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afriedsam/README.md

πŸ‘‹ Hi there, I'm Aidan Friedsam!

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πŸ“š About Me

I'm a senior majoring in Computer Science at the University of Michigan. I am passionate about utilizing technology and programming to solve real-world problems and enhance efficiency in daily tasks. This past summer I worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Datadog, and will be returning full time in August 2025.

πŸ’‘ Projects

🌐 SpotConnect

As the founder and primary developer, I am leading SpotConnect into becoming a game-changing iPhone app in the parking domain. SpotConnect is designed to be an open marketplace for parking spaces, particularly focused on college campuses, connecting drivers and residents efficiently.

πŸ›  Tech Stack

  • Stripe: For payment processing
  • Firebase: Utilizing database, storage, authentication, and serverless functions
  • Swift: App development
  • HTML, CSS, JS: Front-end technologies

πŸ›  Other Independent Projects

🎢 Playlist Converter CLI

Developing a Python CLI tool that automatically converts public playlists from Apple Music to Spotify.

πŸ’° Bitcoin Twitter Bot: HourlyBTCUpdate

Built a bot that tweets the current price of Bitcoin every hour. Initially deployed on a Raspberry Pi using Python, I migrated the bot to Node.js and Google Cloud to adapt to Twitter API v2 changes. Check out the Twitter account here.

πŸ“° Riverdale Review iPhone App

Designed, developed, and launched an iPhone app for Riverdale's student-run newspaper. Learn More

πŸ”¬ Arduino-Powered PCR Machine

Programmed and built an Arduino-powered polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine. Learn More

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’Ό Professional Experience

🐢 Datadog, Software Engineering Intern – Summer 2024

  • Intern on AAA Core Access Team
  • Created usage tracking features for App Keys, Users, Service Accounts and IP Allowlist
  • Added new IP Allowlist features to support batch adding previously used IP addresses to allowlist
  • Migrated IP Allowlist endpoints from Python to Go, reducing latency by up to 95% in some cases.
    • Led database schema splitout to support the migration.

🏦 Ninth Wave, Software Engineering Intern – Summer 2023

  • Developed an API that links SQL databases with front-end dashboards, enhancing financial data exchange for Ninth Wave's institutional clients.
  • Utilized technologies such as SQL, Spring-Boot, and Java.
  • Worked directly under the Head of Development and collaborated closely with Engineering and Product teams.

🌐 Meetup, Data Engineering Intern – Summer 2022

  • Developed and maintained data pipelines crucial for insights and analytics.
  • Technologies used include AWS (S3, Redshift, Kinesis), Apache-Airflow, and Sqoop.

πŸ“… What's Next?

I worked as a software Engineering Intern at Datadog during summer 2024. I am now finishing my CS Degree at Michigan with plans to return full time to Datadog in August of 2025.

πŸ“« Let's Connect

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  1. Physics-Calculator Physics-Calculator Public

    1D Kinematics Calculator

    Swift

  2. homemade_ventilator homemade_ventilator Public

    In light of the ongoing Coronavirus crisis and the ventilator shortage that it has caused I set out to design an extremely cheap and mass producible ventilator.

  3. PCR-Machine PCR-Machine Public

    Arduino Polymerase Chain Reaction Machine

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  4. Python-BTC-Twitter-Bot Python-BTC-Twitter-Bot Public

    Python BTC Twitter Bot

    Python