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“Built to improve the browsing and purchasing experience for hospitality-related products through a clean and modern frontend experience.”

Creating scalable and responsive UI layouts while handling authentication flows and large product catalogs.

Full-stack application using Next.js, Express.js, and MongoDB with modular frontend architecture and REST API integration.

I worked primarily on the frontend experience, UI implementation, and responsive layouts during an earlier development phase of the project. The current live product may differ from the original implementation.

“Built out of a need for a real-time and lightweight Docker container stats dashboard for quick monitoring while working on multiple containerized applications.”

Creating a stable real-time dashboard with clean UI that displays accurate Docker stats without performance overhead.

A cross platform CLI tool for real-time Docker container stats, Built with Python. It uses the Docker Engine API to fetch container stats and display them in a user-friendly interface.

“The cloud is someone else's computer. I wanted my own — with full control over networking, storage, and compute.”

Designing a resilient multi-service architecture on consumer hardware with proper isolation, backup strategies, and zero-downtime updates.

Proxmox hypervisor → LXC containers + Docker Compose stacks → Nginx reverse proxy → Cloudflare tunnel for external access.

“Created to make cube timing feel fast, immersive, and distraction-free while keeping the interface minimal and polished.”

Balancing responsive keyboard interactions, timing precision, and readable solve tracking across devices.

Frontend-focused application built with responsive UI patterns and lightweight interaction systems for a smooth timing experience.

“If you're going to run a game server, run it like actual infrastructure — with monitoring, CI/CD, and proper incident response.”

JVM tuning for consistent tick rates under load, custom plugin development for gameplay mechanics, and automated world backup with point-in-time recovery.

Dedicated Proxmox VM → Docker container with JVM optimization → Velocity proxy → Grafana + Prometheus monitoring stack.

“The campus canteen queue was a daily 20-minute problem. Built a solution that reduced average wait time to under 5 minutes.”

Handling concurrent orders during peak lunch hours with real-time status updates and kitchen-side order management.

Next.js frontend with real-time order tracking, Express backend with queue management, MongoDB for order persistence.

“Repetitive tasks are bugs in your workflow. Every manual process is a candidate for automation.”

Building reliable automation that handles edge cases gracefully — because a failed automation at 3 AM is worse than no automation.

GitHub Actions for CI/CD, custom shell scripts for homelab management, cron-based health checks.

“Built as an experiment in translating a more complex board game into a smooth and intuitive browser experience while exploring frontend game-state management.”

Managing nested game logic, move restrictions, and active board states while keeping interactions visually clear and easy to follow.

Frontend-focused game architecture built around component-driven state management, dynamic board rendering, and responsive interaction handling.