Hi, I’m Chris, a Software Developer.
I love to learn, tinker, and create. I built this site to document my journey and to inspire. Check out my blog for more. Thanks for stopping by!
About
I’m a lifelong learner who gets bouts of creativity. I’ve found coding as one medium to express my ideas and explore; it’s always a challenge and I appreciate that. Professionally, I’ve been working as a Software Developer, and previously Tester, in the clinical genomics space at Invitae. Moreover, I’ve worked in QA on projects such as the UCSC Genome Browser, and as a Data Wrangler at the Human Cell Atlas and California Institutes of health. I created this website to hopefully inspire others to make things. Feel free to connect on GitHub
Skills
Here is a more comprehensive list of all my skills. Projects and references are available upon request.
Python
Django
Flask
JavaScript
React
Next
HTML
CSS
SQL
Unix
Bash Shell
Git
GitHub
Git Actions
CI/CD
Docker
Cypress
Test Automation
API Testing (Postman, RESTful)
React/Next.js
"Thoughts" is a vibrant full-stack web application crafted with the power of the Next.js framework for the front end, MongoDB for seamless data storage, and effortlessly brought to life through Vercel's deployment magic. My primary goal was to learn Next.js and I think this simple little web app helped a lot. The journey involved insightful tutorials and reading the docs, which was a great learning experience. Check out: thoughts.The site uses the Google Oauth API which is set to test mode so only allowed users can make an account.
Using TensorFlow, an open-source machine learning framework developed by Google, and the power of Javascript paired withTauri, an app construction toolkit, I made a simple yet fun way to interact with a pre-trained BERT model. Tauri is amazing because I can quickly build software for all my systems (Mac, Windows, Linux) using familiar tools for crafting user interfaces (React). I still have a lot to learn here and plan on expanding my knowledge with TensorFlow, Tauri, and Vite.
Flask
This project explores the Flask micro web framework by creating a simple web app. Users create an account and then search for a rsID (Reference SNP cluster ID) from LItVar. to receive information on their variant. I created two GitHub workflows; a python code linter and another that runs a simple Pytest script to check if the python code works as intended. There is room for more functionality but all in all I think its a good start.
Django
In my previous role, part of my duties were to help maintain a React app that received genomic data from various APIs and served the info in a user-friendly experience. This app was super complex and I just had to make sure the components and their respective test worked with the our downstream changes. This simple project gave me a better understanding of how the React and Django REST Frameworks work together. Additionally, I dockerized the Animal Rescue to simplify deployment and ensure consistency across different environments.
Unity
I created some pixel art which then inspired 3d objects. After a bunch of coffee, I tried to make a game in Unity. The game is a work in progress (like so many others), so it may change. Play it here (Desktop only).
Connect
Feel free to connect on LinkedIn or GitHub!