Essays

A Deeper Understanding

13 May 2025

I am now reaching the end of my Spring 2025 semester at UH Manoa. Having taken many classes in my time at this institution, I can say that my Software Engineering course was among the more interesting courses. Starting in...

Software Engineering ICS 314

Spell AI Cup

12 May 2025

The conversation of AI usage in academic settings has always been rocky institution wide. There are some gray areas, though, when the conversation comes to those studying computer science. And while the use of AI for assistance with assignments was...

AI Usage

Through Ups and Downs

08 May 2025

As of this week, my team and I have brought our original project surrounding food waste reduction around UH Manoa to a close! Through each of the 3 milestones, we made sure to develop a large amount of our software...

314 Final Project

If It's a Pattern, Then Repeat After Me!

24 Apr 2025

One thing we can appreciate about life is that we are never alone in any struggle we may face. We can feel more comfortable knowing that someone has been in our place before. And if those who bear the same...

Design Patterns

U'i UI!

27 Feb 2025

Intro to UI frameworks After become familiar with Typescript, we now have HTML and CSS thrust upon us! For around two years, we’ve programmed in languages like Java and C, and this is the first language I’ve worked with that...

UI Frameworks

Have High (Coding) Standards!

13 Feb 2025

Having your code is one thing, but making sure it’s understandable by anyone who might come across it is an entirely different ballpark! Coding standards are in place for many software engineers so that like-minded developers can communicate in a...

Coding Standards

There Are Some Stupid Questions...

30 Jan 2025

All our academic lives, we’ve heard that there is no such thing as a “stupid question,” and while that is correct, you should still aim to ask a good question. No, you are not stupid for being curious. Asking a...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

A New Type of Script

23 Jan 2025

As I make my way through my ICS undergrad degree, I’ve experienced a great deal of challenging courses and assignments, but as far as we are into ICS 314, I can confidently say I enjoy it. Of course, the earlier...

TypeScript Reflection

Compile Before Running

22 Jan 2025

Software Engineering is something I only had come into contact with in college. In high school I took a “computer science” course where we spent the entire semester on code.org putting blocks together to make a character move across the...

Software Engineering Goals