Welcome to my profile!

I am a Software Engineer who enjoys cooking, video games, cartoons, and coding. I have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and I am currently writing software at General Motors full-time. I have pull requests approved for several major open source projects, such as

 

Career

I have been writing code for about 10 years now, and using computers for even longer. My first programming language was Java, where I basically just copied and pasted code I found in tutorials; once I actually took a class in Java and understood how objects and classes worked, and how variables and methods interacted, I was able to create more interesting stuff.

Technologies and Tools

Major Contributions and Projects

Personal Projects

• krystara.io - Game resource for Gems of War
• GenshinMap - Interactive Community-driven Map for Genshin Impact
• gow-troop-creator - Interactive web tool to render custom troop cards for Gems of War
• ChatBomb - Minecraft Mod (Forge and FabricMC)
• School Project - Rec Center Management Portal in React and JHipster
• School Project - Calculator App for Android
• School Project - Alarm Clock App for Android
• /r/StevenUniverse Moderator Bot - Performs Stylesheet backups, cycles the logo, counts user flairs, and builds Imgur albums from contest entries
• Steven Universe Flair App - Sets flairs for /r/StevenUniverse
• Warp Space - Animated Live Wallpaper for Android

Published Libraries

• object_hash_rb - Generate cryptographic hashes from objects and values in Ruby. Built for compatibility with object-hash for JavaScript.

Professional Projects

• Dataspeed iPDS - Remotely control the Dataspeed Intelligent PDS remotely via Bluetooth

Contributions to Open Source Software

• ROS
  • MAJOR: rviz - Created a preferences dialog, with option to prompt save on exit
  • MAJOR: rqt_graph - Added nested namespaces, and more options to hide or group topics
  • MAJOR: rqt_graph - Added nested subgraph parsing required for nested namespaces, group nodes now render as a 3D box
  • qt_gui_core - Backport recursive subgraph parsing for Indigo
  • roscomm - Implemented rate-control-topic and rate-control-max-delay
  • roscomm - Created public get_topic_list() function
  • rosbridge_suite - Added new parameters for topic and service security.
  • web_video_server - Fixed topic list to display all image topics, fixing Issue #18
• DefinitelyTyped
  • [leaflet-geosearch] Remove package and add to notNeededPackages.json
  • [leaflet-textpath] DEFINITION OWNER Add new package.
  • [prettier] Add tests for plugin options, convert oppositeDescription to string
  • [react-leaflet] DEFINITION OWNER Update types for v2.8.0.
  • [react-leaflet] DEFINITION OWNER Add missing onZoom event
  • [leaflet-editable] DEFINITION OWNER Update to version 1.2.
• Garyatrics Discord Bot
  • MAJOR: Added Tower of Doom tracking functionality
• Minecraft Forge
  • RenderLivingEvent now stores partialTick
• FabricMC
  • Added several strings related to chat networking, for 18w50a.
  • primeTnt method, and UNSTABLE field.
• wttr.in
  • Added documentation on the use of JSON formatting options
• serverless-plugin-additional-stacks
  • Add additional Capability when Transform is detected
  • Allowed for use of array objects when describing additional stacks
• react-leaflet-textpath
  • MAJOR: Migrate to react-leaflet v3.
• spherical_mercator
  • Add option to disable rounding on integer zoom levels.
• object-hash
  • Update readme to detail passthrough mode.
• react-localization
  • Updated TypeScript definitions.