I run a leading waste paper recycling company in Gimpo, South Korea, and I also design & ship SaaS products for the same industry.

• 🏢 CEO of Traum Resource (트라움자원(주))
• 🧠 M.A. in Economics, Sogang University
• 🎓 President, Sogang Univ. Graduate School of Economics Alumni Association
• ✍️ Write columns on recycling, markets, and the real economy
• ♻️ Work closely with major paper mills as a top-tier supplier

I’m not a “pure” software engineer. I’m an operator who touches the real world, then writes code and builds systems to actually fix the pain points.

WasteLite = SaaS + AI agents for recycling companies

Recycling companies are still running on calls, faxes, and Excel. WasteLite is my answer to that:

• 📊 Digitalizes pricing, inventory, and deals
• 🧾 Makes logistics & paperwork traceable
• 🤖 Uses AI agents to support daily operations
• 🌐 Connects yards, logistics, and mills in one product

Main repositories

• 🧠 Backend · Core APIs 👉 wastelite

• 📱 Mobile app for on-site operations 👉 wastelite_frontend

• 💻 Web / desktop console for operators & managers 👉 wastelite_frontend_react

• 🏢 Company website 👉 traum_homepage

Domain     : Recycling business, logistics, operations
Backend    : Python, FastAPI/Django-style services, Celery, Redis
Frontend   : React, TypeScript
Database   : PostgreSQL
Infra      : Docker, GitHub Actions, Linux, WSL2
Workflow   : Multi-repo, CI/CD-heavy, AI-assisted development

I care about:

• 🔹 Real business metrics (profitability, efficiency, unit economics)
• 🔹 Maintainable architecture over “fancy but fragile” tricks
• 🔹 Automations that save time for people in the yard, not just people in the office

My background is economics, not computer science.

That means I:

• Think in markets, incentives, and cost structures
• Design software around how money and materials actually move
• Build things that operators, drivers, and accountants can live with

Code is not the goal. Better operations are.

• 🏢 Company: 트라움자원(주) · Traum Resource

If you:

• Work in recycling, logistics, or manufacturing, or
• Are building vertical SaaS products for real-world industries

…then we probably have a lot to talk about. Open an issue on any repo, or fork something and show me what you’d do differently.

안녕하세요, **허민철 (Minchul Huh)**입니다.

• 김포에 본사를 둔 트라움자원(주) 대표
• 지역 내 폐지 처리 1위급 업체를 운영하면서
• 동시에 재활용 업계를 위한 SaaS · WasteLite를 직접 설계·개발하고 있습니다.

오프라인에서 폐지·고철과 같은 재활용자원과 폐기물이 실제로 움직이는 흐름을 매일 보고, 그 흐름을 코드와 시스템으로 다시 설계하는 일에 관심이 많습니다.

“현장에서 통하는 소프트웨어”를 만들고 싶으시다면, 언제든지 이슈나 PR로 이야기 걸어주세요.