Tech nerd with the 'tism -- disrupting the status quo and breaking barriers, one weird and wonderful AuDHD hyperfocus fueled project at a time.
(They/Them) Non-binary, AuDHD architect of the weird and wonderful. Fueled by too much coffee and just a touch of spite, I wear my badge of 'Other' proudly. I am a self-taught IT support gremlin with various unhealthy obsessions with foxes, Hello Kitty/Sanrio, building things I can't afford, True Crime and plants. At any given time I have multiple projects running on the seemingly endless bandwidth in my mind. Welcome to the Chaos. 🦊
Gaia's Garden is a database of common houseplants where users can find reliable information on popular houseplants, as well as images including (when available) the botanical illustrations. Users can save a list of the plants they have, love (favorites) or need (wishlist). Free to use — forever. Knowledge should be shared, not locked behind a paywall.
React · Flask · Python · REST APIs
GitHubMy first REST API, built to power Gaia's Garden. It runs a two-database design: an official plant catalog plus a community submission queue, where users submit their own plants and an admin approves vetted entries for migration to the official database.
Flask · Python
GitHubTwo scrapers that wrestle the wilds of Wikimedia's rate limits into submission. One searches for plant images, the other botanical plates. Both return the image/plate, author for credit and the license under which the images are used, then update the CSV with the scraped information.
Python
GitHub