Calvin Curnuck

Software Engineer

I'm Calvin, I'm a software engineer with experience with Ruby, Ruby on Rails, React, Redux, and JavaScript. I love solving difficult problems and learning new things. I'm looking to get my career started with a company that encourages learning and growth.

Lagerd

live | github

Lagerd is a beer-focused social media app inspired by Untappd. It allows for community and beer tracking with a clean, easy to use interface.
Optimized backend server requests through model level associations and ActiveRecord queries to decrease loading times.
Utilized custom validation using Ruby’s Date class to ensure users were of an appropriate age.
Attained better user experience and interaction by implementing comments and likes on beer check-ins.

Dinder

live | github

Dinder was created to solve the problem of indecisiveness amongst groups when deciding where to eat.
Leveraged custom backend routes to allow users to log in to their session without the need for an account by entering a randomly generated six-digit code linked to their session and email.
Distributed emails through Nodemailer to send codes and winning restaurants to all emails in the session.
Integrated the Yelp API to generate restaurants fitting the user’s criteria.

Browser Battles

live | github

A fun turn-based battle game inspired by the classic Pokemon combat.
Implemented boolean flags to allow animations to complete before beginning the next turn, thus keeping players more engaged.
Rendered battle texts dynamically to show all damage and health.
Established dynamic classes, allowing users to choose a browser and have a different playing experience with no changes to the game logic.