A few months ago, while surfing through Linkedin, I was able to discover a community called Dev Korea. It was a community of foreigners trying to find their footing in the Korean tech industry. Intrigued, I decided wait for an opportunity to join their next meetup.
A few days later, I found out that their ever first meetup was happening on July 31 in Seoul.
Eager to attend, I signed up immediately.
On the day of the meetup, which was held in Google's Seoul Startup Campus, I was surprised to see the large number of attendees. To be honest, I was expecting a small gathering, but it turned out to be a well-organized event with over 100 participants.
The meetup was structured around Supabase's Launch Week 15, featuring a series of talks and discussions. The event kicked off with a welcome speech by the organizers, followed by a welcome video by Supabase's CEO.
From here on out, all the photos are taken by the Dev Korea team. I was too busy listening to the talks and eating pizza to take photos.
After the introduction, we had a series of talks from two fantastic speakers who shared with us their Supabase experience.
- Supercharging Kakao Login on Supabase — by Miryang (Ria)
- From scratch ideas to MVP with Supabase — by Rigo
For more information about the talks and speakers, you can visit here.
It was really cool to see how Supabase was being used by different projects and teams in the Korean tech scene. I once tried using Supabase, but never got to fully explore its capabilities. Maybe I should give it a try again in the near future.
After the talks, we had a networking session where I got to meet some amazing people. I had the chance to chat with a foreign student studying computer science. We exchanged our experiences about college life in Korea and shared tips on navigating the tech industry. I also had the chance to talk with a Kyrgyzstan developer who was working as a Fullstack developer in Korea. Honestly I was surprised to see a Kyrgyzstan developer in Korea, as I had never met one before.
If you are also interested in joining a community of tech enthusiasts in Korea, I highly recommend checking out Dev Korea. They have regular meetups and events that provide great opportunities for learning and networking.