Colton Karaffa

Actively seeking software engineering internship or entry level full stack roles

Software engineering master's student learning and practicing best practices in full stack web application development, using Next.js for frontend architecture and a range of backend technologies and databases to build structured, production style applications.

M.S. Software Engineering @ Kennesaw State University (4.0 GPA)

B.S. Computer Science @ University of Georgia

Tech Stack

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaPythonGoC#SQL

Frameworks

Next.jsReactSpring BootNode.jsTailwind

Databases

PostgreSQLMongoDBMySQLSQLite

Cloud

AWS EC2FirebaseSupabaseVercel

Projects

Public projects that showcase my interests in full stack development, software architecture, and developer tooling. Additional work is available on my GitHub.

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Extreme Reactor 2 (ER2) Simulator

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind

An interactive web simulator for designing and optimizing reactor setups for the Minecraft mod, Extreme Reactors 2. Users can configure reactor layouts, adjust components, and evaluate performance metrics such as energy output, efficiency, and fuel usage before building in game.

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GitHub Profile Analyzer

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwindGitHub API

A web application that analyzes public GitHub profiles and repositories to summarize programming language usage, repository activity, and development patterns through interactive visualizations.

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Career Tools

Next.jsReactTypeScriptGoPythongRPC

A collection of career development tools focused on software engineering resumes and job applications. The project uses skill extraction, contextual classification, and semantic matching to identify relevant skills and compare resumes against job descriptions. Built as a multi-service application with Next.js, Go, Python, and gRPC.