hi, i am synthia. i've written computer software professionally since 2006.
here are some of the projects i've worked on across a wide variety of domains and industries.
2015-2017
crdts and custom geospatial database for offline device-to-device replication in remote areas
for a desktop and mobile mapping and data collection tool
2018-2022
geospatial stack with a p2p database based on interval and bkd trees written in rust and
compiled to wasm for the frontend with a webgl rendering engine to display records directly
from database queries loaded on-demand in a sparse manner from peers.
rust backend for pre-processing and denormalizing openstreetmap data for the whole earth
to ingest into the p2p database.
2023-2024
interactive debugger instrumentation layer for a zero-knowledge programming language
2018-2020
interactive webgl design tool for technicians to design custom
below and above the knee medical leg prosthetics
2018
webgl rendering component for a building design tool for architects
2017
interactive canvas web frontend for ordering custom textiles from user-submitted designs
2011-2018
popular tool and ecosystem for compiling modular frontend javascript code
2023
scheduling application for surgical procedures
2006
programmable vr backdrop for a theatrical performance in a vr lab
as a collaboration with a university theater department and a supercomputing center
2006-2008
interactive scenes and supporting tooling for a vr lab including:
virtual planet mars, historical model of a town, interactive model of a machine room with live
usage information
2007-2008
python glue code and wrappers for a space weather forecasting model written in fortran
2008-2010
batch-processing tool for managing high-volume gis map data extracts
2009
offline data entry tool for scientific reports of ice conditions in the bering sea and arctic
ocean
2010-2014
developer tools for testing and ci
2008, 2010
embedded and control system programming, circuit board design,
welding, and some other hardware design for an underwater rov
2010
mapping and web frontend for a tsunami inundation model
2016-2018
webgl map viewer for an online directory of historical time periods and regions
2023
docker swarm management and deployment tooling
2013-
visual and audio live coding performances
2014-2015
realtime graphs and time series data viewer for a datacenter ssd storage product
2019-
subjective moderation and wire protocol work on a p2p chat client