Personal Projects

Side projects, open-source contributions, and things I build for fun.

Chess Attack Visualization

A specialized chess training app that visualizes white and black attackers on any square. Built with my fork of chess.js and integrated with the Lichess.org API.

When solving mate-in-1 problems, the app automatically shows a visualization of exactly how the enemy king is restricted. Over time, this helps burn checkmating patterns into the brain, solidifying neural pathways so you never miss the pattern during competitive play.

Technologies & tools

React

TypeScript

Lichess API

OAuth2

REST

Chess.js (Fork)

My published fork of chess.js which extends the popular chess library with features for analyzing board control:

X-ray attack detection — identifies pieces that attack through other pieces
Piece battery analysis — accounts for aligned pieces when determining the number of attackers on any given square
Comprehensive test suite with Jest

These features power the Chess Attack Visualization app.

Technologies & tools

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

Jest

npm

A Hierarchical Genetic Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem

My Honours Project for my Bachelor of Computer Science at Carleton University. This project explores a hierarchical approach to genetic algorithms applied to the classic Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP).

The algorithm uses a multi-level representation that evolves both the grouping of cities and the tour order within groups, allowing it to discover structure in the problem that flat representations miss.

Technologies & tools

Java

Artificial Intelligence

Genetic Algorithms

A Hierarchical Genetic Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem

Code Monkey From Space

My alter-ego’s blog about software development, technology, and the occasional tangent. A space for longer-form writing about things I find interesting in the world of code.

Visit the blog

Technologies & tools

Blog

Writing