Hi, I'm Zayd

Software Engineering @ University of Waterloo

About Me

Hi, I'm Zayd, a first-year Software Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. I've always been interested and passionate about computers and technology, and programming has opened up a world of opportunities for me. I'm currently working on full-stack projects and expanding my knowledge in machine learning.

Projects

QuillAI

Full-stack AI powered note-taking app with a rich-text editor, and RAG chatbot/flashcards generation

ReactTypeScriptFastAPIOpenAIGeminiPineconeMongoDBFirebaseTailwindCSS

SignSense

Built a real-time sign language recognition system using Raspberry Pi to predict ASL letters.

PythonTensorFlowFlaskNumPyOpenCVRaspberry PiMediapipe

Matchify

Built a scalable full-stack platform for sports clubs to manage users, tournaments, and matchmaking.

ReactTypeScriptNode.jsExpressPostgreSQLRedisVercelViteFigma

Road Eye

Won 1st place at STEM Hacks 2023 by building a traffic sign detection system with a decision tree model in scikit-learn.

Pythonscikit-learn

Shalderok

Developed a procedurally generated dungeon crawler in Java Swing with A* pathfinding, custom physics, and a custom level editor.

JavaSwingHTMLCSSJavaScript

Personal Portfolio

The site you're currently on. Built with Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. Made animations using the framer-motion React library

Next.jsReactTypeScriptHTMLCSSTailwind CSS

Skills

Languages

Python

C++

Java

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML

CSS

SQL

Libraries & Frameworks

React

Next.js

Vite

Express

Spring Boot

FastAPI

Flask

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

pandas

numpy

Technologies

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Node.js

AWS

Vercel

Tools

Git

GitHub

GitLab

BitBucket

Jira

VS Code

PyCharm

Figma

Linux

Unix