
From AWS CodeDeploy to GitHub Actions + Ansible
Revisiting another infrastructure overhaul: streamlining a deployment workflow
After a brief career in finance, I stumbled into tech following my passion for code. Over the past 9+ years, I've been building products on the web across various industries. Here I share my journey, learnings, and projects.
When not coding, my default mode is 🏊 🚴 🏃
Revisiting another infrastructure overhaul: streamlining a deployment workflow
A Toronto-based ed-tech startup with a mission to raise the level of numeracy through innovative technology. Vretta works closely with educational institutions around the world to craft the best interactive learning resources for mathematics at all levels of education.
I developed the company’s flagship assessment project.
As a software developer, I worked closely with architects, designers and domain experts to execute on the creation and maintenance of web and mobile based applications.
This was my first professional dev job in my transition from my past life in finance, the work was tough 💦, but there's nothing that taught me to program a computer like building interactive games 🎮.
DTab is a mobile assessment platform that houses interactive assessments in English and French, and can be deployed on tablets to be used for large-scale testing in an offline environment.
I was the primary developer on the mobile project, developing both the assement modules and the offline data collection and submission system.
MathemaTIC is a personalized learning platform for students to engage with, and have fun learning, mathematics in primary and secondary schools.
I worked along side fellow developers, building interactive learning modules.
The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is a collaborative, not-for-profit research institute that conducts and enables high-impact translational cancer research to accelerate the development of discoveries for patients around the world while maximizing the economic benefit of this research for the people of Ontario.
As part of the software engineering team, I helped build systems that enabled researchers to share, access and analyze large-scale genomic data.
My work included developing web applications, APIs, and data processing pipelines, as well as maintaining open-source tools used across multiple projects.
Here I also learned about and got to contribute to the operations of a large-scale software project, including CI/CD, containerization, cloud infrastructure, and IaC tools. The learnings here continue to be in my toolbox today. 🧰
❤️ Software engineering at the OICR was a great experience, amazing people with a purpose. ❤️
The International Cancer Genome Consortium Accelerating Research in Genomic Oncology (ICGC ARGO).
I lead the frontend and public API development, working closely with a designer, backend developers, business analyst and bioinformaticians to deliver a user-friendly and performant platform for researchers to submit, access and analyze large-scale genomic and clinical data.
Till today, ICGC Argo remains one of my favorite professional projects. ❤️
Some repos you can check out:
The Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Resource Center (Kids First DRC) is a collaborative pediatric research effort with the goal to understand the genetic causes and links between childhood cancer and congenital disorders.
Polymath provides technology to create, issue, and manage digital securities on the blockchain.
I built dApps and layer-2 services running on the Polymesh network, most notably leading the development of the network's onboarding pipeline and technical collaboration with third-party KYC provider.
With my business background in finance, Polymath was an opportunity to get in touch with a part of me that felt long-gone. Here my knowledge of corporate finance actually came in quite helpful. 🏦
I developed the Onboarding Integration Service to help KYC service providers have a smooth integration with the blockchain and the Polymesh Unique Identity System (PUIS).
Along with building the tech, I also took part in evaluating and selecting KYC vendors and partners, to join the network and help support the network's vision of a compliant blockchain.
I've also contributed to the company's blog with a post about this service, follow the link for more info!
Quantropi is building a quantum-secure encryption platform to protect the internet from the threat of quantum computing. As a senior on the team, I
Check out my work at: https://github.com/quantropi-minh