1pt URL Shortener
A simple-to-use URL shortener with protection against malicious redirects
Param Thakkar
An aspiring software engineer
An aspiring software engineer
Here's a bit about me:
I'm a first year student studying CS @ Waterloo. I like to design and code websites, apps, bots, games, and everything in between! This website is kinda like my personal showcase, so feel free to check out my stuff out or find me here:
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💼 Currently working on: TweetRacer
🎵 Current favourite song: Kokomo
🎮 Current game playing: Hollow Knight
These are some of the side projects I've worked on in my free time. Check out my GitHub for the full list!
A simple-to-use URL shortener with protection against malicious redirects
A Telegram bot that posts scheduled quizzes using a list of questions from Google Sheets
A convenient tool to convert text into emoji markup that Discord understands
A microblog of cool things I've done
July 2022
Started my software engineer internship at Pulley, a Series A Y-Combinator startup based in San Francisco
May 2022
Offered the Schulich Leader Scholarship (valued at $80,000) from the University of Toronto
April 2021
Organized Lighthouse Hacks - a virtual hackathon with over 200 participants from 10 countries
October 2020
Started an online coding club at my school
July 2020
Recieved the highest possible score of 5 on the AP Computer Science A Exam
July 2020
Mentored at Brampton Library’s virtual hackathon
June 2020
Represented Peel District School Board at the Virtual Skills Ontario coding competition
September 2019
Attended Canada’s largest hackathon held at the University of Waterloo
May 2019
Completed the 100 Days of Running challenge and received a platinum medal
September 2018
Came first for pitching Mathu at the 24-hour Imagine Hackathon in Brampton
August 2018
Successfully completed a 3-week summer training course at CFB Trenton as a cadet in the Aviation Wing
January 2017
Received the Most Creative App of the Month from MIT App Inventor for my app Spellbind
I'm planning to add more stuff here. In the meantime here's my resume.
Certificates | School projects
A running list of websites or projects that I think are cool
ScanSeq Neal.fun The True Size NVIDIA GauGAN World Airports Voronoi The Uncensored Library Library of Babel MIT Hacks Nand to Tetris Conway's Game of Life Itty.bitty Evolution Ideal monitor rotation Responsive pixel art Minecraft computer Desmos art Drive & Listen