Ivy
CO-FOUNDER
My startup — a freelance, commission & community platform for every form of art, giving clients and artists every tool to find each other and work together in one place. Open beta arrives this summer.
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Kostiantyn Mininkov
Engineer and founder. Gardener off the clock.
01 · AboutI build products end to end — fullstack, increasingly with AI — and I co-founded Ivy, a freelance, commission & community platform for all forms of art. Six years in, across product teams and outstaff work, I care most about shipping things that genuinely help people.
I'm learning to lead with empathy, and to be openly fond of soft, cute, joyful things — a strength, not something to hide. I love Japan's design culture and its anime, and borrow their care for detail in everything I make.
When I share what I make, it's not a flex — it's breadcrumbs, hoping to nudge someone else to start their own thing.
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At a Glance
Based in Lviv, UA Ukraine · EET
Experience 6 years product · outstaff
Currently Co-Founder building Ivy
Stack Fullstack + AI, end to end
Speaks EN · UA JP · PL (learning)
Where I've grown.
02 · Experience
Corporate · the craft 
2026 — now
Senior Fullstack Engineer · Atorian
Cyber security startup that changes industry way of work.
2025 — 2026
Technical Leader · N-iX
Lead 5 engineers across marketplace storefronts, drove an AI-native IDE shift that sped delivery ~20–30%, and ran the front-end migration of a component carrying 70% of the client's revenue.
2024 — 2025
Senior Software Engineer · N-iX
Architected internal B2B retail tools from scratch — led the SvelteKit→React migration, set up monorepo + CI/CD, and maintained GraphQL subgraphs under Apollo Federation.
2022 — 2024
Software Engineer · Openbet
Built features in a high-load trading platform, cut memory and CPU usage 28%, led the Webpack 4→5 migration, and trimmed CI time 20% on Jenkins.
2022
Front-end Developer · RedDuck
Led the front-end of a crypto price-protection platform and an NFT marketplace — custom UI library, MVP architecture, pixel-perfect pages, and onboarding new teammates.
2021 — 2022
Full-Stack Engineer · IONKID
Where the path began. Shipped a responsive landing with SEO, visualized spreadsheet data, and built a Python email-scheduling API on Firebase.
Venture · the founder 2024 — now
Co-Founder · Ivy
A freelance, commission & community platform for every form of art — all the tools clients and artists need to work together, in one place. Closed beta ran this spring; open beta lands this summer.
2023 — 2024
Co-Founder · WardSculks
Co-founded a modded Minecraft server - grew it to 150+ players and 300+ people in the community, and built a customizable launcher with multi-server support and a built-in anti-cheat system.
2021
Two-time accelerator winner · Creative Spark · SIA Ukraine
Won two startup acceleration programs back to back — my first real taste of turning an idea into a venture.
Things I've planted.
03 · WorkTalks, open source & care.
04 · Community Community
Ivy artists on Telegram
Grew a Telegram channel for artists to 1,100+ members, alongside Ivy's development - still growing.
Community
Ivy on Discord
Built out Ivy's Discord community to 200+ members, alongside the Telegram channel - still growing.
Talk
Cursor 101 workshops
Ran internal Cursor 101 workshops and talks at N-iX, getting teams fluent in AI-native development.
Teaching
Mentoring CS students
Ran web-dev workshops for second-years and assessed their lab work across web, databases & algorithms.
Charity
Code for community gardens
Built free booking software for three local community gardens. Pro bono, joyfully.
Open source
TanStack Virtual docs
Contributed documentation to TanStack Virtual so the next dev finds their footing faster.
↗ Open source
Houdini Svelte fix
Reported a load-fn error in the Houdini Svelte library and proposed the fix.
↗Little wins, shared out loud.
05 · BackgroundEducation, credentials and milestones.
Education · degrees & courses
Bachelor of Science
Computer Science — Internet of Things
Lviv Polytechnic National University
Grade
86 / 100
Key coursework
Algorithms & Data Structures Relational & Non-Relational DBs Computer Networks Operating Systems Cloud Technologies Microcontrollers & Robotics
Startup accelerator · Winner
Creative Spark Big Idea Challenge
Startup accelerator · Winner
SIA Ukraine
Course · Google Cloud
Grow Your Business with Google Cloud: The Era of AI Agents
Built a RAG onboarding/HR assistant (Python · Pinecone) and a confidence-scored AI agent for social-media content (TypeScript).
Milestones
MAY 2026
Ivy wrapped its closed beta
First artists and clients side by side. I cried a little — open beta is next.
MAR 2026
Gave my first keynote
Stage fright is real and survivable — you can do it too.
The stuff that makes me, me.
06 · PersonalA portfolio should have a heartbeat. Here's mine.
I
The garden
Ivy, a stubborn juniper bonsai, and a shelf of succulents that have survived me this long.
// 11 plants & counting ✕ close
ivy wall
juniper bonsai
succulent shelf
II
Games & anime
Cozy sims and deep RPGs taught me systems thinking first; anime taught me stories unafraid to be gentle — both fed by a love of Japan.
// wabi-sabi > perfection ⤢ open
current playthrough
anime still
kyoto trip
III
The table & D&D
The crunchier the better — deck builders, meaty wargames, and rolling dice with friends in worlds like Baldur's Gate.
// roll a d20 ⤢ open
game shelf
game night
dice set
Let's grow something.
07 · Contact
Get in touch
Whether it's the Ivy open beta, a collaboration, or trading bonsai tips — my inbox is always open.
Email mininkov1337@gmail.com ↗
Open to work · Lviv, UA · EET
© 2026 Kostiantyn Mininkov
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