Nicholas Brown: Web Developer For Hire
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Companies I worked for
- Lunar Digital Assets: App developer and content writer. I also developed internal marketing tools. Years: 2019 to present.
- Cleantechnica: Content writer. Years: 2011 to 2015.
- Kompulsa: Developer, SEO, editor, and content writer. Years: 2007 to present.
The languages, database systems, and frameworks I have the most experience with
Node.js
2015 to present
This is my primary language, which I use to build bots, APIs, back-ends for websites, server apps/APIs for mobile apps, and servers for embedded software.
| Language/Framework | Period |
|---|---|
| Express | 2015 to present |
| PostgreSQL | 2019 to present |
| MongoDB and Mongoose | 2015 to present |
| MySQL | 2011 to present |
| HTML | 2007 to present |
| JavaScript, ES6 | 2015 to present |
| HTML DOM | 2015 to present |
| CSS | 2015 to present |
| React | 2025 to present |
| C and C++ | 2009 to present |
| Delphi/Object Pascal | 2003 to 2006 |
| Java | 2015 to 2017 |
| Object-Oriented Programming | 2015 to 2017 |
APIs I have experience with
- LM Studio API.
- OpenAI GPT API.
- Google Gemini API.
- Telegram Bot API.
- Discord Bot API.
- Slack Bot API.
- Bitcoin RPC API.
- Litecoin RPC API.
- Ethereum RPC API.
- YouTube API.
- Google Sheets API.
Web development experience
- Responsive place finder for users to find the stores closest to them
- At Lunar Digital Assets: A responsive website for staff members that displays metrics for the top YouTube influencers in real time.
- Responsive appliance finder website powered by Node.js, MongoDB, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
- Ethereum transaction lookup website.
- Live exchange rate website.
- SEO: I got multiple clients' websites back in Google search results.
Software development experience
- Responsive customer-service web app on which users can create support tickets, and admins can reply to them from any device.
- Cross-platform, responsive, turn-key inventory management and point of sale app with support for the most common bar code scanners and receipt printers built in.
- Encrypted remote equipment control software that can be used to control appliances or other machinery from anywhere in the world.
- Implemented ChatGPT in Telegram bots via the OpenAI API.
- Cross-Platform Customer Support/Ticketing Software that can run both online an on a local area network.
- API endpoints for Dogechain (for the retrieval of blockchain data).
- Leveraged Natural Language Processing (a subset of AI) to interpret questions and respond automatically regardless of wording.
Bot development experience
- KompulsaBot: A Telegram bot that automatically deletes phishing and other scam links and handles spam reports by removing scammers from chats automatically.
- Telegram bot for CyberArena that awards points to users based on their activities in a chat room, and will ban users if they are reported to the bot more than 5 times for spam or scams.
- Telegram bot for QuickSwap that awards users with engagement points for chatting, and it automatically answers questions (even without commands) in chats.
IDEs, operating systems, package managers, platforms, workflow utilities, and other relevant apps I am experienced with
Ubuntu
2005 to Present
I have been using Ubuntu as my primary operating system on my home PC for years, and I have been doing Ubuntu server administration for Node.js apps and WordPress websites since 2015.
- Apache.
- LAMP.
- Matomo Analytics (self-hosted).
- Google Analytics.
- Google AdSense.
- Debian (server environment).
- Kubuntu.
- Debian.
- Linux Mint.
- Fedora Core.
- Arch Linux.
- Gentoo.
- Node package manager (NPM).
- Node version manager (NVM).
- AI: Gemma (ran it offline) and Gemini.
- AI: Claude.
- AI: Qwen Coder 30B (ran it offline).
- Webstorm IDE (Jetbrains).
- Android Studio.
- PIP package manager for Python.
- Slack (workspace and messaging tool).
- Syncthing.
- Samba.
- Tresorit.
- ESP32.
- Arduino.
- Raspberry Pi.
- Vultr.
- DigitalOcean.
- Namecheap.
- cPanel.
- AWS S3.
- AWS EC2.
Testing and other experience
- Ran a Polygon (formerly Matic) node for test purposes before the network launched, and worked closely with the Polygon team/provided them with feedback to test it.
- Ran an Ethereum node, Bitcoin node, and Litecoin node and have written apps that interact with their APIs and retrieve blockchain data.
- I did search engine optimization for Kompulsa and Lunar Digital Assets, their clients.
Coding articles I have written
- Saving data in a MongoDB database with Node and Mongoose
- Introduction to JavaScript variables
- How to save data in a PostgreSQL database
- How to update/modify records in a PostgreSQL database
- Getting started with MongoDB
- Introduction to meta tags
- How To Send A POST Request Using Node.js
