Hayden Westphal
Software Engineer | Student
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About me
A highly skilled and motivated software engineer with 4 years of college experience developing and delivering high-quality software solutions.
Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for delivering innovative and efficient software products.
Able to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, while continuously seeking opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Skills
Proficient in:
Python
JS
React
HTML
CSS
Familiar with:
Java
C#
SQL
Haskell
Matlab
Assembly
Portfolio
All projects are completed solely by me unless stated otherwise.
Get-More-Loot
An idle loot game inspired by Diablo 3 and Cookie Clicker. Can generate up to 100,000 unique enemies and items.

Skills utilized: React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS
Readability and Similarity of ChatGPT
A student-led semester-long research project on the analysis of ChatGPT relative to StackOverflow completed with 3 other group members. Collected over 15,000 question/answers from StackOverflow and compared the answers with ChatGPT for the same prompt

Utilized: Python, StackAPI, OpenAI API, JSON, CSV
Capture Cam
A Python application that can interpret license plate numbers from an image, and compares to a DB. Utilized Python, OpenCV, PyTesseract, SQLite, Tkinter

Winner of the Best Data Visualization award at the University of Iowa Hackathon 2022
Ranked Item List
A ranked list app that sorts items in ascending order. Allows edits, deletes, and saves as you go.

Skills utilized: JavaScript, HTML/CSS
Risk of Rain 2 Utilities
A C# mod for the game Risk of Rain 2; mostly to learn C#. Learned how to use ILSpy to decompile .dll files and read through source code. The live demo features an item stats website for new users to view items

Skills utilized: C#, Unity, ILSpy; HTML/CSS/JavaScript