About
I'm Collin.
CS student at Stevens, builder of things that make life a little simpler.
Right now
Updated 10/13/2026
Shipping on the Blueprint team and still building this site, while looking for a software engineering internship for summer 2027.
I like taking something messy and finding the shape of a solution — usually with code, sometimes with a whiteboard, occasionally with a spreadsheet nobody asked for. Most of what I build starts because I got annoyed at the current way and wanted to see if I could do it better.
Outside of school, I climb (both bouldering and top-rope), I'll play any piano I spot, and I try to be outside as often as the weather lets me. I read more nonfiction than I finish, and I keep starting side projects that end up teaching me more than the class they were supposed to reinforce.
This site is where I put the things I've built and the things I'm thinking about. If any of it lands, drop me a line.
How I got here
2021
Braintree High School
Started at Braintree High School. Made my GitHub account that April, long before I had anything worth pushing.
Oct - Dec 2022
Snowboarding Instructor
Taught snowboarding to kids from underserved Boston neighborhoods through Youth Enrichment Services, and kept the gear in shape. It was my first real lesson in patience and in building someone’s confidence.
Jun 2023 – Aug 2025
Lifeguard at Wollaston Beach
Two summers on the chair for Massachusetts DCR in Quincy: scanning the water, running rescues, giving first aid. It taught me calm under pressure and teamwork.
Oct 2023
First Project after AP CSA
Right after AP Computer Science A, I built ClicksCounter, a small Java app with a GUI that counts button clicks. It was my first project, and it’s still on my GitHub.
Jan 2024
Founded NightHacks
Started a non-profit hackathon organization while still in high school. I ran its 24-hour online hackathon for 200+ students, built the website, taught a web-dev workshop, and raised about $1.6k in sponsorship (OCD Tech, Modulate).
May 2024
Graduated high school
Graduated from Braintree High School.
2024
Started at Stevens
Began a BS in Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology (class of 2028).
Jul 2025
Went backend with Go
Built my first Go projects, a web server and a CRUD API, and shifted my focus toward backend systems.
Sep 2025
Joined Stevens Blueprint
Software developer on the Internal Team at the student-run consultancy that builds free tech for nonprofits. I built an event-driven RAG pipeline on AWS (Lambda, SQS, S3 Vectors, Bedrock).
Oct 2025
Shipped SecureLog AES
Built a full-stack encryption platform with a React frontend and a FastAPI backend using AES authenticated encryption. It runs in Docker with PostgreSQL storage.
May 2026
Built this site
Started jiggletaco.com from scratch (Next.js, Postgres, Vercel), then added a blog, project case studies and a terminal-style private vault.
Oct 2026
Now
Shipping on the Blueprint team and still building this site, while looking for a software engineering internship for summer 2027.
How I think about the work
Ship small, ship often
A tiny thing in prod beats a perfect thing on a branch. Momentum compounds.
Learn in public
Explaining what I built — even to nobody in particular — makes me understand it twice.
Comfort with 'I don't know yet'
The interesting problems are always the ones I have to look up. Not knowing is the start, not the end.
Kindness is a technical skill
How you treat teammates shows up in the code. Nobody wants to help the person who never shares credit.
Elsewhere
A few things I do when I close my laptop.
Hiking Franconia Ridge in New Hamshire
Fishing Side Quest @ 3am
Arcteryx Chalk Bag Larp
Dogs out v1 beach climb
First v3 outdoors :-)
Say hi
The fastest way to reach me is email. I read everything.
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