Mark Qiu

About

I'm Mark Qiu, a UC Irvine graduate and founder of LUQ LABS. I build focused tools that solve real problems — from AI-powered citizenship test prep to rental tracking apps. I specialize in AI agents, contextual engineering, full-stack development, and product management, with a recent focus on architecture engineering. Outside of code, I'm a photographer capturing landscapes across 20+ destinations and an acoustic guitar player.

Skills

Python C++ Go TypeScript AI Agents Prompt Engineering iOS Development Expo StoreKit S2S Supabase Firebase Vercel Authentication Godot Product Managing Three.js WebGL

LUQ LABS

Building focused tools that solve real problems

luqlabs.com ↗

Products

Exhibition

Ten Thousand Suns

An immersive 3D virtual gallery pairing 2,000-year-old Han dynasty rubbings with contemporary responses from young autistic artists. Walk 22 works via guided tours or free-roam — presented at the United Nations.

3D Gallery Interactive WebGL

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Client Work

Lu Xun & Han Pictorial Art

A bilingual WebGL exhibition for the Lu Xun Cultural Foundation. Seven halls follow the catalogue of Han pictorial stones Lu Xun outlined over twenty-three years and never printed — the parts he left unfilled stand as carved steles bearing only their titles. 19 catalogue works on a single scroll-driven camera path, with an AI-narrated tour and runtime zh/en subtitles.

Three.js WebGL Bilingual

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AI-Powered

CitizenReady AI

AI-powered citizenship test preparation with mock interviews, SM-2 spaced repetition, support for 9 languages, and a full bank of 128 official questions.

AI/ML 9 Languages SM-2

Mobile App

Rental Note

Simple and reliable rental tracking for landlords and tenants — payments, leases, and maintenance all in one place.

Mobile Finance Tracking

Experience

Founder

LUQ LABS · 2026–Present

Delivered Lu Xun & Han Pictorial Art for the Lu Xun Cultural Foundation — a bilingual WebGL exhibition whose seven halls reconstruct the Han pictorial-stone catalogue Lu Xun outlined for twenty-three years and never printed
Built and launched CitizenReady AI — AI-powered citizenship test prep with mock interviews, SM-2 spaced repetition, and support for 9 languages
Developed Rental Note, a mobile app for landlords and tenants to track payments, leases, and maintenance
Handled end-to-end product lifecycle: architecture, development, App Store deployment, and in-app purchase integration via StoreKit and S2S

Mobile App AI Agents Expo StoreKit S2S Three.js WebGL

Backend Developer Intern

Bilibili · Shanghai · June–Aug 2024

Built an internal data visualization platform for the Operations Team, displaying data from MySQL using Hive
Achieved 80% reduction in slow-running queries by implementing Taishan caching
Integrated local dev environment with GitLab, TAPD, and Goland using the Kratos framework
Deployed backend services to UAT and pre-environments, ensuring data consistency

Go MySQL Redis Hive Kratos

Project Specialist: Student Design Team

SOCCCD · Mission Viejo · Apr 2022–Jun 2023

Collaborated on the redesign of Mysite, the district's student portal
Conducted user research and feedback sessions to identify pain points in student workflows
Contributed to MAP Lite 3.0 update with wireframing and prototyping

Notable Projects

Hackathon Winner

VeriStudio

A storyboard-to-film AI video studio where every generated asset is SHA-256 hash-sealed to Backblaze B2 and verifiable by anyone without an account — a finished film’s manifest is walked back through every source asset to prove its lineage. Chains script, keyframes, clips, narration, music and final cut across OpenAI, Google, Replicate and Volcengine.

Python FastAPI Next.js Backblaze B2

Live App ↗ Devpost ↗

CocktailSteps

Photograph your bar shelf and get cocktails you can actually make, each with a short video demonstration per pour. Vision-model suggestions must be confirmed before anything is recommended, while ranking, quantities and serving math stay in deterministic TypeScript so the model can never invent a recipe. Built for OpenAI Build Week and now live.

Next.js OpenAI Supabase Vercel

cocktailsteps.com ↗ Devpost ↗

LicenseLink

Licensing platform for musical theatre with an AI copilot that streamlines rights management and contract workflows.

TypeScript Docker AI Copilot

WFC — WorkFlow_Customize

Local-first CLI and desktop tool for managing Claude Code configuration — scan project setups, save and apply presets, and get AI-powered diagnostics, all kept on your machine.

TypeScript Bun Tauri

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Education

University of California, Irvine

B.S. Informatics · GPA: 3.7

2025

Relevant Coursework: Project Management, Information Retrieval, Software System Design, Data Structures, User Interaction Software

Whittier Christian High School

2020

Bronze Medal in Economics at the Orange County Academic Decathlon. Elected to Student Council after delivering a campaign speech to the entire school.