Ryan Rampersad

2018 - History

Year

Month

December

  • Participated in a multi-business workshop to answer and field questions distrubted ledger technology and other technical questions
  • Created a CRA based React app as a proof of concept demo, using the Popmotion Pose animation library
  • Presented a proof of concept demo to a small business unit to showcase the team's capabilities and vision
  • Refactored an existing small application to use the recently released React Hooks API and pattern to make Context API management easier and cleaner
  • Continued ongoing support for a launched traceability service
  • Converted a Node script for data integrity validation into a web-ui accessible version
  • Converted a Node script for data data imports into a web-ui accessible version
  • Re-deployed an old prototype, migrated the backend from Spring Boot 1.5.x to Spring Boot 2.1.x
  • Conducted software engineering interviews
  • Continued to refine the interview process

November

  • Learned and experimented with Alexa skills to build a prototype example of presenting business status updates through voice based interfaces
  • Added docker-compose for a bootstrapping solution in a project to ease handoff transition
  • Began documenting implementation-specific details to ease handoff transition
  • Conducted software engineering interviews
  • After the mid-year review, I was promoted! From Software Engineer 2, to Software Engineer 3!

October

  • Productionized a semi-microservice application, featuring…
    • hosted containers in a kubernetes cluster
    • mounted volumes for data persistence for our backend appliance
    • read-only shared databases minimize time spent on a data composition API
  • Added revocation support to novel pubkey based authentication/authorization for a backend appliance
  • Rolled out TypeScript support to internal services
  • Extended data integrity scripts to ensure imported data is correct before ingestion steps
  • Optimized docker images by using node-alpine as a base, for security and size
  • Conducted software engineering interviews
  • Developed additional software engineering interview materials for team usage
    • Added documentation around existing processes, and formalized certain aspects of notable interview information based on team feedback

September

  • Created a prototype of novel implementation of user account authentication and authorization using public key encryption for verification on our backend appliance
  • Refactored various services and scripts to accommodate the use of authentication
  • Made a simple csv import script to bulk import existing data loads into new application flexibly and safely
  • Expanded usage of TypeScript in service layer where possible to provide more system soundness and enhanced developer experience
  • Externalized a portion of functionality into a standalone TypeScript based CLI tool
  • Visited multiple on-site production facilities as technical envoy to understand their technical needs
  • Conducted software engineering interviews
  • Attended the University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering Career Fall Fair

August

  • Created a docker-compose development setup, orchestrating the proper startup of a backend appliance, database, and various microservices written in React, Node/NestJS and Rust
  • Created a TypeScript backend API with NestJS that listens to an incoming data stream for events and populates a database based on event payloads
  • Wrote an Node script using fakerjs to simulate sending and handling realistic large payloads through the systems
  • Helped design and implement a mockup web portal for tracking supply chain products
  • Combined various data sources and created an ETL-like process to consume the data into a simple API
  • Attended my fifth public HackerX event speaking to more than dozen great candidates
  • Conducted software engineering interviews

July

  • Traveled to Missouri to participate in a three day meeting with a product producer
  • Experienced first-hand product production, touring…
    • sourcing facilities, from basic materials to initial refinement
    • assembly sites
    • product production in a plant
  • Acted as a technical envoy on behalf of technology group for the product producer
  • Created a TypeScript backend API with NestJS to safely create a bridge among client applications and a robust backend appliance service
  • Created a simple react app to fetch data from the API, for display and basic editing purposes
    • Delegated intern developer with creating routes and mocked pages
  • Created and refined a Rust service layer focused on high performance and soundness

June

  • Presented the Expo React Native app to a group of business leaders, showcasing the agile and collaborative approach to modern product development
  • Began work on new project, focusing on supply chain tracking with a robust blockchain framework
    • created architecture diagrams to provide a high level overview of systems integrated
    • wrote specifications for domain objects and actions in the systems
  • Reviewed modern Rust best practice development and system design

June

  • Operated a trial run of deprecating an API service while maintaining client app backwards compatibility
  • Helped create a customized Docker image to help test a hybrid node and python service
  • Concluded development on the Expo React Native and helped knowledge transfer to a take over team

May

  • Added an analytics package to the Expo React Native app
  • Using Location services, added a simple routing and mapping system in the Expo React Native app
  • Created a diagnostic screen that helps troubleshoot client apps and user devices in the field
  • Helped on-board interns with our development stack, processes, and application
  • Created a start-to-finish supply chain mockup, cementing the vision and demonstrating the business value
  • Designed and implemented a simple shim API to simulate asset and transaction tracking
  • Added automatic rebuilds with nodemon and integrated babel for advanced ES features

April

  • Launched the Expo React Native live asset tracking & management app into the App Store and Google Play
  • Added detailed Sentry error reporting to the Expo React Native app and node/express API
  • Experimented with adding TypeScript to an exisiting Expo React Native JavaScript codebase

March

  • Enhanced existing data graphs to automatically grow and scroll to fit additional data entries
  • Helped integrate new data sync layer by testing against edge cases
  • Reorganized app flow to meet new requirements and defend against missing data
  • Bootstrapped development on a create-react-app, adding
    • React Router v4, Redux, Thunks, and more
    • Integrated a new Auth0 client sign in flow, with automatic token refreshing
  • Attended a fourth public HackerX recruiting event on behalf of Daugherty
  • Conducted technical interviews for new software engineering candidates
  • Continued experimenting with the Adonis framework
    • creating routes targeting controllers
    • creating models with complex relationships
    • using yup validation for validation

February

  • Integrated Auth0 into an Expo React Native application
    • Implemented the OAuth2 standard Authorization Code PCKE flow for user sign in
    • Added guards to guide authorized users to their proper screens and inform unauthorized users of incorrect permissions
  • Presented our internationalization/localization pipeline at a multi-team showcase
  • Experimented with the early 1.0 release of Nativescript-Vue
  • Began testing the Adonis framework for JavaScript backends as an alternative to Rails and Laravel

January

  • Integrated an internationalization module into an Expo React Native application
  • Created a scripted procedure that converts a CSV file of internationalization translations to json files dynamically

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