I wasn't expecting guests but you're more than welcome around here!

Here's a few things you should know about me, as a heads up.

• I’m about to Finish the Odin Project, a full stack curriculum for web development (more info here)
• I’ve been learning HTML, CSS and Javascript, going strong into React & Node.js
• Throughout my learning process I've experimented with both SQL and NoSQL databases, from PostgreSQL to Firebase and MongoDB
• So far I've built 3 full-stack React apps, all currently in production (more info below)
• I've actually started my programing journey a few years back, using Visual Basic for Applications. I was on a quest to automate every spreadsheet out there in the wild, before changing focus to web development (I had about ~5 .xlsx files left)
• Programming languages are not the only ones I enjoy, as I speak Romanian, English and French fluently, with some Spanish as well
• Ask me about anything you feel like, but just so you know, I'm really good at centering divs 😏

                         

fitPowerUp represents my first ever full-stack project. Built with React, Typescript and Firebase, I wanted to create an app that combined a wide array of features suitable for a fitness app, as well as a gamification element inspired from Dragon Ball Z series. The app overview:

• It's a Progressive Web App
• I used Material UI as a components framework
• It handles authentication (via email and password & Google Sign In)
• Users can save workouts locally via IndexedDb and on the Firestore Db
• It provides a comprehensive analytics dashboard built with Recharts
• The user can export their own data to csv

Current monthly active users (outside of me): 2

Had I had the talent, instead of becoming a developer I would have most likely become a professional footballer. Or maybe a professional footballer developer!

In short, Football Evolved is my second full-stack app, and it represents an attempt to improve on all the mistakes I made while creating fitPowerUp. It's built with React and Firebase once again, and the app works as a tracker for amateur footballers. It combines utility with - you guessed it - a series of gamification elements.

The app overview:

• It's a Progressive Web App
• I used Chakra UI as a components framework (I wanted to learn something new other than Material UI)
• It handles authentication (via email and password & Google Sign In)
• Users can add their matches, together with a series of statistics (like goals scored, assists, fouls)
• It has a comprehensive highlights system, in case the user achieved specific events (like scoring a bycicle kick, etc.)
• Users can choose a club they support and upload their own images of the club
• AI coaches and AI journalists provide the user with feedback/analysis after matches, for improved imersion
• I'm using the OpenAI api
• Users can start challenges and competitions in order to win trophies, motivating themselves to perform at their best
• There is a social component, where users can search for the profiles of other users, and see their performances

Current monthly active users (outside of me): Let's say not a lot

After building two apps that worked but gained no users, I thought it was finally the moment to try and build something that other people would use.

That's how My Football Legacy was born.

My Football Legacy is a football simulator app, allowing users to act as managers and simulate football seasons. I built this up with the objective of supporting a football community of series that was discontinued (Pro Evolution Soccer).

A second goal was to discover a different approach to building apps, that's why I chose completely different technologies.

The app overview:

• It's a Progressive Web App
• It is built with Next.js and Supabase
• It uses Shadcn as a component library together with Tailwind
• I decided to start using React Query for state management (no more fetching through useEffect and using useContext).
• It handles server-side authentication via Next.js & Supabase auth
• Users can choose a league and team and start their season
• I recreated the structure of up-to-date competitions (all major leagues in Europe + Uefa Champions League and Europa League as well as cups)
• Users have an AI based management board that they can interact with through an email system
• It has a very comprehensive analytics dashboard, covering a series of KPIs related to football (still using Recharts)
• Users can perform player transfers, buying, selling and releasing players

Current monthly active users (outside of me): 340+