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👋 Hi there! I'm Gavin 😊

I'm a third-year student studying Software Engineering at 🎓 Singapore Institute of Technology. My specialties include being a quick learner (language agnostic), problem-solving, and writing clean code, having experience across the web-stack (frontend, backend and devops). I love sharing my knowledge with others and making a positive impact - seeing others grow, learn, and succeed through the knowledge I share brings me great joy! 🌱

When not coding:
🎸 I'm into rock/metal music, following the local music scene
⚽ I support Leicester City Football Club
📱 On Reddit
🍣 Binge eating Japanese food
🎮 Playing games (diablo, lastepoch, fifa, valo, wow)

Sometimes, I write about tech stuff on my blog at gavinloo.com 😋

Skills:
🛠Languages: Javascript/Typescript, Golang, Java, Python, C#, C/C++, HTML, CSS/SCSS, Linux/Bash Scripting

💾Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, SQLite

☁️DevOps/Cloud: Git/GitHub/Bitbucket, Azure Dev Ops(ADO), GitHub Actions, Docker/Docker-Compose/DockerHub, TestContainers (Integration tests), Kubernetes, Helm, Openshift, Heroku, Vercel, AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS ACM, AWS Route53, AWS ALB

🌐Frameworks/Tools: Node.js, React.js, Next.js, Express.js, Redux, Recoil, Jest/Jest-Cucumber, Enzyme, React-Testing-Library, Supertest, Selenium, Pandas, Qt, .NET 6, EF Core, Prisma (ORM), Bootstrap, TailwindCSS, Axios, Lombok, Jackson, SLF4J, Mux, Yup, Go-Validator, Jq (jsonquery)

💻IDEs: Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ, Vim (vim motions), GNU nano

🔧Other Tech Stuff: Postman, JSON/YAML, NPM, Gradle, AJAX, UML, Atlassian Suite (Bitbucket/Jira/Confluence), Agile, REST API, Webpack, Microfrontends, JSON Web Tokens (JWT/JWS), Figma, SOLID, Data Structures and Algorithms, Software Design Patterns, Clean Code, Clean Architecture, Test Driven Development(TDD), Domain Driven Design(DDD), BDD, Gherkin, ESLint, Prettier, API Gateway, Kong, Kong Enterprise, NGINX. Linux

📚Currently reading / past books I've read:
• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship - Robert Martin
• Design Patterns - Gang of Four
• The Mythical Man-Month - Fred Brooks
• Designing Data-Intensive Applications - Martin Kleppmann
• The Pragmatic Programmer - Andy Hunt, Dave Thomas
• The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win - Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code - Martin Fowler
• Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software - Eric Evans
• Implementing Domain-Driven Design - Vaughn Vernon

Contact me at [email protected] to find out more!

Gavin Loo's Projects

1009_bankingsystem icon 1009_bankingsystem

Banking System Project for ICT1009, built using Object Oriented Programming concepts. Designed using MVC software design pattern

airbnbexperiences icon airbnbexperiences

Project 3 from React tutorial, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMknfKXIFA8&ab_channel=freeCodeCamp.org

anki-android icon anki-android

AnkiDroid: Anki flashcards on Android. Your secret trick to achieve superhuman information retention.

bitcoinpricecheck icon bitcoinpricecheck

A simple full stack application that checks bitcoin prices. Uses the Coinbase API.

cpp-console-banking-system icon cpp-console-banking-system

A simple banking console system I made while learning C++ and OOP on C++. Allows users to authenticate, deposit, withdraw and transfer money from one account to another.

digitalbusinesscard icon digitalbusinesscard

Practicing React.js using the tutorial from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMknfKXIFA8&ab_channel=freeCodeCamp.org

drummachine icon drummachine

Drum Machine in Python, made using PyGame, planning to add a GUI in the future.

express-server-boilerplate icon express-server-boilerplate

Dockerized boilerplate RESTful API made using express.js. Built based on TDD (Test Driven Development) methodology and links to PostgreSQL database.

faqcard icon faqcard

FAQCard by frontendmentor.io, practicing frontend development. Level: newbie

flappybirdtutorial icon flappybirdtutorial

Following Brent Aureli Codes' tutorial on how to create Flappy Bird in LibGDX using Java.

followyourposeteam1 icon followyourposeteam1

Follow-Your-Pose: This repo is the official implementation of "Follow-Your-Pose : Pose-Guided Text-to-Video Generation using Pose-Free Videos"

go-ddd icon go-ddd

Learning Domain Driven Design using Golang programming language.

heavenms icon heavenms

An improved server based on MapleSolaxia (v83 MapleStory private server)

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