About Me

I am passionate about almost anything that has to do with computers, including technology, software, and computer graphics. I really enjoy creating my own projects in my spare time (mostly in Java, but I also like to create websites, like this one!). Through summer internships, online courses, and experiences from my various projects, I am ever improving my programming skills. I also enjoy many other things besides programming, such as rowing and violin.

I was first introduced to programming by my brother, with Scratch. This sparked an interest, but it never grew to much until I created my own Minecraft server, initially called "SupernovaPvP," in 2013. Driven by a desire to have custom features on that server, I learned Java and the Bukkit (and Spigot) API. From there, I learned languages as I needed them: HTML/JavaScript/CSS and PHP for web development, and BASH scripting for automation, at first just for the server, but later used in my everyday life after moving to Ubuntu and Arch Linux.

I have a strong "learn by doing" mentality, and find that I enjoy learning a lot more when I'm simultaneously using it to build a cool project. Though it can be stressful and frustrating to have little idea of what I'm doing, the satisfaction of learning something new is more than worth it. While I enjoyed interning at various companies, I had more fun building my own projects: I got into the internships because I already knew what to do, but with my own projects, I had the freedom to try and learn something new.

Code

Candle Growth Fund Website

August 2018 - Present
Screenshot of the front page of the website
Screenshot of the education page, showing an article in the center and navigation on the left side.
Screenshot of the admin-only compose page.

A website for the Candle Growth Fund, an educational investment fund founded by a friend. It is built using Node.js and React. This was my first attempt at creating a Content Management System (all the Education content is editable by admins), as well as my first time using React.

3D Grapher

December 2017
The 3D Grapher application. 2 graphs are shown, a paraboloid (z=x^2+y^2) and a hyperbolic paraboloid (z=x^2-y^2-10).

A 3D Grapher, made using Java and Processing. It graphs 3D functions inputted by the user; angles and scales can be adjusted. The only library used is Processing, equation parsing, input, and graphing are all custom. The source code and more information can be found on GitHub.

Tsubaki

July 2017 — September 2017

Tsubaki is a discord bot, created for fun with the help of a friend using JavaScript and Node.js. To organize his code, and also to try out object-oriented JavaScript, I separated the commands into individual classes, and created abstract command classes to be used by the individual commands. The source code can be found on GitHub.

The Junction Network

June 2013 – March 2017

A Minecraft server, initially started in the summer of 2013 with a friend as a side project and a fun way to make a little bit of money over the summer. It eventually grew, Because of school and dwindling interest, it was eventually shut down in 2017. All of the plugins created for this server can be found on GitHub.

ToDo

14 December 2016
The ToDo application. There are 6 items: Study for History test, Finish college essays and applications, Finish lit analysis essay, Update website, Add images, Add new projects. Study for History test and Add new projects are checked off.

ToDo was created (in one day) for a local coding competition. It is a simple to-do list, which allows users to enter in items, edit them, delete them, or check them off, and also saves the checklist in a file for future uses. The source code can be found on GitHub.

LibrarySignUp

September 2016
LibrarySignUp application. Title: 'Please select your studies:'. On the left, there are 6 rows for each day; to their immediate right, there is a dropdown list for periods R1-R7, or 'None'. On the right, the user nputs their email and password, with a submit button just below.

LibrarySignUp automates signing up for the school library during a study hall period. It was originally created for the 2016-17 school year, but the signup method has changed and this no longer helps. The source code can be found on GitHub.

CliqBit Website

July 2016 – August 2016
The CliqBit website, showcasing a simulated screen of the app with a short description of the features.

This website was created over the summer of 2016 for CliqBit, when it was a social media app. Though mostly a static HTML/CSS/JavaScript website, it uses Amazon's AWS SDK for PHP to fetch the top posts from the app. The source code can be found on GitHub.

MCPortable

2012 — 2013

Minecraft that can run portably, off of a USB. This is possibly my first large project, created using Windows Batch scripting. Though the download links no longer work and I do not have any copies of the code, the website is (surprisingly) still up at http://mcportable.co.nf/.

Graphics

Avatar

July 2015
Avatar. A Minecraft character is attacking a Minecraft zombie with a sword.

An avatar/profile picture created when experimenting with Blender. The background was imported from Minecraft using chunky, and the foreground is a render of my Minecraft skin.

The Junction Network

Logo

2016
The Junction logo. A letter J in blue and red.

The logo created for The Junction using Inkscape.

Title

2016
The Junction title.

The title image for The Junction.