Jaime Hing III

Start with a problem, not an idea

I spend some time scrolling through my social media. Aside from finding the next funny meme, which I enjoy, I also see developers announcing their next big thing, and almost all of them start from the same place: “I built X, Y, and Z”. I rarely see: “I keep running into this problem X, so I built solution Y.” That difference matters more than most people realize. Because ideas are exciting, problems are exhausting, and the latter powers startups.

Writing code is still a craft

Lately, posts declaring that AI will replace software engineers have been flooding my social media feed. Some are framed as predictions, like they have an actual crystal ball. Others sound more like warnings. A few feel almost celebratory, as if the disappearance of human craftsmanship is an upgrade.

I don't 100% buy it. It is not because I think AI is useless. It is not. It is already changing how we work. But the narrative that coding is about to become obsolete misses something fundamental about what software engineering actually is.

Doing It Again: Building a payments company to Series A

This month, we finalized our Series A investment from our major investor, Kollab. It is an important milestone for PayRex, but more than anything, it is a marker of responsibility. Series A does not change what we are building; it sharpens how we build it. The work remains the same: building a modern, reliable payment infrastructure for businesses in the Philippines that lasts.

From Developer to Entrepreneur: Why More Developers Should Build Businesses in the Philippines

I'm a Filipino developer turned entrepreneur. I started working in corporate, thinking that this was the only path for me. Then I met a lot of amazing people along the way, who introduced me to several paths beyond corporate work.

In 2019, I co-founded my first company, called PayMongo (I left in 2023). This was just a crazy idea turned into a Y-Combinator backed company. Building a payments company is our last effort before we run out of money and find a more stable job.

Product-Engineering Culture in PayMongo

Hi, I am Jaime, CTO and Co-Founder of PayMongo, a Fintech company.

I manage the PayMongo Engineering team since day 1. Last August, I started handling the Product team as well. To give a quick background of the team, we are composed of:

Lessons after 30 years

Hi, I am Jaime, CTO and co-founder of PayMongo, a Philippine-based payment company.

Heads up! This is the first article that I am going to write. Recently, I decided to challenge myself to improve my writing skills. I write code as a software engineer but I am not good at expressing myself through writing. If I wrote something unclear, please let me know and I will do my best to explain myself.