Jodie Nguyen

Full-Stack Developer & Systems Engineer

Creating software that eliminates busywork and brings people together.

MIT Computer Science & Engineering
Illustration by me • Character concept by WhiteVault

Technical Work

Web development, automation systems, and interactive experiences built from idea to production

SoloDevelopment Community Platform

Live production web app at solodevelopment.org serving users with OAuth authentication, user portfolios, real-time game jam management, and community discovery features.

Full-Stack Web User Authentication & OAuth Real-time Features Community Platform Production Deployment
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Community platform with intuitive navigation and user features

Portrait Animation Pipeline

Automated system that generates 1,000+ character expressions from just 20 art assets, reducing creation time by 95% with real-time preview.

Process Automation Asset Generation Tool Integration Workflow Optimization
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Live previewer plugin for expression switching

Interactive World Editor

Real-time terrain editing with 70% asset reduction through dual-grid architecture. Single actions update multiple layers automatically.

Real-time Editing Performance Optimization UI Systems Algorithmic Design
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Multi-layer terrain updates with automatic state persistence

Data Persistence System

Crash-proof distributed system that automatically saves and restores complex game worlds across levels with full compatibility.

Distributed Systems Crash Recovery State Management Data Architecture
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Automatic state restoration - player, environment, and objects persist across level changes

Context-Aware Dialogue System

Context-aware AI system that selects appropriate dialogue based on game state and relationships, eliminating thousands of manual scripting combinations.

Context-Aware AI Rule Engines Dynamic Content Behavioral Logic
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AI-generated dialogue adapting to player choices and game context - art by PracticalNPC

Technologies

Languages

TypeScript JavaScript Python C# GDScript

Full-Stack Web

React Node.js Express.js MongoDB Passport.js OAuth 2.0 JWT REST APIs

Tools & Platforms

Git Render Cloudflare Adobe Creative Suite Godot Unity