Joshua Au

Student

I am currently a sophomore majoring in Computer Science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I expect to graudate in Spring, 2028.


Interests: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Game Development


Projects

Cycle5ense 2026-05-06

A bin finder and recycling tracker website created for the University of Hawaii at Manoa Community.

Database CSS React

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National History Day 2024-07-12

I produced a documentary on the Endangered Species Act that qualified for districts in the 2024 National History Day.

History Awards Project

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GPA Calculator 2024-04-28

A Python program that calculates the user's GPA on a 4.0 scale, based off of user inputs for number of grades and letter grades.

Python Project

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George B Carter Recording Secretary 2024-04-16

I was the 2023-2024 Recording Secretary for the George B. Carter Serteens Club of Hawaii, a gifted and talented club centered around public service.

Club Leadership Planning

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Essays

Software Enginnering: An Everchanging Subject

15 May 2026

Software Engineering at its Core At face value, software engineering is simply writing code to carry out functions. However, learning software engineering in my ICS 314 class at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I’ve come to realize that software...

Software Engineering Learning Cooperation

AI: A future tool for coding

11 May 2026

I. Introduction Computer Science has been constantly changing since its first appearance. At first, companies would prioritize memory efficiency, with coders working individually to make code work with the least amount of code lines possible. However as needs change, coding...

Ai Use Claude ChatGPT

Effort Estimation: How half an hour turns into a 3 am binge

09 May 2026

Why Should You Estimate Effort? While coding is often taught to people on an individual level with very little collaboration and teamwork, in actual practice coding is largely team based. Team efficiency can be influenced by many factors, but team...

Effort Estimation Tracking

Design Patterns: An Easy Solution for a Constant Problem

30 Apr 2026

A Big Question for a Big Job If you’re trying to get a job in the coding industry, you might someday make it big. You might send out random job applications and suddenly google has scheduled an interview with you....

Engineering

Smart People ask SMART Questions

28 Jan 2026

What’s so SMART about questions? In your schools, a teacher might’ve said that there’s no such thing as a “dumb question.” While this is true, it might be hard to get meaningful results off of bad questions. Rather, it would...

Communication Learning Forums

Past, Present, and Future

27 Jan 2026

From the Past While in highschool, I never knew what I wanted to do when I grew up, so I simply tried a bit of everything. I took anatomy classes and music classes but nothing stuck to me except my...

Software Engineering Learning

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