Kep

I'm a full-stack web developer with a passion for challenges.

Projects

MAPLE

Massachusetts Platform for Legislative Engagement

A project initiative currently under development by Code for Boston, a Code for America brigade and grassroots organization.
I work with a team of volunteer designers and developers on this project which endeavors to produce a digital public space wherein Massachusetts constituents can share their expertise, stories, and opinions on the legislation that shapes their lives.

Backend: Firebase with React-Firebase-Hooks

Frontend: React, TypeScript, Javascript, Next.js, Storybook, and Bootstrap

Note: Currently, this web app is user testing and preparing for a late fall limited-feature beta rollout and a January 1.0 release.

Tapntable

Restaurant Point of Sale

A web-based restaurant point-of-sale system (POS) creating an application for servers, bartenders, and managers to run restaurant operations including orders, timeclock, and inventory.

Backend: A PostgreSQL database with a RESTful API using Node.js, Express, and a Jest test suite.

Frontend: A single-page app using React, Redux, and Axios to implement a user interface for managing orders, checks, payments, end-of-day reconciliation, sales reports, timeclock, and database management.

Note: The deployed site will allow a user to log in with a demo-pin: 12345 to try out the app authorizing a subset of features.

TuttiTracks

Spotify Playlist Creation Tool

A web app leveraging the Spotify API to search for and save song tracks and audio information including tempo, time signature, and key. A user can create, edit, and listen to playlists that may be uploaded to the user's Spotify account.

Backend: Python with a PostgreSQL database, a RESTful API, SQLAlchemy ORM, Oauth authorization, interface to the Spotify API, and a test suite using unittest.

Frontend: Python, Flask, and Jinja2.

Note: In order to use the app, if the user is not currently logged into their Spotify account they will be directed to login or signup using OAuth. A user may then create a Tuttitracks account to create and manage playlists.

Jobly

Job Listing Web App

A web app for searching, exploring and applying for listed jobs on a job posting site.

Backend: A PostgreSQL database with a RESTful API using Node.js and Express with a comprehensive test suite written in Jest. The app implements role based authorization using JWTs, manages data validation with json schema, and is currently deployed to Heroku.

Frontend: A Single-page React app using React-Router for routing and protecting routes based on JWT permissions, and local storage to manage user persistence. It is currently deployed using Surge.

Note: The deployed site will allow a user to log in with username: 'testuser' and password 'password' for demonstration purposes with limited permissions.

Casting Agency

Casting Agency Management App

A web API to manage movies and actor assignments for a casting agency.

Backend: A PostgreSQL database with a RESTful API using Python and Flask, role-based access control authorization utilizing Auth0, test suite, and currently deployed to Heroku.

Note: The deployment link is below but this is an API only that upon login, returns a JWT with the appropriate role-based auth to the screen to access the API. Currently there is no interactive front-end.

Connect 4

Classic Game

A simple vanilla Javascript web app implementing the game Connect 4 deployed to Vercel.

Frontend: This project was created using only HTML5, and CSS3 without the use of any frameworks or libraries.

About Me

Hi, I'm Kep

I’m a JavaScript, TypeScript, Node, React, Redux, Python, Flask, and SQL developer with graphic design skills who loves to capture the personality and zeitgeist of a client in the websites and printed materials that represent them. Over the past decade, I have created websites, social media campaigns, brand identities, restaurant menus, advertisements, and signage for businesses on Cape Cod to establish for them more vital branding, greater community recognition, and increased customer volume.

Client training and tech support are essential to me. I excel at patiently working with clients until they confidently use technology to further their business needs.

My recent focus has been furthering my backend development skills allowing me to create a more dynamic web experience for clients.

I'm also a musician who spent years as a musical director and conductor of resident and touring productions of Broadway shows including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, starring Patrick Cassidy, and The King and I, starring Sandy Duncan, as well as the keyboard programming for the Celebrating Sondheim Concert at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City.

Every day I play the piano, further my French & German language skills, and practice mindfulness & meditation.

Skills:

Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript ES6, TypeScript, AJAX, Flask, React, Storybook, d3, Redux, Next.js, Bootstrap, Material UI, Tailwind

Backend: Python, PHP, Node.js, Express, Axios, SQL, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, OAuth

Testing: Jest, Vitest, Supertest, PyTest

Development: Linux, Unix, Git, GitHub, VS Code, PyCharm, ZenHub,
Agile workflow, Data Structures, Algorithms, Deployment, Windows, Mac, Android, Vite, Heroku, Netlify, Vercel, Digital Ocean, Surge

Design: Figma, Typography, Affinity Design Suite, Adobe Creative Suite

This website was created with React v18 in a Vite environment using Material UI components.
I have since redesigned and refactored the site replacing the Material UI components with my own React components built from scratch with vanilla JavaScript ES6 and CSS5 to allow for greater customization.

Recently finished was the TextField/TextArea form components.
Currently, I'm working on more accessible Tooltip components.
See my sourcecode.

I've joined the Fediverse!

Come join me and the many others that have become part of the Fediverse in addition to or in place of—Twitter.

Check out Mastodon and find me on the Fosstodon instance. I'm currently building connections here (connect with me!) and more likely to be engaging and posting actively here than on Twitter. @Kep@fosstodon.org

To easily copy your follows/followers from your Twitter account to a Mastodon account, try Debirdify or Movetodon.org

Although my Twitter link is below, my current engagement is on Mastedon as I find the sense of community stronger and supportive; also, I prefer supporting a decentralized open-source social media platform where content, data, and the social graph belong to the users rather than a single person or corporation. Mastodon's feed is determined by engagement and post time: not ad revenue or algorithm.

Two great dev-related Mastodon Instances:

Fosstodon.org is a Mastodon instance that has formed a community of like-minded people who support and enjoy Free & Open Source Software (FOSS). Hachyderm.io is a curated network of respectful professionals in the tech industry around the globe including hackers, professionals, and enthusiasts, who are passionate about life, respect, and digital freedom.

I am a Patreon supporter of my Mastodon instance, Fosstodon.org.