Janel Joson

Full Stack Software Engineer | UH Mānoa CS Alumni | Passionate about Web Development & User Experience

Studied Computer Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and graduated in Spring 2025, with hands-on experience building responsive web applications and working in Agile teams. I enjoy designing efficient, user-centered software and am excited to contribute to meaningful projects.


Interests: Web Development, User Experience Design, Community Engagement


Projects

Ancient AI — Translating Yesterday’s Ink with Tomorrow’s Tech 2025

Developed a custom AI model and web application to transcribe 19th-century Marshallese handwritten documents into searchable text for historical research.

AI/ML Web Application Digital Humanities

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Visualizing Your Future 2024

Built a financial visualization web application for Spire Hawaii LLP, enabling clients to input and view projected budgets and data through interactive, easy-to-understand charts.

Web Application Financial Tools Data Visualization

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Hawai'i Undergraduate Initiative Website Refresh 2024

Refreshed and rebuilt the HUI program website for UH Mānoa using modern HTML and CSS to replace an outdated template and improve usability.

Web Development HTML/CSS Community Engagement

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College Cuisine Connect 2023

Developed a web application that helps college students discover and share quick, healthy, and budget-friendly recipes tailored to limited resources and dietary needs.

Web Application Recipes Community

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Essays

Lessons in Collaboration and Code

18 Dec 2024

We started the semester being split into assigned teams and given the premise of the project objectives. This was different from many of my other experiences with group projects, where we’d often select our team members or at least give...

Reflection Group Project

Going Beyond

13 Dec 2023

Software engineering is more than just learning programming languages and designing user interfaces. Adopting various disciplines can truly excel your development and elevate your skill set. Coding Standards The use of ESLint throughout the semester was definitely something to get...

Reflection Coding Standards Agile Ethics

Fashioning Code

30 Nov 2023

Runways and Repositories ‘This… stuff’? Oh. Okay. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you.” – The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Though fashion trends may come and go, the basics of making clothes have withstood the test...

Design Patterns Fashion

Timesaver or Troublemaker: AI in Software Engineering

21 Nov 2023

I. Introduction When it comes to school assignments, the biggest hurdle to get over is typically the beginning. I have found that AI technologies, like ChatGPT, have been useful in getting me to a starting point to complete tasks or...

AI ChatGPT Github Co-Pilot

Another Tool for U and I

05 Oct 2023

Though they can take some time to familiarize yourself with, user interface (UI) frameworks can be the missing key to improve your website building experience. But just like any other tool, you need to understand when and where to use...

UI Frameworks Bootstrap Website Building

Grammar Police

21 Sep 2023

Deep Clean Right before the fall semester started, I did a deep clean of my bedroom. I had finally picked up the stray clothes off the floor, put books back in their shelves, vacuumed, dusted — the whole nine yards....

Javascript ESLint

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