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 grade 12 student from Mississauga, Canada. 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: The leetcode grind
🎵 Current favourite song: Simple Moneymaker
🎮 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
February 2022
The Canadian Computing Competition is a competitive programming contest for high school students. I recieved a Certificate of Distinction for being in the 25% of scorers
November 2021
Received a Certificate of Distinction for being among the top 25% of scorers on the Canadian Senior Math Contest
December 2021
Receieved my Restricted Radio Operator’s Certificate through the cadets program
June 2021
Received the Janusz Zurakowski award for excellence in glider aviation studies
April 2021
Organized Lighthouse Hacks - a virtual hackathon with over 200 participants from 10 countries
November 2020
Won the US Air Force Cybersecurity Challenge at HackRPI
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
Received an honorable mention for the Most Proficient Junior NCO award at 845 Avro Arrow Squadron
July 2020
Mentored at Brampton Library’s virtual hackathon
June 2020
Represented Peel District School Board at the Virtual Skills Ontario coding competition
February 2020
Built a demo for OpenED – a platform for students to voice their opinions – at University of Toronto’s hackathon
February 2020
Contributed to the open-source community by completing documentation
October 2019
Contributed to the open-source community by fixing issues and adding features to various GitHub repositories
September 2019
Attended Canada’s largest hackathon held at the University of Waterloo
September 2019
Received Greatest Distinction in the Level 3 Instructor Preparation Program in my cadet squadron
May 2019
Completed the 100 Days of Running challenge and received a platinum medal
November 2018
Presented StoAR at the 54-hour TechStars Startup Weekend. The demo was pitched to a panel of judges
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
May 2017
Ranked first place from my school Allan A. Martin
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