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Applications of Deep Learning

Jan 2017 - Current (9 years 8 months)

A collection of experiments utilizing Deep Learning to solve a number of problems including: - Machine Translation - Computer Vision / Object Detection - Text Generation - Art Generation These projects employ several distinct categories of artificial neural networks, including: - Vanilla Neural Network - Convolutional Neural Network - Recurrent Neural Network - LSTM - Sequence to Sequence LSTM - Generative Adversarial Neural Network (GAN) - Deep Convolutional GAN The experiments are coded in Python and are demonstrated in Jupyter Notebooks that were trained on a GPU cluster on a cloud computer.

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Grommet CMS

Jan 2017 - Current (9 years 8 months)

A minimalistic yet robust content management system, built on top of the Grommet UX framework. Tech Stack: React, Node, Flow, Babel

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Scalable React

Dec 2016 - Current (9 years 9 months)

The goal of the scalable-react open source community is to build and demonstrate the best front end architectural patterns available. We began with the Scalable React Boilerplate over a year ago and since have transitioned to the Scalable React TypeScript Boilerplate. Milestones - Pioneered the React feature-first architecture, providing one of the most scalable front-end solutions available. - Integrated TypeScript and strong-typing best-practices into the SRTB project. - Utilized Lerna and a multi-package approach in an effort to modularize UI components used in the projects. - Built Open UI, a best-practices user interface framework, on top of this architecture. - Maintained a style-guide for the Feature First architecture.

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RyanCollins.io v-3.0

Oct 2016 - Current (9 years 11 months)

A complete rewrite of RyanCollins.io, built with the latest and greatest technologies. The application will be used for me to broadcast online tutorials, blog, post about my recent work, etc. Technical Milestones: - Built a GraphQL on Rails API to allow for declarative query collocation - Developed a cutting edge React single page application that utilizes server rendering to push the bounds of dynamic web application performance. - Implemented Webpack code-chunking, lazy loading, and other similar performance optimization techniques to cut the time-to-first-byte loading time to milliseconds

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React Weekly | Front End Web

Sep 2016 - Current (10 years)

Built an MVP for a dynamic, performance optimized single page web application for the React Weekly publication that I started. Hooked into the Medium API to load up articles from the publication and engineered an API to allow users to signup for the newsletter. Technical Milestones - Integrated GraphQL for the site's data layer / middle end - Implemented Server rendered React and code chunking to increase performance exponentially. - As always, followed the AirBnB JSX and JavaScript style guides and utilized ESLint to provide exceptional style and code quality. See here: http://www.reactweekly.co and https://medium.com/react-weekly

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Meetup Event Planner - Full Stack Web App

Sep 2016 - Current (10 years)

Built a web application to arrange meetup events using cutting edge technologies, including GraphQL, Ruby on Rails and React. Technical Milestones - Integrated GraphQL on top of Ruby on Rails for the site's data layer - Built an authentication system for the site - Utilized UX best practices and built dynamic web forms to add to the interactivity of the site - Documented the process of building the app and wrote an extremely popular article (see publications). - As always, followed the AirBnB JSX and JavaScript style guides and utilized ESLint to provide exceptional style and code quality.

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Udacity Alumni - Web Application

Sep 2016 - Current (10 years)

As lead engineer of the Udacity Alumni Development team, built a publishing platform / social network. Technical Milestones - Achieved a 33ms time-to-first-byte loading time by using state-of-the-art optimization techniques, including code-chunking, lazy-loading and server-rendered React. - Built a GraphQL on Rails back end web api to serve dynamic content for the site. - Built 80+ reusable React components and containers using industry best practices, boasting 100% test coverage and following strictly the AirBnb style guide.

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Corporate Dashboard - Front End Web

Sep 2016 - Current (10 years)

Built a corporate analytic dashboard application, with a focus on component-oriented design, UI / UX, Accessibility and performance optimization. Implemented a GraphQL server with subscriptions to serve data in realtime over web sockets. Technical Milestones: - Incorporated best practices to build an interactive application, including data visualizations and a mobile responsive layout. - Integrated GraphQL with Apollo Client to load realtime data from a NodeJS server. - implemented UI / UX and Accessibility best practices - Built dozens of reusable and well-tested React components - Utilized Server rendered React and Code Chunking to increase performance exponentially. - As always, followed the AirBnB React and JavaScript style guides.

