Naydel Espiritu

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I expect to graduate in Spring, 2027.


Interests: Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Full-Stack Development, Interactive Media


Projects

ICS 314 Final Project: Campus Plate Mate 2025

My team and I developed a website that allows users to share their leftovers to other UH-affilates on campus, aiming to help reduce food waste.

Typescript UI Design Web Application Database CSS

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Bank Database Application in C 2024

I developed an application that manages a bank's records for ICS 212 - Program Structures using C.

C Vim

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School Beautification Project 2023

Designed the garden and recreation area of my high school and organized a school beautification proposal along with our Art Club.

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Whack-a-Fruit Game 2023

A simple whack-a-mole inspired game developed using Javascript.

Javascript

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Essays

Reflecting on Software Engineering

13 May 2025

Introduction The topics I’ve learned in my Software Engineering course: ICS 314 go beyond web application development. Configuration management and Issue Driven Project Management (IDPM) stood out to me as they are not only valuable to software engineering but also...

Software Engineering Programming Project Management Github

Reflecting on My Use of AI

12 May 2025

I. Introduction With advancements in AI, tools such as ChatGPT and Github Co-pilot have been used extensively in software engineering and education. AI is becoming smarter and ultimately more helpful for students. In ICS 314 Software Engineering I, I have...

Software Engineering Programming AI ChatGPT Github Co-pilot

From Estimates to Outcomes

08 May 2025

IDPM Effort Estimation and Tracking In hopes of efficiently managing time and keeping track of our progress for the ICS 314 final project, Campus Plate Mate, my team and I created an IDPM Effort Estimation and Tracking Document. We have...

Programming Project Management Software Development Team Project

Design Patterns in Software Dev: Building Lego Sets!

24 Apr 2025

Programming is Like Building Legos Instead of developing software from scratch with every project, programmers and developers can use design patterns, solutions to common coding problems. Design patterns provide blueprints or processes that can be modified to fit a project’s...

Software Engineering Programming Design Patterns

Easy Styling with UI Frameworks: Bootstrap

26 Feb 2025

User Interface (UI) frameworks serve as helpful tools for styling websites. Bootstrap is a popular UI framework that provides pre-designed templates and elements for web pages such as: buttons, icons, headers, and footers. It can be set up easily on...

Programming HTML CSS Bootstrap

Tech Minds Meetup: Networking with Professionals

14 Feb 2025

Networking at the Tech Minds Meetup The Tech Minds Meetup hosted by the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepeneurship (PACE) allowed students like me interested in the tech and or business industry to network with tech professionals and entrepenuers. I networked...

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