04 May 2026
Effort Estimation and Tracking in Manoa Course Wise Effort estimation and tracking were completely new territory for our team in the Manoa Course Wise project. At the beginning, the whole process felt pretty artificial. How were we supposed to guess...
Software Engineering NextJs React Vercel
30 Apr 2026
Why Design Patterns Are Basically a Playbook for Coding If you’ve ever played on a sports team, you know the value of a good playbook. It’s not just a collection of random moves; it’s the shared language and strategy that...
Design Bootstrap NextJs
31 Mar 2026
Overview The Problem UH Mānoa students face difficulty every semester when choosing classes. Tools like RateMyProfessors are often too general or overly negative, and official UH systems provide little insight into real difficulty, workload, teaching style, or the best time...
Software Engineering NextJs
25 Mar 2026
Overview The Problem Incoming freshmen and transfer students at UH Mānoa often feel overwhelmed during their first weeks on campus. They struggle to navigate the large campus, find important resources, deal with culture shock, and make safe housing decisions, which...
Software Engineering NextJs
26 Feb 2026
The First Surprise: It Was Actually Easy to Start When I first tried Bootstrap 5, I thought it would be really hard, like learning a whole new set of rules that would slow me down. But it surprised me. It...
Bootstrap
12 Feb 2026
ESLint’s Not-So-Gentle Welcome When I first started using ESLint in VS Code about a week ago, the amount of warnings that appeared every time I saved a file felt like the editor was criticizing my every move. It flagged missing...
Typescript ESLint Coding Standards
29 Jan 2026
The importance of asking smart questions In the world of software engineering, effective communication is important, not only for collaborations but also for seeking help from places like Stack Overflow. One of the most important aspects of this is the...
Stack Overflow
22 Jan 2026
One Week With TypeScript As a third -year computer science student, my first experience with TypeScript was only about a week ago. I must admit, it has been quite a struggle. Learning anything new is hard, but having to demonstrate...
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