My name is Ally, and I'm a Filipina-Kiwi-(almost) Dutch software engineering student based in Amsterdam. I'm currently studying at Codam, which is part of the 42 Network. I'm passionate about clean software design and architecture, full-stack development, and working on projects where I can learn something new.

I mainly work with C and C++ at Codam, while expanding my skills in JavaScript, C#, .NET, and Angular to explore full-stack development. In my free time, you can find me programming, creating art, or watching films from the Criterion Collection.

🔧 Current projects:
getHomeSafe - Safety-focused routing app using TomTom Maps SDK with planned features including route planning, location tracking, and real-time sharing
webserv – building an HTTP/1.1 web server from scratch in C++

📂 Previous projects
Minishell – a custom Unix shell supporting command execution, pipes, redirections, and environment variables
so_long – a small 2D game built in C using a lightweight graphics library
Meddit – Side project built to learn and practice C#, MySQL, Entity Framework, and REST API development. Meddit is a REST API which enables users to post, comment and vote on topics. Inspired by a popular forum that rhymes with Weddit.

🏆 Hackathons
Chessbot – C-based chessbot using Minimax with alpha-beta pruning, piece-square evaluation, and mobility heuristics. Placed third overall!
Inclusivity bias detector – Python NLP model detecting inclusivity bias in job descriptions using TF-IDF, KNN, and BERT embeddings; work included data preprocessing, modeling, and evaluation.

💻 Tech Stack:
Languages: C • C++ • C# • Python • JavaScript • TypeScript
Frontend: HTML • CSS • Angular • Figma
Machine Learning: Pandas • PyTorch • scikit-learn

💫 I love working on new projects - feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn if you have an idea you'd like to collaborate on!