Hey, it's Jeremiah!
I love creating value for people through the things that I build.
And that's why I'm here.
NUS 🎓
about
There's no end to creativity, and there's no end to software. Merge them together, and you get a world of infinite possibilities. My belief in this world drives my steadfast fervor for software engineering.
I will never stop learning - about technology, about people, about what makes the world turn. I find great joy in actualizing what I learn into tangible, practical projects, and seeing ideas come to life.
Currently, I freelance in the chasmic world of web development (3 years and counting). I hope to continue building and contributing to products that bring value to people's lives. Working towards something bigger? Count me in.
what I know:
webdev:
gamedev:
design:
experience
what I did 👷♂️
- Still doing 😎
what I learned 🧠
Still learning. Everyday!
Jan 2023 - May 2023
Teaching Assistant (Computational Media Literacy)
what I did 👷♂️
- Teaching students foundational web development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and client-server architecture).
what I learned 🧠
I learned a lot. About the subject, about the students, about my teaching style, and about myself.
I detailed some of my learnings in this blog post.
Here's the guide I wrote and used for my students during the semester.
And here's a website I made compiling all their cool projects together!
Jan 2021 - Sep 2022
Frontend Engineer Intern
A telecommunications company that prides itself as a trailblazer in digital services.
what I did 👷♂️
- Spearheaded the restructuring of the entire legacy web architecture (Project Revamp)
- Tasked with key ownership of a project to create a community website for customers (Project Community)
- Managed a team of five developers and designers to achieve coordinated execution of the revamp project.
- Analysed website metrics and produced reports on improving conversion rates, SEO, and overall website performance.
- Developed interactive web pages, with a persistent focus on optimizing the user experience.
what I learned 🧠
Web architecture - static site generation versus server side rendering, headless model, microservices.
How different areas (i.e., SEO, UI/UX, web security, etc.) all mesh together.
Effective communication with different stakeholders (e.g., InfoSec, engineers, architects, external agencies, etc.).
Working coherently and efficiently with my team members and cross-functional stakeholders.
How to measurably assess and review different solutions to a problem.
Mar 2022 - Sep 2022
Freelance Developer
Some jobs that I took up as a freelance developer.
what I did 👷♂️
- Built the landing page and proof-of-concept web app for a pilot social music platform. [Circles.Life]
- Developed a performant marketing website + blog using React and headless WordPress. [Homebakers SG]
what I learned 🧠
How to work independently and manage both personal and client expectations.
Organizational skills (for example, managing deadlines and setting up workflows for project management).
Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
Frontend Developer
An independent comics publisher based in Singapore.
what I did 👷♂️
- Built an interactive web-app from scratch for their new publication, SOUND: A Comics Anthology.
- Worked closely with the designer to convert their artistic vision into a functional website.
- Developed an interactive canvas on a fast, asset-heavy website using Gatsby and Fabric.js
what I learned 🧠
Most of the styles were written in plain, vanilla CSS. I learned how to work with it.
Figuring out interface solutions together with the designer.
Command Pattern and how it can be used to implement undo/redo functions on the canvas.
notable projects
SenseUs
SenseUs is a simple, fun-to-use question-and-answer platform that provokes self-reflection and discussion about social issues in Singapore, by illuminating the differences in our opinions and lived experiences.
I oversee the entire technical process, and developed both the backend and the frontend.
As a PWA that has been launched on both the Play Store and the App Store, SenseUs currently boasts over 800 users and counting. I am excited to see where SenseUs goes!
- PostgreSQL
- NodeJS
- Prisma
- Apollo Server
- NexusJS
- GraphQL
- NextJS
- React
- Relay
- TypeScript
- TailwindCSS
- Redis
Whispers SG
Whispers Singapore is an anonymous space for you to safely and freely express yourself, a space for
authentic and honest sharing without fear of judgement.
Share your story and discover more about your community - its people and their stories.
This project was built out of a desire to provide a safe space for people to air their thoughts.
A lot of time was spent learning new technologies and agonizing over the user experience and design.
I handled both the frontend engineering and UX design.
Ultimately, the hard work paid off and we attained first place at 19th STePS, acquiring thousands of daily active users.
- NextJS
- React
- Relay
- TypeScript
- TailwindCSS
- GraphQL
Telegram Bots
I've been diving into Telegram Bots recently, and I've built:
1. Easy GPT - An AI Chatbot for Telegram, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4. Additional features include: reading and answering questions about your PDFs,
generating images from text prompts, and browsing the web for relevant information. This is where I learnt about Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG),
a powerful technique that combines both the knowledge of a retriever and the creativity of a generator.
2. Summarize This (deprecated) - A Telegram bot that summarizes your articles for you. It can do YouTube videos, PDFs, and even Reddit threads (where it summarizes the comments for you)!
3. Speakeasy (deprecated) - A language learning bot. It can translate your messages, generate voice pronounciations, roleplay conversations, and guide your language-learning journey.
4. Invoice Generator (deprecated) - Pretty self-explanatory. It generates invoices for you.
- OpenAI
- NodeJS
- TypeScript
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- Telegram
MyLMS
A Learning Management System (LMS) for education.
This was one of my first attempts at full-stack development.
Having built Learning Management Systems with WordPress plugins before, I wanted to see if I could develop one myself from scratch.
It turned out to be a lot more complicated than I had initially thought, but I appreciate the flexibility and freedom that comes with developing something entirely on your own.
You can find the feature specification here.
- Python
- Django
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
ToGather
ToGather is a product design project for a NUS meetup app, where students can find others on campus to make friends and enjoy activities together.
Through this, my team and I experienced the end-to-end design process, from ugly wireframing to hi-fi prototyping.
I discovered that UX design is really about empathy, and understanding what the user needs. It's also extremely important to talk to users,
because there will always be a mismatch of expectations and intuition between you (as the builder) and them (as the consumer).
The URL below takes you to our landing page.
- Figma
- NextJS
- Chakra UI
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