Hello there!
I'm Gooi...

About a decade ago, I began my programming journey in mastery-based learning as a graduate from Launch School culminating in the Capstone Program.

I have since built a real-time collaborative REPL, started a job in 2019 as a mid-level software engineer at DigitalOcean, advancing to Senior Engineer in the Object Storage Team. Now, I am looking for my next opportunity!

I am also part of the Uzu/Tidal live coding music community, which I improve existing tools to encourage learning + usability in warm.strudel.cc, a music-patterning code editor.

/ɡuːi/

While Ying Chyi is my first name, Gooi is my given last name and what I go by. It is pronounced as "gooey".

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ACTIVE PROJECTS These are licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

Waveflower App

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Strudel Pitchwheel Improvements

View changelog in Codeberg →


Example of using the pitchwheel as a clock using customized labels
Example of using the pitchwheel to construct various 7th chords in microtonal Equal Division of Octave (EDO) scales
RECENT WORKSHOP Hosted as a grantee of the 2026 Uzu microgrant
With thanks to the TidalCycles OpenCollective contributors

Intro to Chords + Scales

Curious about how chord progressions work? Wonder why some chords go better/worse with antoher? How about using chords to express emotions in a story?

I introduced the basic chords in a major scale. Aside from learning various ways of arranging chords, I also introduced voicing, inversions, scales and transposition.

Link to workshop: Watch on YouTube




Previous Workshop

Intro to Sound Design

Ever been curious about what goes into synthesizing sounds? Want to make your own supersaw? Or maybe you want to recreate synth leads you heard elsewhere?

I introduced foundational sound design concepts, then showed each step in designing your own "supersaw" or super-shapes.

Link to workshop: Watch on YouTube

New Album Release

Sunrisen Horizon

sunrisen horizon album art featuring sunrise over the horizon lined with a grid-like structure

Link to album: https://music.waveflower.org

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