Austin Garrod
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Case studies

Full-stack engineering projects

A cross-section of public, private, civic, and local systems. Private work is described at the architecture level so technical decisions are visible without exposing links, credentials, client details, or private data.

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Cadence

Minimalist podcast player

An independent, account-free podcast player for Android, built with Kotlin Multiplatform around local-first libraries, flexible playback, offline listening, and portable backups.

  • Account-free, local-first listening covers queues, playlists, bookmarks, history, downloads, and flexible playback.
  • Public RSS support, portable imports and backups, and user-disableable diagnostics keep listeners in control.
Kotlin MultiplatformAndroidSwiftReactTypeScriptVinextCloudflareSentryPowerShell
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Spools

Filament inventory with AMS integration

A local web app for tracking 3D printer filament inventory with Bambu Lab AMS data sync over local MQTT.

  • Separates machine-synced AMS state from manually corrected inventory data.
  • Local dashboard surfaces loaded trays, remaining material, and spool metadata before long prints.
ReactTypeScriptExpressSQLiteMQTTDocker
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Charity Data Scraper

Resumable Canadian charity data pipeline

A full-stack scraper for public Canadian charity records with queue-based processing, live progress, retries, and MongoDB storage.

  • Redis-backed job state supports pause/resume control, retries, and rate-limited collection.
  • Raw JSON and processed records are stored separately so parsing can be rerun without full re-fetches.
Node.jsTypeScriptReactMongoDBRedisDocker
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Public

AustinGarrod.ca

Static portfolio and deployment system

A static Astro portfolio built for cPanel hosting, with typed content data, generated resume and social assets, and a PHP contact endpoint.

  • Static output plus PHP contact handling keeps production compatible with basic shared hosting.
  • Generated resume and social assets reduce drift between public pages and downloadable material.
AstroTypeScriptPHPPythonGitHub ActionsStatic hosting
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Private case study

Campaign Static Site

Astro site for municipal campaign content

A production Astro campaign site deployed to Netlify, with static pages, React islands, design system work, and form-driven workflows from a private source repository.

  • Uses Astro static output by default, with React islands only where interaction is useful.
  • Organizes content, forms, metadata, and theme definitions for quick campaign revisions.
AstroReactTypeScriptMUINetlify
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Private prototype

Kids TV Controller

NFC media controller prototype

A private NFC media-controller prototype with an Express API, React configuration dashboard, enclosure design, and unfinished embedded-hardware integration.

  • Separates the NFC selection interface from configuration in a React dashboard.
  • Working software and enclosure design are documented separately from unfinished embedded-hardware integration.
ReactTypeScriptExpressMUIESP32NFC
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