Torran Kahleck

The project I've been working on for the last five years isn't publicly available. But here are a few of the publicly available projects, personal and professional, that I've worked on in the past.

This site you're on now! I know it doesn't do much at the moment, but it is my first experience with NextJS (v13) and I hope to expand it soon with some fun experiments. It is configured for Continuous Delivery (CD) using Github Actions such that updates automatically deploy to my DigitalOcean droplet on push. The server is configured with pm2 to then restart on when the project's directory contents change.

COINSTAC

Electron :: React :: NodeJS :: RethinkDB :: GraphQL

While at the Mind Research Network, my assignment was on an Electron application called COINSTAC. COINSTAC is a platform that allows reseachers to run machine learning pipelines collaboratively with researchers from all over the world. The focus during my time was on neuroscience data, though there were plans for expanding that to other fields including genetics. It uses Electron on the front-end with a few NodeJS microservices on the backend. The database was RethinkDB reached via a HapiJS GraphQL server. Docker was used to run the machine learning pipelines.

UNM Library Computer Finder

JQuery :: PHP :: MSSQL (COTS DB)

This was a fun project I worked on while at the University of New Mexico library. It displays live computer availabilities by OS across different libraries on campus. Expanding the rows and clicking into the floors listed will display an SVG map of the computer lab with each individual machine highlighted according to its availability. The data used to determine machine status is actually stored in a MSSQL database used by the COTS authentication solution they use on the machines. This is queried periodically and saved locally for use in the app.

MyUNM

AngularJS :: PHP :: MySQL

I was the lead developer on the creation of the University of New Mexico's student, staff and faculty portal. This site replaced the previous Luminis Portal by Ellucian, which was being end-of-lifed. In addition to no longer having vendor support, the Luminis Portal was aesthetically underwhelming and not mobile friendly. Working with a UI designer, IT was able to create a modern location for the campus community when they're looking for information on grades, schedules, assignments and other information related to life at the university. It receives over 1,000,000 page views a month when school is in session. Bringing the portal in-house saved UNM Central IT over $30,000 a year.

UNM Departmental Directory

JQuery :: PHP :: MySQL

The first project I had at UNM Central IT was to recreate the university's departmental directory. The old one had become cumbersome to maintain as each department had to email IT's HR department to update their data. The new one is built on a MySQL backend and contains an administration section with multiple levels of permissions from admins who can create additional admins to those who can just update the pages of certain departments. This allowed IT to move the responsibility for updating departmental data to the various departments across campus themselves. We also added some mapping features to help interested departments identify their physical locations for interested users.