Howdy, I'm Coren (he/they)

Some call me Kern.

I'm a self-taught Software Engineer passionate about freedom of information, privacy, open-source, and evolving with emerging tech.

An aspiring polyglot, I am meticulous, persistent, and creative in my ability to deliver solutions and apply humanistic principles in my work.

Yipp, yipp!

Recently...

...my tech stacks have included:

• MySQL, Redis, Supabase (PostgreSQL)
• Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, RQ
• TypeScript, Remix v2, React Native, Shopify APIs & CLI
• GitHub Actions, Sentry, DigitalOcean

...I've been focused on:

• ⛓️ refactoring custom eCommerce-ERP integration built with Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Redis, & RQ to use Shopify's GraphQL API and Service-Layer Architecture
• 🧪 bolstering python codebase test suite with pytest, unittest, coverage, etc.
• ✅ configuring multiple CI pipelines with Github Actions to validate code security, lint, format, test, type, & compile/build checks

• 🔭 seeking out and taking advantage of opportunities to contribute to open-source projects
• 🆕 configuring & integrating HubSpot with existing technologies for various clients
• 🧰 studying System Design & Architecture and DevOps best practices
• 📖 teaching myself Rust
• 🥨 hungry, probably

...I've been experimenting with new technologies & releases, like:

• Oxlint Collection of JavaScript tools written in Rust
• Ruff Rust-based next-gen Python linter and formatter

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You're likely wondering to yourself, "What's Coren reading right now?" Well, let me show you:

I update this document regularly to supplement all my hidden github contributions to private repositories. Plus I enjoy it. So let's drop it!

And since you asked, I recently finished reading:

The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas	Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams	Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark	The Hike by Drew Magary	The Between by Tananarive Due

Reach me on:

Check out my website corenfrankel.dev

or find me lurking on SO:

or watch this snake eat my year-to-date github contributions

whoooo! look at em go!

Check out some of my public projects:

🦫 Pet Projects:

• 📦 culinary-unit-abbreviation - lightweight and tested npm library that converts culinary unit strings into their corresponding abbreviations
  • TypeScript/Jest/npm
  • repository
• 📝 WebDev Flashcards - An open-source Web Developer study tool deployed on Vercel
  • JavaScript Full Stack (Node.js, React, Express, MongoDB)
  • repository
• 🕹️ NinjaSweeper - Minesweeper clone hosted with GitHub Pages
  • Vanilla JavaScript/CSS/HTML
  • repository

⏸️ Curriculum-borne projects:

• 🍔 GetYum - A spoonacular API-fueled Recipe-to-Grocery List app with Spotify Web player integration
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  • GetYum Repo
• 📈 VolatilitySurf - Stock Options Volatility Surface Trading Tool
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  • VolatilitySurf Repo
• 🤧 LookAchoo - Geolocal Sneeze Context App
  • 
  • LookAchoo Repo
• 🍳 piqr - Random Recipe CRUD App
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  • piqr Repo

My Development Tools (Non-Exclusive):

Tools Breakdown

Languages:

HTML, CSS, GraphQL, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, Python, Java, Rust, Markdown, YAML

Frameworks & Runtimes:

Expo, Flask, React, Remix, React Native, Spring, Node.js, Deno

Dependency Management & Build Tools:

npm, pnpm, Maven, Pipenv, Vite, Babel, Tomcat, Docker

Style Libraries:

Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Material UI, Ant Design

Interactive Development Environments (IDEs):

VS Code, IntelliJ Idea, Postman, Terminal

Operation Systems (OS):

MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows

Developer Tools:

Cloudflare, Figma, Git, Github, Github Actions, Ngrok, Docker, Tailscale

Testing Libraries:

Vitest, Jest, PyTest, JUnit, Mockito

Object-Relational Models (ORMs), Object-Document Mappings (ODMs), Middlewares, & Other Data Persistence Tools:

Prisma, SQLAlchemy, Java Persistence API (JPA), Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Mongoose

Databases:

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQLite, Supabase, MongoDB

Cloud Providers:

DigitalOcean, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Vercel

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