6 Months at Vail Systems

In June of 2020, I started as a full-time Web Software Engineer at Vail Systems. Here are highlights of what I've learned, and what I'll be working on going forward. The plan is to do one of these a month as quick bullet points, starting in March.

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If it ain't broke…

...Don't fix it. For the last view months during covid, I've had a ton of ideas. Fun things I could make / try. But at the front of my mind I say “But first I should redo my website”

Classes: Fall 2019

Quick highlight of three web apps I developed this semester using React, Preact, and Ruby on Rails.

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Street Smart

For the final project in "Internet of Things" last spring, our team created an API, web app, and Raspberry Pi car sensor. The Pi utilizes an on-board Diagnostics (OBD) interface and the Overpass API to enable in-cabin alerts when speeding is detected. All events are forwarded to Firebase, and an Express API and React App hosted on Heroku provide reports and visualizations of driving habits and vehicle health.

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Computer Comfort 2018-19

A quick recap of everything the executive team accomplished for the 2018-2019year of Computer Comfort, including its complete rebranding into Device Advice

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Hy-Vee Internship - Aisles Online Mobile

This summer I helped build Aisles Online Mobile using React Native, while simultaneously working on our REST API and its GraphQL counterpart. We released the app in June, and reached 3k users and $86k in grocery sales within the first 2 weeks of launch, and a rating of 4.6 stars in the App Store.

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