👋 Hi, I'm Johnny Santamaria!
🚀 Aspiring Software Engineer & IT Specialist | 🎨 Tech & Design Enthusiast | 🔐 Cybersecurity & AI Advocate
I'm a Computer Science undergrad at San Francisco State University, passionate about the intersection of technology, design, and user experience. With a background in IT, front-end development, and AI ethics, I enjoy building innovative solutions that enhance usability, security, and efficiency.
🔧 Tech Stack & Skills
💻 Programming: Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, C++ 🖥 IT & Troubleshooting: Desktop Support, Ticketing Systems 🎨 Design & UI/UX: Graphic Design, Web Development 🤖 AI & Research: AI Ethics, Model Training
🌱 Currently Learning
Advanced Software Engineering principles
MacOS development & Apple Intelligence integration
Cybersecurity & Ethical AI practices
💡 Notable Projects & Contributions 🔹 Built a Python-based study guide generator for students 🔹 Developed Tkinter UI applications with ttkbootstrap & CustomTkinter 🔹 Contributed to open-source projects in high level and low level languages 🔹 Contributed to Dagster, a widely recognized open-source project with 12.5K GitHub stars, designed to enhance data engineering workflows through robust data visualization and orchestration capabilities 🔹 Contributed to Keyshade, an alpha-stage open-source project which is a scalable TypeScript monorepo secret management tool Contributed to Keyshade, an alpha-stage open-source project which is a scalable TypeScript monorepo secret management tool, fixing critical environment lifecycle bugs in cloud integrations (Vercel & AWS Lambda) that eliminated security risks from orphaned credentials 🔹 Implemented event-driven architecture patterns with retry logic, exponential backoff, and reconciliation systems for eventual consistency in distributed systems 🔹 Navigated complex CI/CD debugging as an external contributor, resolving Snyk security scan failures and package manager compatibility issues
📫 Let's Connect! 📧 Email: johnnysantamaria603@gmail.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnnyds