Joseph Melancon
Hello!
My name is Joseph Melancon. I'm 21 and currently a junior seeking a bachelor's in Computer Science at University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. I'm also pursuing minors in cybersecurity and mathematics. I enjoy programming, soldering, and on occasion, video games.
My Skills
See below for a list of my skills. I also have a link to a resume (PDF) up top in the header. Standard buzzwords shall be relegated to that document.
| Skill | Depth of Knowledge |
|---|---|
| Python3 | Enough to be dangerous. This is my go-to language for most of my personal projects. Usually this consists of web scraping or analyzing data. I’ve taken classes for Python at both University of Minnesota Twin Cities and University of North Dakota. |
| HTML, CSS, and JS | Enough to make this webpage! I don’t usually do anything too fancy, but I’ve got a good enough footing to make serviceable pages. My static site generator of choice is usually Jekyll. I also do web development for my university where I work in the Symfony framework for PHP. |
| Linux | I wouldn’t call myself an expert, but it’s my system of choice for my server, containers, and laptop. Debian and Alpine are my two primary choices. I've also got some experience with Proxmox Virtual Environment. |
| Computer Networking | A touch. I play around with Mikrotik’s RouterOS from time to time but I don’t have much experience with devices from Cisco or the like. I have taken a networking class through UND and do have a basic understanding of the TCP/IPv4 suite though. I’ve also done research on reporting packet flow in software defined networks. |
| Active Directory | Aside from working in Windows endpoint support at my part-time job, I have played around a bit with deploying an Active Directory server using Samba. I’ve got a decent grasp on the structuring and management of a domain. Still got plenty of learning to do though. |
| Git |
I know a bit. I’ve managed my fair share of GitHub orgs and know the basics of commits,
branches, and pushing over SSH. Merging conflicting commits is still a pain point, however,
I grasp the basic idea. I just get filtered when vimdiff presents itself. Of
course, this is a tool I use often while at work and occasionally during group projects.
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| Device Repair | I consider myself very handy with a screwdriver. I'm a frugal spender, so I often buy my devices used or broken and will repair them as needed. I can repair laptops, desktops, and cell phones and used to do so for my university's IT department as a part-time job. I also do a bit of soldering, though I'm admittedly not very good at it. |
My Work
Not too much to speak of here, at least not yet. A lot of my recent code is too small a project to consider uploading or is university property. Here's some of the stuff I can post though!
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| Uncomplicated Web User Directory | This is a full-stack PHP application I wrote for managing an LDAP directory. This includes creating and updating users, registering users, issuing password resets, managing user groups, and adding service accounts. It's not done yet, but I've got enough done to warrant making it public. Alongside the application are Compose files for deploying the application, Nginx, and OpenLDAP (via smblds) in one fell swoop. |
| massmusicconvert Batch Music Conversion Script | A script I wrote that handles assisting in converting lots of music to different formats. It's not complete and may not ever be in a state I consider complete, however, it's still a script I use quite often to keep a folder of MP3 transcodes of my CD collection. I usually rip to Flac, so this script can get me to a format that I can bring into iTunes. |
| Other odds and ends | There’s other things I haven’t listed here as I don’t really see them as too notable. Most of my projects can be found on my GitHub. |
Contact Me
The best means of contact is to shoot me an email at joseph@jmelancon.com. I don’t really have any socials to speak of.