Teaching Utilities

Tools built for educational purposes

Godot Leaderboard

A complete leaderboard system for Godot games with secure HMAC authentication, ranking modes, and flexible data storage.

Secure Flexible Real-time
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Teaching Tool 2

Another educational utility coming soon...

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Teaching Tool 3

More tools to help students learn...

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Personal Projects

Exploration in web development and programming

Bedrock-to-Java Global Bridge

A cross-platform Minecraft bridge project that lets Bedrock and Java players join the same shared server experience.

🎮 How to join: Add friend M0ddedZ on Xbox Live, then select the server from the in-game menu. Bedrock players connect to 104.193.182.181:5570. PC players on Java Edition can connect directly to pwd.apexmc.co.

Linux Administration Network Engineering Automation & Monitoring Cloud Infrastructure
  • Cross-edition access for friends on different devices.
  • Stable always-on hosting approach.
  • Simple join flow with consistent server access.

MA Globle

A Massachusetts geography guessing game. Make guesses, get distance feedback, and use the map to narrow in on the correct municipality.

Full-Stack Development Geospatial Data D3.js Visualization REST API
  • Simple daily challenge format with replayable sessions.
  • Interactive map feedback to help guide each guess.
  • No account required to play.

Web Scraper App

A Node.js data aggregation app that collects and serves leaderboard and trending datasets through clean API endpoints and simple browser views.

Node.js + Express Data Pipelines REST API Caching
  • Scrapes and serves multiple public datasets from sports, finance, and media sources.
  • Includes API endpoints and lightweight frontend pages for quick data viewing.
  • Built with rate limiting, CORS controls, and flexible local/S3 data storage support.
Project Overview

About

I'm passionate about teaching programming and web development to the next generation of developers. Through hands-on projects and practical utilities, I help students understand real-world applications of programming concepts and modern development practices.

Technical Specializations

Frontend Development

HTML CSS JavaScript

Backend Development

Node.js AWS

Data & Deployment

PostgreSQL Heroku

This site showcases my personal projects and the tools I've created to support my teaching practice. The Godot Leaderboard is a prime example of full-stack development—combining a modern frontend interface with a secure backend API and persistent database storage, all deployed on lightweight infrastructure.