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Yash Raj

Hey there! I am Yash Raj and I am on a journey to become Jack of all trades,Master of One.

introduction

I enjoy talking to people from various market segments and love to discuss startup ecosystem,it’s insights and how the industry runs. I have a penchant for learning various technologies taking the IT industry by storm which helps me fueling up my goal to become Venture Capitalist.

why are you taking this challenge?

I am a 2020 batch Computer Science graduate from PES University,Bangalore who is available to join immediately.I want to kickstart my career with a startup which is disrupting the tech industry.

Moreover, I have learnt a lot during this challenge and it helped me hone my skills as a developer.

something interesting about you?

I love incorporating famous movie/TV show quotes into my vocabulary and this makes the conversations really great( That’s what people on the other side say :p ).

help I need?

These days I’m currently exploring ElasticSearch and Deeplinking. It would be nice if you could guide me around that.

how to contact me?

Projects

During the course of this challenge, I have learnt new frameworks, tools and brushed up my skills. Apparantly I ended up making more than 5 projects during this challenge, all of which can be found on my Github.

1. Chronicles: A Collaborative Stories Experience

Description- A full stack CRUD Web App which lets users share their private and public experiences/stories with other users. User gets his own dashboard where he can add edit stories through an advanced text editor which also supports grammarly. I have used Google OAuth Api to let users login through google id, database is stored in MongoDB, Express.js for backend and node.js is the runtime environment. I have used Postman for API testing. Project is hosted on Heroku.

Stack- MongoDBExpress.jsNode.jsHandlebarsGoogle OAuth APIMorganSessionsPostman

Hosted link- https://bit.ly/chroniclesapp

Github link- https://github.com/yashraj2312/chronicles

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2. Eventz: Event Management App

Description- A MERN stack CRUD web app which lets users host events like hackathons, bootcamps, summit, etc where he can add a complete desciption, event date, picture, type, pricing alongwith registration request as well. Every user gets a dashboard where a participant can register for an event and host can approve or reject the registration request. Postman is used for API testing. Login details are hidden with the use of bcrypt to safeguard the privacy. AWS is used for storing images. MongoDB is used for database.

Stack- MongoDBExpress.jsReact.jsNode.jsReact-strapJWTRoutersbcryptAxiosMultersocket.ioAWSPostman

Hosted link- https://bit.ly/eventzapp

Github link- https://github.com/yashraj2312/event-management-frontend

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3. Brother-Eye: Posture Detection Web App

Description- With the ongoing pandemic gloom people are working from home for long hours and without any proper setup. This can lead to bad posture which causes health problems. My take on this problem is by creating a web App which uses machine learning model with webcam to remind users to maintain correct posture by raising an alarm and blurring out their screen. Model is trained on Tensorlow Posenetjs, Django framework is used for connection.

Stack- DjangoTensorflow posenetjsKerasOpenCVScipyNumpybeautifulsouppython

Hosted link- https://bit.ly/brothereye

Github link- https://github.com/yashraj2312/yashraj2312.github.io/tree/master/broeye

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4. Lyricle: Google for Lyrics

Description- Lyricle is a web app which empowers poeple who loves to listen music by displaying them the lyrics of songs. User can search for lyrics by searching for artists, albums, songs, etc. It fetches the request through an API.

Stack- HTMLCSSVanilla Javascript

Hosted link- https://bit.ly/lyricleapp

Github link- https://github.com/yashraj2312/yashraj2312.github.io/tree/master/lyricle

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5. Gamespot: Game zone for techies

Description- Gamespot is a Game zone which hosts games like Flash fingers, Super breakout and Hangman built for techies where they can indulge themselves in brain storming activities.

Stack- HTMLCSSVanilla Javascript

Hosted link- https://bit.ly/gamespotio

Github link- https://github.com/yashraj2312/yashraj2312.github.io/tree/master/Games

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6. DE_Chat: Deno.js realtime chat app

Description- DE_Chat is the realtime chat app built using deno.js where users can join a group depending upon their interest like tech,startups, marketing, etc and chat with users in a room.

Stack- Deno.jswebsocketsJavascript

Github link- https://github.com/yashraj2312/deno_realtime_chat

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Blogs

I love to present my views in form of blogs. I write blogs about various topics like tech, insights, marketing, strategies adopted by companies, etc basically the things which i find really intriguing and exciting. You can check out my business strategy blog here Into The Insights.

Find my technical blogs below.

1. My experience with Deno.js: Is it node Killer?

Description- I have built a realtime chat application using Deno.js. Since this runtime environment is new and devs are talking a lot about it I thought of giving it a try —> DE_Chat. So in this blog I have presented my views on Deno.js.

Hosted Link- https://medium.com/@yashrajnyc/my-experience-with-deno-js-e6d5fb8b539c

2. How to create your first Node Server using Express and JavaScript.

Description- In this blog I have described how to create a Node server using Express.js and Javascript.

Hosted link- https://medium.com/@yashrajnyc/how-to-create-your-first-node-server-using-express-and-javascript-675996fc3f35

3. All about cases: Camel, Snake, Kebab & Pascal

Description- Different programming typecases are explained into easy manner in this article.

Hosted link- https://medium.com/@yashrajnyc/all-about-cases-camel-snake-kebab-pascal-3d9964f688a4

4. How a Snowball effect is killing Facebook ?

Description- Facebook is in news again? Is it same cambridge analytica fiasco or Data privacy? No. it’s something else. Check out link below to know more. Hosted link- https://www.intotheinsights.com/post/how-a-snowball-effect-is-killing-facebook

“May the FOSS be with you”