feat: content overhaul

Daniel Chen.typ

@@ -66,16 +66,17 @@
     tools: "Next.js, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform",
     tasks: (
       // [Improved client responsiveness by *80* by employing stale-while-revalidate hooks for caching and ?? SWR performance, caching, error handling],
-      [?? Performance: optimised dashboard responsiveness by SWR in React / TS, lazy
+      [Optimised dashboard performance by *80%* by employing *stale-while-revalidate*
-        load with Hibernate, *reducing load times by 50%*],
+        hooks in *React* and lazily loading backend models with Hibernate, improving
-      [?? owned feature for user to upload supplementary documents, *reducing support
+        user retention by *30%*],
-        tickets by 30%* by automating document verification and storage (doc vault)],
+      [Achieved SOC 2 security compliance by implementing *role-based permissions with
-      [?? Planned and executed a roadmap to SOC 2 security compliance by *implementing
+        JWTs* in *Spring Boot*, logging alerts to CloudWatch, and introducing new
-        role-based permissions with JWTs in Java*, sending backend logs to CloudWatch,
+        privacy controls for user data],
-        and introducing new privacy controls for user data],
+      [Owned the creation of an end-to-end document vault feature for users to upload
-      [?? created a pipeline to deploy Lambdas from version control ?? *Introduced
+        and verify supplementary identity documents with *Textract*, *reducing support
-        CI/CD for AWS Lambdas* by codifying them in Terraform for reproducible and
+        tickets by 25%*],
-        automatic deployments],
+      [Created CI/CD pipelines to automatically deploy AWS Lambdas with *Terraform* and
+        *Jenkins*],
     ),
   )
 
@@ -87,15 +88,16 @@
     location: "Remote",
     tools: "React, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS",
     tasks: (
-      [?? Owned and launched a HubSpot/Airtable to Google Sheets sync feature to
+      [Owned the creation of a new feature to sync *46000+ enterprise users'*
-        *46000+ enterprise users* with AWS Lambda and Python],
+        HubSpot/Airtable data to Google Sheets and emailed CSVs to databases with AWS
-      [?? Wrote and deployed a new *React* data query builder and Python backend for
+        Lambda and *Python*],
-        our business intelligence visualisation service to *33000+ users*, eliminating
+      [Engineered a new *React* data query builder and *FastAPI* backend for our
-        the need for clients to manually write API calls or Python code],
+        business intelligence visualisation service to *33000+ users*, eliminating the
-      [Designed a conflict resolution algorithm for merging databases, *reducing
+        need for clients to manually write API calls],
-        unrecoverable errors by 75%*],
+      [Designed a conflict resolution algorithm to merge databases, reducing
-      [?? new tool dDeveloped a *serverless microservice* that asynchronously ingests
+        *unrecoverable errors by 75%*],
-        email attachments directly into ETL pipelines],
+      // [?? new tool dDeveloped a *serverless microservice* that asynchronously ingests
+      //   email attachments directly into ETL pipelines],
       // [??? emphasise test driven development or remove line *Reduced request errors by 30%* by creating backend testing infrastructure with
       //   *Pytest* to catch regressions and test new features across database engines with
       //   *90% code coverage*],
@@ -110,14 +112,15 @@
     location: "Waterloo, ON",
     tools: "Express, Redis, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes",
     tasks: (
-      [Shipped a new *bus registration tool* for attendees by creating new database
+      [Built a new travel tool application leveraging *GraphQL* and *Apollo Server* to
-        tables and GraphQL resolvers],
+        track bus capacity for *500+ attendees* through real-time registration processes],
-      [Created a real-time event statistics dashboard by implementing GraphQL
+      [Streamlined event check-in times by *80%* for *1900+ guests* by generating
-        *subscriptions with Redis PubSub*],
+        Apple/Google Wallet passes over *Express* and *Node.js*],
-      [?? tell story Diagnosed and *recovered from load spike crashes* by debouncing
+      [Diagnosed and recovered from crashes due to load spikes up to *800k updates per
-        queries, using rate limiting as a stopgap],
+        hour* at the world's largest student-run hackathon by autoscaling *Redis* and
-      [?? feature first Reduced event check-in times by *80%* for *1900+ attendees* by
+        *Postgres* on *Kubernetes*],
-        generating digital wallet passes over Express],
+      // [Upgraded the event statistics dashboard to update in real time with GraphQL
+      //   *subscriptions with Redis PubSub*],
     ),
   )
 ]
@@ -132,9 +135,9 @@
     repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/mandown",
   )
   - Created a CLI and GUI to scrape, download, and convert webcomics into
-    e-ink-optimised ebooks (EPUB, PDF)
+    e-ink-optimised PDF/EPUBs
-  - Designed a *scalable data conversion system* via a canonical format, allowing
+  - Designed a scalable ebook converter with a *plugin-based architecture* to
-    any format to convert to any other
+    improve compatibility
   - Implemented *image caching and multithreading* to increase download and update
     speeds by *300%*
 
@@ -143,10 +146,10 @@
     "Rust, Axum",
     repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/kobink",
   )
-  - *Reimplemented the Kobo Store Sync protocol* in an Axum backend to instead sync
+  - Created an *Axum* backend to send custom files to Kobos by *reimplementing the
-    personal ebook files
+    Kobo Sync API*
-  - Deployed the service behind an nginx reverse proxy and Cloudflare DNS to allow
+  - Deployed the service behind an nginx reverse proxy and Cloudflare DNS to sync
-    syncing over the internet
+    over the internet
 
   // #project(
   //   "Genshin Rewards Simulator",
@@ -165,10 +168,10 @@
     repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/jeopardy",
     demo_link: "https://jeopardy.eggworld.me/host",
   )
-  - Created a beautiful and polished remote game where participants buzz in on their
+  - Created a beautiful and polished game where participants buzz in on their
-    devices over WebSockets
+    devices over *WebSockets*
-  - Synchronised game state between clients and the host with shared TypeScript
+  - Synchronised game state between clients and the host with shared types and the
-    types and the observer pattern
+    *observer pattern*
 
   // #project(
   //   "RecipeReady",
@@ -203,8 +206,8 @@
 
 #indent[
   #work_entry(
-    "University of Waterloo",
     "B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering",
+    "University of Waterloo",
     start_date: "Sep 2022",
     end_date: "Apr 2027",
     location: "Waterloo, ON",

lib.typ

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #let HEADING_FONT = TITLE_FONT
 #let BODY_FONT = "New Computer Modern"
 
-#let BODY_FONT_SIZE = 11pt
+#let BODY_FONT_SIZE = 11.5pt
 #let HEADING_FONT_SIZE = 0.95em
 #let TITLE_FONT_SIZE = 2em
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #let BODY_LINE_SPACING = 0.75em
 
 // rest = not top
-#let PAGE_MARGINS = (right: 0.4in, rest: 0.3in)
+#let PAGE_MARGINS = (right: 0.5in, rest: 0.4in)
 
 // Format locations.
 #let format_location(location) = {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 // Set name and contact data and format headings
 #let template(name, color, doc) = {
   set page(margin: PAGE_MARGINS, paper: "us-letter")
-  set list(indent: 0.75em, marker: [•])
+  set list(indent: 0.65em, marker: [•])
   set text(font: (BODY_FONT), BODY_FONT_SIZE)
   set par(leading: BODY_LINE_HEIGHT)
   align(center)[