Hey there, I'm

Pablo Valdes

Motivated Full Stack Developer,
Nature Enjoyer, & Bad Chess Player 😅

“Never stop dreaming,
never stop believing,
never give up,
never stop trying,
and never stop learning.”
– Roy Bennett

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Projects

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My Portfolio

The culmination of my skills & growing confidence as a Full Stack Web Developer.

Next.js
Tailwind.css
Typescript
Zustand
Resend

iServer

An image uploading website with third party auth, design inspired by imgbb.com. Made to statically serve image urls for websites.

Next.js
Tailwind.css
Typescript
MongoDB
Clerk
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Practical Synth Theme

My solution to a visually pleasing SynthWave Theme for Visual Studio Code. I could never find one I liked, so I made my own for everyday use.

CSS
JSON

Theoretical Stonk Plays

My favorite project, uses a third party API to get stock aggregate data for charts. Allows user to form theoretical stock plays based on state actions.

Next.js
Tailwind.css
Typescript
Polygon.io API
Zustand
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General Planner

Authentication routes and permissions, a dedicated Frontend and Backend API. My first Full Stack project and a priceless learning experience.

React
Redux
MongoDB
Node
Express
Javascript

Misc. Projects

An assortment of miscellaneous projects not given much attention here as they were for simple practice, experimentation, or basic learning from when I started my journey coding.

Web Development
C++
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Tools

Here are some of the tools I've used in designing, creating, and deploying projects.

Backend

Express.js

MongoDB

Postman

Node.js

EJS

Frontend

Tailwind CSS

Shadcn/UI

Bootstrap

Zustand

React.js

Next.js

jQuery

Redux

HTML

CSS

Zod

Other

UploadThing

Typescript

Javascript

Git/Github

OnRender

VS Code

Resend

Vercel

Clerk

Unix

APIs

Design

Microsoft Whiteboard

Browser Extensions

Chrome Dev Tools

Adobe Express

Figma

Canva

About

How it started

Long ago, back when I was 17 years old in 11th grade, my good friend Jeremiah told me how he was gonna start coding, before hand I had always thought of coding as something difficult and complex, but since he was doing it, I figured it wouldn't be "that hard" for me to try. Naturally I got curious in making websites as I always thought it would be cool to create any kind of website I imagined if I learned how. In the beginning, I struggled, nevertheless I continued, and as I progressed further I realized I ultimately wanted to do Fullstack development as I wanted to expand my breadth of knowledge and I figured it would help me learn more anyways.

How it's going

About two years later, after a long journey of learning, experimenting, struggling, and so much more, I improved my Fullstack Development skills drastically. Now as a 19 year old Fullstack Developer I've become more confident in my skills to create websites and their functional logic, but most importantly, I've become confident in my skills to learn new concepts and tech, and more critically, how to problem solve and learn from mistakes effectively. Regarding my education, I'm currently a sophomore at Miami Dade College, nearly ready to transfer to Florida International University to continue my pursuit of a B.A. in Computer Science. My academic achievements have also led me to being a recipient of the Cambridge Aice Diploma / Bright Futures Scholarship that covers my College tuition, and these same achievements have also gifted me a fellowship in MLT, a program for diverse talent that I am truly grateful to be a part of.

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Still curious?

I really appreciate your interest, for more about my academics, organizations, and much more, you can visit my LinkedIn, thank you!

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Have a question or want to work together? Send me a message and let's talk!

Availability

Currently available for freelance or full-time positions. Contact me for any inquiries.

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