all.
- Runs on a night-owl schedule: work and study by day, gaming and creating once things quiet down.
Most of the late-night sessions end up on gaming.ingene.xyz.
Connect
Find me elsewhere
Reach out directly, or catch up with the rest of the ingene network.