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👋 Hi there, I'm Aidan Friedsam!

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📚 About Me

I'm a senior majoring in Computer Science at the University of Michigan. I am passionate about utilizing technology and programming to solve real-world problems and enhance efficiency in daily tasks. This past summer I worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Datadog, and will be returning full time in August 2025.

💡 Projects

🌐 SpotConnect

As the founder and primary developer, I am leading SpotConnect into becoming a game-changing iPhone app in the parking domain. SpotConnect is designed to be an open marketplace for parking spaces, particularly focused on college campuses, connecting drivers and residents efficiently.

🛠 Tech Stack

  • Stripe: For payment processing
  • Firebase: Utilizing database, storage, authentication, and serverless functions
  • Swift: App development
  • HTML, CSS, JS: Front-end technologies

🛠 Other Independent Projects

🎶 Playlist Converter CLI

Developing a Python CLI tool that automatically converts public playlists from Apple Music to Spotify.

💰 Bitcoin Twitter Bot: HourlyBTCUpdate

Built a bot that tweets the current price of Bitcoin every hour. Initially deployed on a Raspberry Pi using Python, I migrated the bot to Node.js and Google Cloud to adapt to Twitter API v2 changes. Check out the Twitter account here.

📰 Riverdale Review iPhone App

Designed, developed, and launched an iPhone app for Riverdale's student-run newspaper. Learn More

🔬 Arduino-Powered PCR Machine

Programmed and built an Arduino-powered polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine. Learn More

👨‍💼 Professional Experience

🐶 Datadog, Software Engineering Intern – Summer 2024

  • Intern on AAA Core Access Team
  • Created usage tracking features for App Keys, Users, Service Accounts and IP Allowlist
  • Added new IP Allowlist features to support batch adding previously used IP addresses to allowlist
  • Migrated IP Allowlist endpoints from Python to Go, reducing latency by up to 95% in some cases.
    • Led database schema splitout to support the migration.

🏦 Ninth Wave, Software Engineering Intern – Summer 2023

  • Developed an API that links SQL databases with front-end dashboards, enhancing financial data exchange for Ninth Wave's institutional clients.
  • Utilized technologies such as SQL, Spring-Boot, and Java.
  • Worked directly under the Head of Development and collaborated closely with Engineering and Product teams.

🌐 Meetup, Data Engineering Intern – Summer 2022

  • Developed and maintained data pipelines crucial for insights and analytics.
  • Technologies used include AWS (S3, Redshift, Kinesis), Apache-Airflow, and Sqoop.

📅 What's Next?

I worked as a software Engineering Intern at Datadog during summer 2024. I am now finishing my CS Degree at Michigan with plans to return full time to Datadog in August of 2025.

📫 Let's Connect

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In light of the ongoing Coronavirus crisis and the ventilator shortage that it has caused I set out to design an extremely cheap and mass producible ventilator.

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