Wren Wydra

Welcome to my personal website! Here you'll find my personal projects and a timeline of what I've been up to; as well as information about my interests and how to contact me.

GUIGLE+

A web application that will relies on the Apache Lucene1 indexing engine to retrieve relevant applications containing GUI layouts with similar attributes to those entered in a query.

Custom Shell

A project focused on understanding the shell as a form of abstraction provided by the linux operating system. Implemented built-in Linux features, parsing command line input, handling zombie processes, executing in parallel and in background/foreground of the shell.

Simple HTTP Server

A program utilizing socket programming and the details of Hypertext Transfer Protocol 1.1, including key features such as GET, HEAD, and POST.

Mock Customer Database

Created a database using SQLite for a hypothetical store in order to understand test data creation, database population, database maintenance, and automation of data entry.

Data Science Basics

Projects and assignments completed in an introductory data science class. This includes work with data standardization, pandas and numpy, tensorflow, and regression.

Machine Learning

Projects and assignments completed in a machine learning class. This includes work with neural networks, classification, clustering, and regressions.

Timeline

Click below to go to a basic timeline detailing my education and career from 2016 to the present.

About Me

This is a section dedicated to telling you a little bit more about what I'm working on in my free time.

Volunteering

Volunteering is one of my favorite ways to spend my free time. One of the things I'm most proud of is my volunteer work with the D.C. Center for the LGBTQ+ Community. I facilitate a few support groups, help with queer elder luncheons, and LOVE volunteering during our pride month efforts. I also work with Coders and Codepath to teach frontend web dev to middle schoolers and give technical interviews to undergraduate students in need of extra technical interview preparation.

Horticulturist

Biology has always interested me, and I've found working with plants is the perfect way to channel my curiosity. Caring for plants is calming and I highly recommend it to anyone who could use a little greenery in their life. My favorite plants are philodendrons and strings of things; they're both easy to take care of (and absolutely stunning).

Arts and Writing

In addition to plants, painting, writing, and knitting are very close to my heart. I love creating art inspired by the queer/feminist experience and my overwhelming love for all things pink and sparkly. My creative writing leans more towards the horror genre, while my poetry runs the spectrum of reclaiming childhood experiences to expressing my love for the people around me.

Cloud Resource Learning

My 2024 tech goal is to become more knowledgeable about AWS resources. After getting my Solutions Architect Certification last year, I want to take this year to apply my learnings. This website is hosted through s3 with a cloudfront distribution. I also utilize AWS's pipeline resource to publish website changes. In my current job I use cloudformation to provision resources for large scale deployments and am hoping to apply some of that thinking to further streamlining my website.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about projects I've worked on, or projects I'm currently working on, feel free to reach out!

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    Arlington, Virginia

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