Hello, I'm Brendan
I am a 27 year old full stack web developer, currently studying Computer Systems at University of Limerick, Ireland.
I was previously studying Aeronautical Engineering, but I was not a good fit for that line of work and decided to do a bit of soul searching
I was lucky enough to find mentors like David Reess and Greaka who nudged me in the right direction.
This then lead to starting with node.js, mongodb and git.
From there I explored many different languages and tools, a selection of which can be found on the project table below.
However dispite all I had learnt I felt lacking, so in September 2021 I returned to University to study computer science.
My projects
The majority of my work is on Gitlab as open source projects, oft to solve an issue I have.
Below are some projects that have been milestones in my journey thus far.
See my Gitlab profile above for everything else.
| Project | Start | Tools/Tech | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| UL Timetable to ical | 2022 | Rust, NixOS | A dev can make their own tools. |
| Nixos on my webserver | 2022 | NixOS | See my post about it |
| Better M7 Express | 2022 | Rust, NixOS | Can I build a better app? Yes |
| Classbot | 2021 | TS, Node.js, Sqlite3, NixOS, CI/CD | A training tool for my classmates. |
| hello.brendan.ie | 2022 | Rust, NixOS | Will it Rickroll? |
| This Site | 2021 | Rust, Markdown, NixOS, CI/CD | Want some Coffee? |
| Markdown Converter | 2021 | Rust, Markdown | This was a "mistake" |
| Fo76 Tools | 2020 | TS, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Express, NixOS | Experimentaions with docker |
| Trove Downloader | 2019 | Rust | First rust project |
| Homelab | 2018 | Linux, Networking, Docker | |
| DataWars2 API | 2018 | TS, Node.js, MongoDB, Restify, NixOS | |
| Unofficial BnS API | 2017 | TS, Node.js, MongoDB, Restify, NixOS | First project |
History
| Location | Start | End | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Limerick | 2022 | 2022 | Student Researcher | First year UL has run UPSTarT |
| University of Limerick | 2021 | Student | Computer Science | |
| Penny Medical | 2016 | 2020 | Technician | |
| Abbott Vascular | 2015 | 2016 | Intern | |
| University of Limerick | 2012 | 2016 | Student | Aeronautical Engineering |