Amy Victoria Shackles

When I realized that software was going to make my former career obsolete, I decided to learn software engineering before the software could be engineered to replace me. I have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, a passion for mentoring, and the drive and ambition to continuously improve.

Open Source Contributions

– Atom/language-python
– Beej’s Guide to C Programming

Projects

Lisp Interpreter in C – Oct 2018 – Present

Lisp Interpreter in C is exactly what it sounds like – a Lisp interpreter written in C.

– Utilized the mpc parser combinator library and followed the Build Your Own Lisp tutorial to create a Lisp language
– Defined a grammar and implemented the code necessary to parse symbols, numbers, strings, S-Expressions, and Q-Expressions
– Expanded the capabilities of the Lisp interpreter by loading a standard library on startup
**Tech used: C, mpc parser combinator library**

contractAlchemy – Sep 2018 – Present

contractAlchemy is a point of sale application for independent contractors to keep track of contracts and create invoices for jobs.

– Spearheaded back-end development, creating database models and quieries, and implementing Stripe API integration
– Contributed to the development of the front-end, including the implementation of route-based code-splitting
– Authored project documentation
**Tech used: React, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and Django, with SendGrid and Stripe integration**

PairMe! – Jan 2019

*Won Best Overall Application – Student Voted in Lambda School 2019 Winter Hackathon*

PairMe! is an application meant to connect students who need help with people willing to give it. It adds a slackbot to your workspace that automatically sets up users and matches people based on topic, giving both the mentee and mentor a Slack notification to indicate that a match has been found and with whom.
**Tech used: React, Node.js, Express.js, SQLite, Firebase, Slack API**