About
Me:
Hi. I'm Russ, a MERN software developer.
Ever since I've learned to use robots I've always enjoyed
programming. It is extremely satisfying because I enjoy solving
problems and seeing things come to life.
Outside of coding, I'm often found geeking out about emerging
technologies.
Current Ongoing Projects:
Znayti
Date Started: 12/02/2019
I started refactoring my Znayti project using Test Driven
Development (TDD). I'm currently refactoring the backend
completely. I will be using SQL(Postgres) for the database, adding
users to the site, and using GraphQL for my API's instead of
REST.
You can track my progress on my
GitHub repo.
Portland Junior Developer Website
Date Started: 02/01/2020
I decided to volunteer my time and help the
Portland Junior Developer
meetup group rebuild their website in Gatsby. I'm working with a
group on this project and looking forward to working with group on
this.
You can track the progress of the website on their
GitHub repo.
Projects
Slack Clone - Project Manager
This project clones the popular communication app, Slack, using the MERN stack.
Motivation: During our first group meeting, one of our
members suggested a live chat app. Cloning Slack was brought up
and we stuck with it and ran.
I joined a
Chingu
voyage to get the experience of working in an Agile work
environment. I had 6 sprints with 3 other team members to
complete this project. We had meetings every week regarding the
project.
Tech Stack:
React
Node
MongoDB
Express
Passport
JWT
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
socket.io
Demo
Code
Znayti
Znayti will help Russian speaking users locate Russian speaking businesses so that they will be able to communicate in a language that they both understand clearly.
Launch Date: In the near future.
Motivation: Whenever I'm trying to find a business that can do the same job cheaper I sometimes turn to the Russian speaking community, but trying to locate the right business is a little hard because most of it is word of mouth.
Tech Stack:
React
Node
MongoDB
Express
Passport
JWT
Mocha
Chai
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Hike Carpool
Hike Carpool is a blog dedicated to helping hikers find other hikers that have room in their cars when they are going hiking or even share when they have room in their cars.
Motivation: Whenever I want to go hiking I usually have open seats in my car, and am always open to the idea of meeting new people on hikes.
Tech Stack:
Node
MongoDB
Express
Passport
JWT
Mocha
Chai
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Late Night Coffee and Tea Search
It is 8 pm and I want to find a coffee or tea house that is open late night within a 5-mile radius of my location.
Motivation: I was tired of looking for places to get coffee late at night only when to click on the location to find out that it is now closed.
Tech Stack:
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Leaflet
jQuery
