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JustinK33/README.md

Welcome 👋

I'm Justin Kong
🎓 Computer Science @ Rutgers University (Class of 2028)
🚀 Backend developer | API specialist | Cloud computing enthusiast | Problem solver
🎓 Full-Stack Software Engineering Intern @ Deepiri

💡 Featured Project

NoteTube — Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS (EC2), Nginx, Docker, OpenAI, AssemblyAI

  • Deployed and Dockerized a Django application on AWS EC2 (Linux), running Gunicorn under systemd for process supervision and automatic restarts, enabling stable production serving and simpler, repeatable deployments.
  • Configured Nginx as an HTTP(S) reverse proxy to route traffic to Gunicorn, serving static assets directly and enabling proxy caching to reduce application server load and improve request-handling reliability.
  • Reduced average API route latency by 85.9% (from 313ms → 44ms) by implementing Redis caching for high-traffic user/session reads, cutting repeated PostgreSQL hits.

What this shows: full lifecycle backend engineering—built a Django web app from local development to a production deployment on AWS, containerized the application with Docker for consistent environments and repeatable releases, ran Gunicorn as the application server behind Nginx (reverse proxy + static asset delivery), and improved scalability and reliability by using Redis caching to reduce PostgreSQL load and cut endpoint latency.

Check it out and try it here: NoteTube

⚡ RU Valentine V2 — Python, FastAPI, Oauth V2 (CURRENT)

Designing and building a school-wide matchmaking platform for Rutgers students, including auth, survey flows, matching logic, and announcement pages, handling real student sign-ups and live traffic.

⚡ TeamBrain — Python, FastAPI, OpenAI, AssemblyAI

Building an AI-powered note generator that takes your favorite YouTube videos and turns them into organized and structured notes.

💻 Tech Stack:

Languages: Python, Java, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
Frameworks/Libraries: FastAPI, Django, Flask, Pydantic, Tailwind CSS, SQLAlchemy, Tesseract, NumPy, Pandas
Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, SQLite
Tools & Platforms: Git, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), Docker, Postman
APIs & Integration: Google OAuth, Google Gemini API, AssemblyAI API, OpenAI API, Weather API

📫 Connect With Me:

Email: jhk174@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Personal-Portfolio: Justin Kong
LinkedIn: JustinHKong

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  1. NoteTube NoteTube Public

    AI service that turns youtube videos into your own personal notes

    HTML

  2. TeamBrain TeamBrain Public

    Chat app for organizing shared docs and decisions in one place

    Python