derock.dev - Fullstack Developer

Hi, I'm Derock, a sophomore at Duke studying Electrical Computer Engineering & CS. I specialize in fullstack web development, software development, and embedded programming. I'm also an avid open-source contributor, with over 60 public projects on GitHub, and I take pride in building systems that emphasize both performance and design. Fun fact: this site is functional even without JavaScript!

Skills 🛠️

tech

React
Solid
Next.js
Astro
Tailwind CSS
Node JS
Docker Swarm

languages

TypeScript
C++
Python
Java
Rust
Bash
SQL

tools

Git & GitHub
Docker
Turborepo
Neovim & VS Code
Autodesk Fusion 360
OnShape
Figma

Projects 🏗️

Duke Aero

Engineering and programming flight computers, developing custom RF video streaming solution, redesigning the website, and more for Duke Aero: Duke's premier aerospace society. Sending rockets to 30,000ft and higher yearly.

PoroScout

PoroScout is a League of Legends companion bot that provides real-time game data, including live match stats, player profiles, champion statistics, and more. It is comprised of multiple microservices bundled into one monorepo, deployed using the Docker Swarm orchestrator.

5,068 Servers 939,526 Users

discord-html-transcripts

An open-source package for developers looking to create Discord-style chat transcripts, allowing for a quick and easy way to archive and review conversations with a visually appealing format. It is built using StencilJS and React SSR.

295 stars 7,213 downloads/week

DIY Weather Station

Low power, low cost ESP32-based weather station. Connects to an MQTT broker over NB-IoT cellular network for remote environments. Utilizes the ESP32-S3's Ultra low power co-processor and deep sleep states to maximize battery life. Collects temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, UV index, light level, and PM2.5 levels.

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Publications 📚

CVSS-based Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for High Performance Computing Networks

J. K. Debnath and D. Xie, "CVSS-based Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for High Performance Computing Networks," The 16th IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/SysCon53536.2022.9773931.

A Network-based Distributed Data Storage System for Data Security in a Hostile Network

J. Chu and D. Xie, "A Network-based Distributed Data Storage System for Data Security in a Hostile Network," 2022 International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (SmartNets), Palapye, Botswana, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/SmartNets55823.2022.9994017.

Encblock: Enclave and Blockchain-enabled Secure Data Sharing and Computing for Power Grids

D. Xie, A. Kumar, “Encblock: Enclave and Blockchain-enabled Secure Data Sharing and Computing for Power Grids,” Submitted to the 17th IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2023.

Job Experience 👷

Freelance Developer

Present

I'm currently working as a freelance developer doing random projects for people. If you are interested in commissioning me, reach out to me via email at derock@derock.dev.

InfoBeyond Technology LLC

Intern - 05/15/2022 - 08/15/2022

Built, racked, and setup a multi-GPU 2U server for image processing. I then worked on adapting and traning different GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) and YOLO (You only look once) models for enhanced object detection.

MCStorage.cloud

Co-Founder - 01/07/2022 - 04/25/2022

Created a Game server backup BaaS (Backup as a Service) with a friend. I built out and created most of the backend infrastructure and worked on the dashboard frontend too.