{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Heet Shah","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/","description":"Recent content on Heet Shah","generator":"Hugo -- gohugo.io","language":"en-us","copyright":"This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.","lastBuildDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000","item":[{"title":"UWaterloo Rizz","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/uwaterloo-rizz\/","pubDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/uwaterloo-rizz\/","description":"Overview In this project, I reimagined rizz at the University of Waterloo. As a student at UWaterloo, I kept hearing how STEM majors are incapable of “rizzing” and how the dating scene is non-existent. I wanted to change that. I wanted to create a platform that would allow students to connect with each other and find their perfect match. Introducing UWaterloo Rizz, a dating plaform for UWaterloo students.\nProject MVP Features Endless Feed The so called “endless feed” is the core of the application."},{"title":"Stock Market Analysis","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/stock-market-analysis\/","pubDate":"Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/stock-market-analysis\/","description":"Overview In this project, I explored Apache Kafka and its real-time data streaming capabilities. My goal was to gain hands-on experience with Kafka’s core concepts, including producers, consumers, topics, and streaming, while applying these concepts to a practical scenario involving real-time stock market data analytics.\nProject Highlights Setting up a Kafka Cluster I began by setting up a Kafka cluster on an Amazon EC2 instance. This involved configuring Kafka brokers and ZooKeeper, ensuring seamless communication via a public IP address."},{"title":"Chess Engine","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/chess-engine\/","pubDate":"Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/chess-engine\/","description":"Overview This is the final project for the CS 247 Software Engineering Principles course. Shoutout to Krish Shah and Chris Abey to being great partners for this project. The Chess Engine Development project aimed to design and implement a versatile chess engine capable of delivering engaging gameplay experiences for both human players and AI-controlled opponents.\nProject Highlights: Flexible Gameplay Modes Our chess engine offers support for both human players and computer-controlled opponents."},{"title":"About","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/about\/","pubDate":"Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/about\/","description":"Heet Shah Software Engineering @ University of Waterloo. Made some money at Okta, theScore Bet, Dandelion, and Postalgia. Interests \ud83c\udf1f Currently exploring distributed systems, cloud, and security. More Life \ud83c\udf0a Writing\ud83d\udcd3 Been using Obsidian to Cmd + F my brain for a few years and it’s a great tool to throw ideas, notes, and thoughts into. Basketball\ud83c\udfc0 Got the automatic jumper, pick pocket, and dimmer badge. Goat? MJ. Gaming \ud83c\udfae Warzone - Either dropping 20 bombs or getting dropped."},{"title":"Coming Soon...","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/blogs\/2023\/04\/coming-soon...\/","pubDate":"Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/blogs\/2023\/04\/coming-soon...\/","description":"Nothing to see here :)"},{"title":"Ghostwriter","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/ghostwriter\/","pubDate":"Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/ghostwriter\/","description":"Ghostwriter empowers you to explore a realm of freestyling possibilities. Select from a collection of pre-selected beats, and watch as the magic unfolds. As you lay down your bars, Ghostwriter actively listens, offering real-time suggestions for rhymes to enhance your freestyle flow. Capture your creative sessions with the recording feature, allowing you to relive and share your freestyles with friends, while also enjoying their impressive performances.\nTech Stack:\nReact.js GCP Speech-to-text API CockroachDB SQL db Express."},{"title":"Chemical Factory","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/chemicalfactory\/","pubDate":"Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/chemicalfactory\/","description":"Chemistry Factory, developed for BrainSTEM Alliance, is an innovative game that brings the complex procedures of chemical manufacturing to life in a fun and engaging way. This puzzle match-making game is specially designed to make the intricacies of chemical processes comprehensible for elementary learners. With Chemistry Factory, young minds can embark on a captivating journey, translating everyday objects into the building blocks of chemical production.\nTech Stack:\nUnity C# Links:"},{"title":"Yelp Clone","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/yelpclone\/","pubDate":"Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/yelpclone\/","description":"\nThe yelp idea clone is a full stack web app I built to learn more about the PERN stack. It’s has functionality for users add restaurants, reviews, and ratings.\nTech Stack:\nPostgreSQL Express React Node AWS EC2 pm2 NGINX Links:\nhttp:\/\/13.58.52.86\/ https:\/\/github.com\/HeetShah\/yelp "},{"title":"UW Cache","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/uwcache\/","pubDate":"Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/uwcache\/","description":"UW Cache is a unified space for students at the University of Waterloo to find storage spaces when they leave for a co-op term. This web app requires a user to make an account for them to view listings or post listings. Users who post a listing are required to have an address, a picture of the storage space, and their contact information. Once an interested party believes they have found a suitable fit for their belongings, they can directly reach out to the user who posted the listing using the contact information provided."},{"title":"Vision","link":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/vision\/","pubDate":"Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/shahheet.com\/projects\/vision\/","description":"Vision is a SE101 design project I worked on along with others to combat the issue of visual impairment. The goal of the project was to create a device that could be used to help the visually impaired navigate their surroundings. It used an engineering hard hat which was equipped with hardware (ultrasonic, infrared, buzzer) sensors and an Arduino (C++) that alerts which alerts the user of any obstacles in their path."}]}}