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Cynthia Nikolai

Author, Inventor, Software Developer

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~~ About Me ~~
I grew up in the Air Force. My mom was in the Air Force for 20 years. I loved it, and I knew that I wanted to serve my country. After college I joined the Air Force. I was a space and missile operator. But I wanted to be a scientist. So I left the Air Force, and I used the GI Bill to go back to school. I studied Math and Computer Science. I have three passions in life: Math, Computers, and building puzzles. I love these fields because I love solving problems and building computer artifacts. I love saving time and money for companies by using math and computers to solve problems more efficiently and effectively. I also love challenging myself. A fun fact about myself is that I am working on building the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle. It is 32,000 pieces.
~~ Computer Skills and Proficiencies ~~

Programming Languages: Java | JavaScript | Perl | PHP | C++ | C | Swift | Python | HTML | CSS | XML | JSON | Visual Basic | Ruby | SQL | R | Markdown

Frontend: Bootstrap | jQuery | React | Angular | Room

Backend: Postman | Node.js | Express | JPA | Hibernate | Django

Databases: AWS S3 | MySQL | PostgreSQL | MongoDB | Firebase | CloudKit | Neo4j | SQLite

Visualization/Animation/Design: Maya | Photoshop | Flash | Tableau Design Frameworks: MVC | MVVM

Geolocation: Mapbox | Google Maps | ArcGIS

Project Management/Collaboration Tools: git | GitHub | GitLab | Slack | Discord | Zoom | Word | PowerPoint | Pages | Numbers | Excel | WordPerfect | OpenOffice | Google Docs | Google Forms | Google Slides | Google Sheets

Operating Systems: Linux | Windows | MacOS

Virtualization: Parallels | VMWare | Virtual Box

Miscellaneous: Heroku | MEAN | MERN | LAMP | MATLAB | Maple | Android Development | iOS Development | macros | apple script | WebEOC | vEOC

~~ Projects ~~
AwesomeDash
AwesomeDash
LIRI
LIRI
Word Guess CLI Image
Word Guess CLI
Bamazon Image
Bamazon
Friend Finder Image
Friend Finder
Eat-Da-Burger Image
Eat-Da-Burger
MedDash
Med Dash
Trivia Platoon
Trivia Platoon
Word Guess
Word Guess Game
Psychic Game
Psychic Game
Jewel Game
Jewel Game
Trivia Game
Trivia Game
Giphy Search Engine
Giphy Search Engine
Train Scheduler
Train Scheduler
Mood Tracker
Mood Tracker
Go4Lunch
Go4Lunch
Vaccination PocketKeeper
Vaccination PocketKeeper
Interview Prep
Interview Prep
Color Mix Image
Color Mix
Deck of One Card Image
Deck of One Card
Pokedecks Image
Pokedecs
Gridy Puzzle Image
Gridy Puzzle
Wager Danger Image
Wager Danger
Java Word Anagrams
Vampire Bites
~~ Fun Fact ~~
A fun fact about myself. I am building the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle.* It is 32,256 pieces. Here are some pictures.

*This was the world's largest puzzle when I bought it around 2011. However, since that time, they have come out with a new World's Largest Puzzle. It is 51,300 pieces. Of course, I had to buy that one, but since I started this one and have been working on it for 10 years already, I figured that I would finish this one first. It will probably take me another 10 years to finish.

~~ Contact Me ~~