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Restaurant Reviewer - Front End & UI / UX

Aug 2016 - Current (10 years 1 month)

Web application built with a focus on UX and A11y Accessibility best practices. Shows a list of restaurants retrieved through a web scraper and corresponding reviews for the restaurants. The application allows users to submit new reviews for restaurants and focuses on providing a world-class user experience no matter the end-user's device. Major Milestones: Front End: - Built an app using the most advanced UX framework, Grommet, with a focus on accessibility best-practices - Followed the feature-first approach, whereby components exist in isolation from the app, encouraging encapsulation and reusability. - Wrote dozens of scalable react components and connected containers. - Followed functional programming best practices, utilizing the

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Public Transportation - Front End Web

Jul 2016 - Current (10 years 2 months)

Developed an offline-first, progressive web application that allows selection of train stations from a map and loads a train schedule in real-time, rendering a map showing the start and end points and a step by step route overview. Using cutting edge offline technologies such as Service Worker, the application intelligently caches all of the data and assets, making the application function both perfectly both on and offline. Technical Milestones - Built a dynamic single page application using offline first technologies - Transpiled cutting edge JavaScript with ES6 using Babel - Implemented service worker and IDB to provide persistent offline data - Utilized reachability to determine when the app was offline - Wrote several dozen reus

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Astra Finance

Nov 2016 - Jan 2017 (3 months)

Astra is a game-changing personal finance app that uses cutting-edge machine learning techniques to bring intelligence to your financial life. As an engineer on the first release of the debut app, it was my role to build a highly interactive mobile-first user interface using web technologies, including React and D3.

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Udacity Mentor Calendar Web Application

Oct 2016 - Jan 2017 (4 months)

An application that will be used by hundreds of thousands of students and mentors from around the world. Much like calendly, this app simplifies the process of scheduling mentoring sessions. Built as my time as a contractor with the Udacity Blitz platform. Milestones - Built a dynamic web application using the most advanced technologies available. - Incorporated complex business logic for the administrative dashboard and implemented multi-tenant features. - Wrote hundreds of unit-tests, boasting near 100% test coverage. - Wrote cutting edge JavaScript code, following the feature-first architectural pattern and implementing a style-guide.

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Hacksmiths | iOS Mobile App

Mar 2016 - May 2016 (3 months)

Followed best practices to design and develop the Hacksmiths.io app, a professional iOS mobile app built for the members of the Hacksmiths. Implemented best practices for design and user experience, creating a functional and aesthetically appealing application. Major Milestones and Accomplishments - Designed a polished User Interface using Apple's UIKit libraries, Cocoapods and custom views. - Implemented a scalable Node.js API with a persistent MongoDB store to synch server data in real-time to the app. - Integrated push notifications both app and server-side - Implemented a complex Core Data model to persist data on the device, providing a seamless offline experience. - Utilized Promises via the PromiseKit library to provide an e

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Food Drivr | Web and Mobile Apps

Jan 2016 - May 2016 (5 months)

Coordinated collaborative efforts and lead the development team of the Food Drivr food donation web and mobile applications. The Food Drivr website and mobile app serves to make it dead simple to donate edible food to the hungry. Open the app, press a button and a driver will come pick it up, bringing it to the less fortunate. Back End Team Lead - Lead the development of a scalable REST API utilizing the Ruby on Rails web framework. - Utilized Docker to completely automate the deployment and allow for maximum scalability. - Implemented a PostgreSQL database, providing an API to persist data for the project. - Wrote functional unit tests utilizing RSpec to eliminate regressions. Front End - Implemented cutting-edge Javascript, including R

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Hacksmiths.io - Full Stack Web

Jan 2016 - Feb 2016 (2 months)

Followed best practices to build a production ready, distributed backend web API containing data-driven micro-services built to drive the Hacksmiths' philanthropic open source software projects. Integrated a responsive and functional admin dashboard built to interface with the site's data and services. Implemented a professionally designed Front End web interface built for the visitors and users of the site, utilizing the Foundation web framework. Technical info: Built with NodeJS, Express, MongoDB, Foundation and KeystoneJS, utilizing the MVC architecture and the Foundation responsive web framework. Utilized Jade to render views server side and implemented several React JS components, utilizing ES6 and Webpack. Utilized the Twitter a

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