Hi, my name is João! 👋🏼

I'm a fourth-year computer science student at the University of Alberta who loves building things and solving problems that make a difference for someone.

Right now I'm epsecially curious about cloud computing, networking, data, and the creative ways AI can bring it all together. I'm always excited to learn, build, and collaborate with people who care about what they do.

If you're one of them and want to connect, you'll find my contact info at the bottom of the page!

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Professional Experience

May 2023

Aug 2023

Software Engineer Intern

Zoppy Software

During my internship, I worked on full-stack development using Angular and NestJS, helping improve platform responsiveness and integrating third-party services. I updated backend logic and helped build features based on real user and business needs.

To Be Continued... 🚀 🌎 🏆

Projects

CalendarVAR

🛠️ Python, MongoDB

A script that scrapes football match data from the web into a MongoDB database and then sends the match event into my personal calendar.

TattLab

🛠️ Three.js, Flask, Bootstrap

A web application me and my team developed during a 48-hour hackathon to help users visualize tattoo sleeve designs on a 3D model of an arm.

Moody App

🛠️ Java, Android Studio, Firebase

A full-featured Android app that enables users to share, and view moods shared by others, including a "for you" page.

AI Travel Buddy

🛠️ Google Apps Script, Cohere AI Chat API, HTML, CSS

An AI-powered travel planning tool embedded into Google Sheets, built to reduce manual trip planning.

Dungeon Crawler Game

🛠️ Assembly, RISC-V

A 2-D single player game I developed using keyboard and timer interrupts, enabling real-time player movement, and a game timer.

Mini Search Engine

🛠️ Python

A python script for building and querying an index using a variation of scoring functions.

Z Terminal App

🛠️ Python, SQLite

A terminal-based social media application replicating core functionalities of X/Twitter.

About Me

When I'm not thinking about code, I'm probably out on a run, playing football, snowboarding in the winter, or swimming in the summer. I love traveling to new places, going on hikes, and listening to good new music.

First time Scuba Diving in Cozumel!
First time Scuba Diving in Cozumel!
At the 2024 Paris Olympics!
At the 2024 Paris Olympics!
Hiking in Kananaskis!
Hiking in Kananaskis!