Skills
Portfolio
Chess960 Generator | March 2025
Chess960 Generator showcases what I can do in less than 8 hours of work. It uses Bootstrap for styling and vanilla JavaScript to randomly generate one of 960 possible starting configurations in chess960.
Peace Chickens | October 2024
Peace Chickens is a full-stack, Webpack-bundled app developed using plain vanilla JavaScript, Bootstrap, Node, and MongoDB. It demonstrates comprehensive skills including user authentication, user input validation, user avatar/image storage, user email/password change functionality, API integration with Stripe, CRUD operations, error handling, recursive auto-saving, automatic email generation, and more. Important note: I am on the free plan for the server, so your first server call may take a minute to complete.
Mean Kitty | August 2024
Mean Kitty is a React app made using Test-Driven Development (TDD) with Jest and React Testing Library. View the code on GitHub.
Audio Workshops | July 2024
Audio Workshops is a static web page made using Tailwind CSS. View the code on GitHub.
Jeezik | June 2024
Jeezik is a PERN app that uses a linear programming model behind the scenes to minimize the total travel time for select anesthesiologists.
Got Groceries | April 2024
Got Groceries is a PERN app that features...
- Redux for organized state management
- Material design using MUI for a professional look and feel
- User authentication and authorization using JWTs and Passport
- Safe user-input handling using prepared statements and validation
- Relational database design and queries using SQL
Story
- 2013
: I wrote my first line of code in an Intro to Programming class so I could graduate with my Bachelors in Mathematics from Western Oregon University. - Aug 2013 - May 2015
: I coded numerous optimization algorithms mostly using Python on my path to earning my Masters in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University. - Jun 2015 - Jul 2018
: I developed numerous SQL queries and occasionally programmed software while working as a Business Intelligence Developer for Epic Systems Corporation in Verona, Wisconsin. - Aug 2018 - Jun 2023
: I developed my first full-stack web app on the anvil.works platform while working in the education and marketing sectors. - Aug 2023 - Present
: I became a certified full-stack developer via Codecademy while serving in remote South Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer.