Kyle Christensen's Portfolio

Hello, I'm

Kyle Christensen

And I would love to help solve your problems

I'm a full stack software developer with an emphasis on modern React and Typescript. I thrive on the challenge of taking a project from requirements through technical design and implementation.

I'm looking to join a software team where I can find mentorship and feedback on what I know and what I don't know. I'm excited to solve novel problems and gain the insight that one can only get from working day to day on projects with people who are as deeply committed to their work as I am.

Kyle Christensen

Frontend Developer

TypeScriptReactUXDynamicDesignCSS

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Kyle Christensen

Backend Developer

Node.jsPythonFastApiBashAPITypescript

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Projects

CBTree

CBTree is a web application for creating and managing CBT thought records.
The front end is a React TypeScript application with strict typings and numerous custom type guards.

Designed, tested and implemented 14 distinct responsive pages.
Advanced use of custom hooks for API logic, form state logic, theming and authentication.
Implemented full user management scheme with context api, and a custom auth hook backed by JWT.
The back end is a RESTful FastAPI Python CRUD application backed by a document based store.

Quote Battler

Quote Battler is a quick fun mobile game that pairs fast reflexes with humorous mismatched quotations.
React application that consumes a public quote API.
Managed complex game state with useReducer and ContextAPI.
Leveraged react drag and drop to create a fast paced and smooth user experience

Yarn Inc

Yarn Inc is a color and font picker tool for creating fashionable websites
Wrote custom functionality that causes Yarn to only give accessible color combinations
Realized pretty early on that best case scenario Yarn would be a poor version of wix and ceased development

Hacker News Clone

Hacker News Clone is an app developed to learn react and practice consuming an unfriendly API
Learned class components, best practices and lifecycle methods of react class components
Parsed data from the Hacker News API into a usable format for multiple pages.
Created custom dark mode stylings done entirely in CSS.

Contact

Get in touch with me if you think I could help

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About Me

I've always had a passion for solving problems, technical and mechanical. I've had many roles in that vein, from developing a paperless filing system to teaching children how to code. I spent the last few years as a bike courier, and while I enjoyed the constant challenge of optimizing routes, I felt unchallenged intellectually. I started coding again and quickly realized that this is what I was missing. I started spending my spare time studying, improving my skills, and helping others online, eventually developing multiple open source personal projects with the aim of becoming a full time software developer.