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Projects

A few of the worlds I've been building lately — from RAG interfaces to game UIs and class projects gone too far.

Aug 2025 - Present

ACM Cinema

Scrum Master & Full-Stack
Top Class Projects
Spring BootPostgreSQLSpring SecurityDocker✚

A mock Cinema E-booking System using Spring Boot 3.5 and PostgreSQL.

ACM Cinema

  • Architected robust backend with Spring Boot 3.5 and PostgreSQL, designing 80+ RESTful API endpoints and managing 15 JPA entities.
  • Implemented Caffeine caching and applied Facade/Virtual Proxy patterns to reduce API payloads by ~30-45%.
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June 2025 - Present

This Website!

Full-Stack & Artist
Next.jsGemini APIUpstash RedisVercel AI SDKFramer MotionAseprite

My passion project portfolio, featuring pixel art/animations and a RAG Chatbot.

This Website!

  • Built a zero-dollar RAG architecture using Upstash Redis as vector store and Google Gemini embeddings for semantic search.
  • Implemented SHA-256 version hashing, query embedding caching, rate-limiting, and exponential back-off to minimize api costs.
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Spring 2025

CourseHub

Team Lead & Full-Stack
Best Class Project
Next.jsMongoDBNextAuth.jsGemini APIYouTube API✚

An educational platform for UGA students to chat, post, and generate study resources.

CourseHub

  • Led development of educational platform that integrated Gemini AI and YouTube Data API, reducing manual study plan creation time by ~90%.
  • Engineered 15+ RESTful endpoints for resource sharing and authentication.
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Sep 2025 - Present

Tower Ascent

Game Developer & Artist
Godot 4GDScriptKeyframesAseprite

A 2D rogue-like RPG with a modular trading and inventory system.

Tower Ascent

  • Designed componentized inventory UI using dependency injection to decouple display logic from game state.
  • Created pixel art assets in Aseprite and keyframed animations in Godot for enhanced immersion.
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Experience

Roles, leadership, and contract work — where I've been building and leading.

UGA ACM

Executive Officer & CSIP Co-Chair

May 2025 – Present

Leading technical workshops and UI/UX for student engagement.

  • Lead weekly technical workshops on Data Structures, Algorithms, and behavioral interview prep for 10+ students.
  • Direct UI/UX redesigns in Figma for club branding and digital presence.
  • Created a new mascot for merch and digital presence.
FigmaWorkshop LeadershipRecruitment

Holywatr

Freelance Full-Stack Developer

Fall 2025

Multi-page brand platform for a rock band with a digital-horror aesthetic.

  • Co-Developed a multi-page brand platform using vanilla JavaScript and CSS to meet a strict "digital-horror" aesthetic.
  • Integrated Shopify Storefront API and customized GraphQL queries while implementing visual effects with VFX.js (chromatic aberration, CRT distortion).
  • Managed iterative client feedback to deliver a high-fidelity, responsive UI/UX under time/technical limitations.
JavaScriptCSSShopify Storefront APIGraphQLVFX.js

Chat

RAG-powered Q&A about my work and experience.

Portfolio Chatbox
Thai Nguyen (Impostor)

Extras

A sneak peek — games, music, drawings, and photos.