#import "fontawesome.typ": fa, globe, github, linkedin, envelope #import "lib.typ": template, work_entry, project, indent, SMALL_STRONG, DEFAULT_STRONG // orange!! #let color = blue // rgb("#ff983e") #let name = "Daniel Chen" #let contact_data = (( service: fa[#globe], display: "eggworld.me", link: "https://eggworld.me", ), ( service: fa[#github], display: "github.com/potatoeggy", link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy", ), ( service: fa[#linkedin], display: "linkedin.com/in/potatoeggy", link: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/potatoeggy/", ), ( service: fa[#envelope], display: "d7chen@uwaterloo.ca", link: "mailto://d7chen@uwaterloo.ca", ),) #show: doc => template(name, contact_data, color, doc) // MAIN CONTENT STARTS here = Skills #indent[ *Languages:* Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Rust, C++, Java, Ruby, HTML, CSS \ // Dart, Ruby *Frameworks:* React, Node.js, Vue, Flutter, Spring Boot, Next.js, Rails, Express, Prisma, Axum \ // Qt, Jest / Pytest, Apollo, Prisma, Rails *Tools:* Linux, Git, Docker, PostgreSQL, AWS/GCP, Redis, Kubernetes, Terraform, GraphQL, nginx, OpenTelemetry // Jenkins, systemd, Jira ] = Experience #indent[ #work_entry( "Technical Volunteer", "Organization for Transformative Works", start_date: "Feb 2024", end_date: "present", location: "Remote", tools: "Python, Ruby on Rails, React, MySQL", tasks: ( [Upgrading archive import pipelines to migrate 4000+ user works to be accessible to *7 million registered users*], ), ) #work_entry( "Backend Lead & Event Organiser", "Hack the North", start_date: "Mar 2023", end_date: "present", location: "Waterloo, ON", tools: "Express, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes", tasks: ( [*Led and mentored a team of 6* to ideate, scope, and deliver *3 more major features* than the previous year], [Diagnosed and *recovered from load spike crashes* by debouncing queries, using rate limiting as a stopgap], [Reduced event check-in times by *80%* for *1900+ attendees* by generating digital wallet passes over Express], [Shipped a new *bus registration tool* for attendees by creating new database tables and GraphQL resolvers], [Integrated backend tracing to monitor performance and trigger alerts with OpenTelemetry and Grafana], ), ) #work_entry( "Software Developer Intern", "Immigr8", start_date: "Jan 2024", end_date: "Apr 2024", location: "Remote", 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], [*Introduced CI/CD for AWS Lambdas* by codifying them in Terraform for reproducible and automatic deployments], [Set up a staging environment via *EC2 and Jenkins* with parallel builds to *reduce production errors by 90%*], [Planned and executed a roadmap to SOC 2 security compliance by *implementing role-based permissions with JWTs*, sending backend logs and alerts to CloudWatch, and introducing new privacy controls for user data], [Reduced manual user inputs by *40%* by extracting data from users' uploaded documents in S3 with Textract], ), ) #work_entry( "Software Engineering Intern", "Dropbase", start_date: "May 2023", end_date: "Aug 2023", location: "Toronto", tools: "React, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS", tasks: ( [Designed a conflict resolution algorithm for merging databases, *reducing unrecoverable errors by 75%*], [Owned and launched a HubSpot/Airtable to Google Sheets sync feature to *46000+ enterprise users* by writing AWS Lambda functions in Python, abstracting interfaces to easily support future sources], [Wrote and deployed a new React data query builder for our business intelligence visualisation service to *33000+ users*, eliminating the need for clients to manually write API calls or Python code], [Developed 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*], ), ) ] = Projects #set strong(delta: SMALL_STRONG) #indent[ #project( "Mandown Comic Downloader", "Python, Qt", 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) - Designed a *scalable data conversion system* via a canonical format, allowing any format to convert to any other - Implemented *image caching and multithreading* to increase download and update speeds by *300%* // #project( // "Genshin Simulator", // "Vue, TypeScript", // repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/primoprod", // demo_link: "https://primoprod.vercel.app", // ) // - Built a realistic and beautiful *loot box simulator* with CSS animations based // off a popular game // - Reduced action latency by *90%* by lazily loading art assets at opportune times, // such as during cutscenes #project( "Kobo Sync Server", "Rust, Axum", repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/kobink", ) - *Reimplemented the Kobo Store Sync protocol* in an Axum backend to instead sync personal ebook files - Deployed the service behind an nginx reverse proxy and Cloudflare DNS to allow syncing over the internet // #project( // "RecipeReady", // "https://github.com/vincentjguo/recipeready-server", // "Flutter, Selenium, FastAPI, Android", // ) // - Developed a *Flutter app* to generate recipes based on ingredients and filters // through a FastAPI server // - Scraped thousands of websites for recipes to build a database with a robust // *many-to-many tag system* // - Aggregated common ingredients heuristically to build a shopping list and a meal // plan for each week // #project("Arch Linux Server", "Linux, Docker, nginx, systemd", demo_link: "https://eggworld.me") // - Created a *self-hosted CI/CD pipeline* with *Gitea* to automatically deploy // personal projects behind *nginx* // - Containerised services with *Docker* and *systemd* to simplify deployment and // management // #project( // "Game Boy Advance Emulator", // "Rust, SDL2, Vulkan", // repo_link: "https://github.com/potatoeggy/gbarr", // ) // - Implemented a *ARMv7 emulator* for old games to run on modern x86_64 platforms // with *SDL2* and *Vulkan* // - WebGPU and WASM for portability, typestate to guarantee everything is always // valid ] = Education #indent[ #work_entry( "University of Waterloo", "B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering", start_date: "Sep 2022", end_date: "Apr 2027", location: "Waterloo, ON", tasks: ( [Courses: Object-oriented programming, data structures & algorithms, digital logic & circuits], // [Extracurriculars: Creative Writing Club, Hack the North, UW Orbital Design Team], ), ) ]