I love engineering Technical Solutions and Software Systems
What I'm working on/Learning now?
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I am currently working with the wonderful Web Development team at PB Tech, Auckland (pbtech.co.nz) as a DevOps Engineer, and was working with CTEK (First Watch Industrial Cybersecurity) in Hamilton, NZ before.
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telegram assistant bot (Time Manager and analysis with insights)
My Past Work
- I have worked with Greenback NZ as a volunteer and on-contract, helping the team build and deploy the Plantme Website https://plantme.io
Some of my Past projects that I am proud of :)
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https://lak.nz - url shortner (including sub-domains😉) and my cute little domain
old projects
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http://chat.lak.nz - chat app that uses websockets
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http://linkednotes.lak.nz - tree like notes app that supports with unlimited children - whiteboard - mindmap
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http://speedo.lak.nz web speedometer
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instagram clone made with Django in uni - it died on heroku 😢
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Parcel Tracking Android app(uni project) https://github.com/lakshaysethi/Parcel_Tracking_App_lakshay
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other small and sandbox projects using different technologies can be found at:
My CV
- https://CV.lak.nz
- LinkedIn https://linkedin.lak.nz
What I will be building next:
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Money Manager Chat bot that helps you stay on top of your money and helps you budget and audit your income and expenses giviong insights just like my similar time manager chatbot
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Zoom web based Clone - to learn the tech related in video communications, and other front end web tech
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Google Drive / Cloud Storage Web App / Something similar to file.io
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Android Notes app only for devices with a pen Example Samsung devices and other HP/chromebook, which will have an infinite depth of sub notes and excellent navigation so that we can really use the benefits of digital paper. I cant find any good pen and digital notes app currently that do this the closest thing to this is dynalist.io but that does not have any handwriting features
Why is My code not opensource ?
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Honestly because previously I did not know about the best practices / how to keep code opensource while keeping api keys and other secrets safe. I will be opensourcing my code soon.
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CV and resume generator/auto updater. Yes there are tool out there that do this but this can be open sourced and automated. LinkedIn is nice but has a lot of agenda in it, and this tool can and needs to keep it really Simple and elegant.
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opensourcing and improving my url shortner app. https://lak.nz
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Youtube videos of building these.
My Tech Skills
- Django - 6/10
- Backend App and service development with Python - 8/10
- Front End Web design - 7/10
- React 4/10
- HTML/CSS 8/10
- JS - 9/10
- Docker - 7/10
- Linux magic and automation, DevOps etc 5/10
- Gitlab CI - 7/10
- Cloud Compute (AWS GCP VPS) - 9/10
Other Interesting things about me:
- I like Learning Chinese and can speak and converse in Chinese. (~4-5/10)
- My favourite dish is Dosa.
- I also like walking and hiking with friends.
- I really enjoy non-fiction books. Books and ideas by Robert Greene, Eckheart Tolle, Brian Tracy, Stephen Covey, and James Clear have really influenced my way of thinking.