Aris Carlos

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii. I expect to graduate in Fall, 2025. Following graduation, I'm looking to work in a position in the cybersecurity field.


Interests: Cybersecurity, Networking, Penetration Testing, Baking, Cooking


Projects

Full Cycle Takeout App 2023

An app used to keep track of, checkout, and return containers as part of a zero-waste effort to reuse takeout containers.

Meteor, React, MongoDB

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Bank Database 2023

A program written in C++ used to perform bank database operations such as storing, viewing, or removing bank records.

C++

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Registration Processing 2022

A program to perform registration tasks and keep track of students for an upcoming school year.

Java

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Mahi'ai Culinary Competition 2021

A recipe created and crafted for a statewide high school culinary competition.

Competition Culinary

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Essays

The New Tools in my Software Engineering Toolbox

13 Dec 2023

Embarking on the journey of studying software engineering has been an illuminating expedition into the world of coding and the tools that shape the digital landscape. At first, I thought I knew what I would be going into as I...

Software Engineering

Cooking Up with Design Patterns

30 Nov 2023

- “Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors—it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.” – Wolfgang Puck Today, software is what...

Design Patterns Software Engineering

Artificial Intelligence vs Human Intelligence

21 Nov 2023

Introduction Can you imagine that a lot of questions nowadays can be answered simply by just asking a computer program? Sure, it can be said that we could already do that by just Googling it, but today, it’s much more...

Artificial Intelligence Education Software Engineering

Bootstrapping My Learning of UI Frameworks

05 Oct 2023

“In general, bootstrapping usually refers to a self-starting process that is supposed to continue or grow without external input. - Wikipedia“ Frameworks To Do More Before I dove deeper into Software Engineering, my knowledge of frameworks was limited just to...

UI Frameworks Bootstrap

Elevating Excellence Beyond the Syntax

22 Sep 2023

My Own Standards I was never really formally introduced to coding standards until my second semester when I took ICS 212, Program Structure. Yet, that concept was something that was instilled in me without even realizing it until I got...

Learning Coding Standards

Work Smart, Not Hard: Questions Edition

08 Sep 2023

The Learning Process In the process of getting better at something, one needs to learn the material that pertains to the subject. Whether they are learning the jargon, the rules, the processes, or any knowledge needed to perform a job,...

Learning

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