Diego Laya

Software Engineer & UI / UX Designer

+1 (954) 860 - 1376 | diegolaya01@hotmail.com

About Me

I am Diego Laya, a Computer Science student at the University of Florida.

I love finding creative ways to solve problems and I am passionate about

creating simple and elegant user interfaces. I am adaptable, easygoing,

and always open to help and learn. I am looking for software engineering

opportunities starting May 2021.

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Pricio [Big Project]

Full Stack Developer - Swift, Firebase

Venezuela's hyperinflation is over 1,000,000%.

Businesses cannot afford to continuously print

new price tags, as prices rise by the hour. As if

that wasn't enough, people are forced to wait

in lines to ask for prices at the cashier, which

creates disorder and stress.

No more price tags, lines and disorder.

With Pricio, users have it easier than ever. They just pull up their

phones, point it to the product's barcode, and get the price all in

real time. They can also add such product to their cart, letting

them control the total amount and adjust to their needs.

Admins also benefit, as they are able to quickly add and delete

products, as well as editing existing ones. They can also modify

the exchange rate that defines the product's prices in real time.

GatorRater [Big Project]

Full Stack Developer - MERN Stack

Gator Rater is a website built to help University of Florida

students maintain mental wellness. It was built using the

the MERN stack. It has 4 features soon to be explained.

I worked as a full stack developer, designing the entire UI,

building the comment board, resource page, and more.

Gator Rater won the Best Project Award

#1 out of 46 contestants

Features

Daily Popup

Every 24 hours, once the user logs in, they get a form that

asks how they felt that day. This data is saved and plotted

on the dashboard's graphs, which let the user track their

wellness, and seek help if necessary. It targets important

factors for wellness such as sleep, exercise and stress.

Weekly Schedule

Users upload iCal files that lay out the schedule for the week.

They can also rate or check the rating of such assignments,

calculated by averaging all ratings by users that completed

them. Ratings are based on difficulty and time to complete.

This feature lets users plan ahead and reduce stress.

Comment Board

Users can check comments for classes they plan to take, this

gives them a better insight on what to expect and plan ahead.

They can also filter by specific professors teaching the course,

as well as leaving their own comment, liking, flagging, etc.

Lastly, each search has a direct link to relevant Reddit forums.

Resources Page

Users can see a map with locations that target different

aspects of overall wellness. Users can also suggest new places

to add to the map, and new tips for other users after being

accepted by the admins. Lastly, users can see a list of

hotlines and websites where they can get quick help.

Events App [Small Project]

Full Stack Developer - Swift, CoreData

Designed and built an iOS mobile application where users see a list of 250 upcoming events from the

SeatGeek API. For each event, users can see the name, time, location, level of hype, and a direct link to buy

tickets. Users can also like events, and filter by their liked events, which remain between sessions thanks to

CoreData's data persistense.

Calculator [Small Project]

Full Stack Developer - JavaScript, React, CSS, Node.js, Firebase

Designed and built a simple calculator web application where users can calculate operations and see a real

time list of the last 10 calculations made by other users globally, without needing to refresh the page. The

calculator offers input validation as soon as the user inputs numbers or symbols, letting the user know

if they need to tweak something before executing. For the history, a Firebase database was implemented.

But that's not it!

I've also completed smaller projects such as:

Minesweeper Replica

C++ - Developed Minesweeper from scratch with the SFML Library.

Image Processor

C++ - Processes binary TGA files creating new edited images by reading

the file and manipulating according to each effect's formula.

Titanic Predictor

Python - Model that predicts if a passenger survives on the Titanic

based on age, gender, economic class and more using the SKLearn Library.

and more...

what now?

Vagabond (In Progress)

Senior Project

My team and I are creating a federated peer-to-peer social network that works with

the ActivityPub Protocol, which offers a more secure and controlless approach to social

networking. It is a complicated project but I am ceratinly learning a lot and I am

enjoying the process.

You made it to the end, thank you!

diegolaya01@hotmail.com - +1 (954) 860 - 1376

Designed and developed from scratch by Diego Laya