Braeden Mendoza

Student

I am a second-year B.S. Computer Science major in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii. I expect to graduate in Fall, 2025.


Interests: Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interactions, Computer Graphics and Visualization


Projects

BrainBows 2024

A Study Buddy App for UH Manoa ICS students

JavaScript HTML/CSS Bootstrap5 React MongoDB Meteor

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Student Engineering Intern 2023

I worked as a student engineering intern at the DOT Airports during the Fall 2023 semester.

Engineering Airports

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Jan Ken Po GUI 2023

Creating a GUI for a User vs Computer Rock Paper Scissors game

Java GUI

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Essays

SWE: To Be Or Not To Be

30 Apr 2024

My Journey To Becoming a SWE Over the past semester of my computer science degree, I have been taking a software engineering class which has introduced me to various frameworks and languages such as JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, and React. More...

Software Engineering

AI: A Friend or Foe?

30 Apr 2024

I. Introduction At the height of COVID-19, came the introduction of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that answers prompts. Since then, the world has considerably shifted by incorporating AI into various aspects of society. Although AI has existed prior to this,...

AI

Crocheting Code: Weaving Design Patterns into Programming

25 Apr 2024

The similarity of crochet and design patterns Outside of coding, I have been trying to explore new extracurriculars. As of recently, a hobby that I have been indulging myself in is learning to crochet. I have slowly begun to learn...

Design Patterns

My Uphill Battle with UI frameworks

22 Feb 2024

HTML/CSS “Bro, why won’t this column move down!?” Kind of a weird thing to say on a Sunday afternoon but this was what I was doing all weekend. Would it be weird to think that learning HTML/CSS is more difficult...

UI frameworks HTML/CSS Bootstrap5

Is My Question Dumb?

25 Jan 2024

Do Dumb Questions Exist? What if I were to tell you that there is such a thing as a dumb question? For many of us, we have been told since childhood that all questions are good questions. I wouldn’t necessarily...

Smart Questions