micahdb.com =========== ╔══════╗ Portrait ║ Here ║ ╚══════╝ Micah Baker's website. I am a: Software Developer Based in: Vancouver, BC, Canada Education: BSc Computing Science E-mail: <micah_baker@sfu.ca> GitHub: https://github.com/micahdbak LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/micahdbak Résumé: /resume.pdf Education ========= I'm working towards a Bachelor of Science in Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. I've completed coursework in: * Systems programming (CMPT 201, 454) * Databases & DBMS implementation (CMPT 354, 454, 496) * Machine learning (CMPT 310, 410) * Computer vision (CMPT 361, 415, 416) * Computer graphics (CMPT 361) In addition to regular coursework, I've had the opportunity to participate in research under the supervision of Dr. Lawrence Kim (Tangent Lab) and Dr. Tianzheng Wang (Data-Intensive Systems Lab). Tangent Lab ----------- From Fall 2025 (CMPT 415) to Spring 2026 (CMPT 416), I helped build a robotic guide dog at Tangent Lab. My contribution was a computer vision system for recognizing motion gestures from a 360-degree camera. See the project listing under Projects--"Gestures for a Robotic Guide Dog"--for more details. Data-Intensive Systems (DIS) Lab -------------------------------- TBD: working on a super-secret project optimizing DBMS development through memory access abstraction. Experience ========== Open WebUI ---------- What: Software Developer (Part-time) Where: Austin, TX, USA (Remote) When: Jan 2026 - Apr 2026 (4 months) Stack: JavaScript (Svelte), Python (FastAPI) Maintained and implemented quality-of-life improvements to a Reddit-like community platform with nearly half a million users. Led end-to-end development of an email microservice that receives and processes thousands of events from the community platform daily for delivery through AWS Simple Email Service (SES). Engineered a newsletter pipeline to reliably distribute emails with care given to prevent congestion and throttling, as well as gracefully handle errors. Improving --------- What: Software Developer 1 (Internship) Where: Vancouver, BC, Canada (Hybrid) When: Sep 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year) Stack: C++ (CMake, Visual Studio), C# Designed and implemented Aurora Limitless support in the AWS PostgreSQL ODBC driver, allowing applications to react to cluster topology changes within seconds rather than relying on DNS-based failover. Integrated AWS IAM, Secrets Manager, and federated SSO (AD FS, Okta) authentication into the AWS PostgreSQL ODBC driver and AWS Advanced .NET Data Provider Wrapper. Diagnosed and resolved complex database-driver issues involving authentication retry semantics, provider-specific exception handling, and connection lifecycle. Established integration-test infrastructure for database drivers covering Limitless host routing, authentication, Unicode/ANSI compatibility, and cross-platform execution on Windows and macOS. Brave Technology Coop --------------------- What: Firmware and Software Developer (Internship) Where: Vancouver, BC, Canada (On-site) When: Sep 2023 - Apr 2024 (8 months) Stack: JavaScript (Node, Express, React), C++ (Particle Device OS) Implemented a unified Google authentication library used by multiple internal services and APIs, increasing maintainability and hardening security. Developed shared application and database architecture across multiple IoT products, extracting common models and functionality into reusable libraries. Built comprehensive testing and CI infrastructure across multiple platforms, improving test coverage and deployment confidence. Wrote comprehensive deployment and codebase documentation across multiple repositories, supporting developer onboarding. Projects ======== micahdb.com ----------- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/micahdb.com When: Beginning of Time - Present Stack: TypeScript, GLSL My portfolio, which acts as a digital resume. tscon ----- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/tscon When: 2026 Apr - Present Stack: TypeScript, GLSL A WebGL2 text-mode graphics library written in TypeScript. Supports user fonts, ASCII-art rendering of user textures (such as the donut you are seeing!), all with zero dependencies allowing for smaller bundles. Gestures for a Robotic Guide Dog -------------------------------- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/isaac_ros_gestures When: 2025 Sep - 2026 Apr Stack: Python Computer vision system for recognizing motion gestures within a robotic guide dog platform. Gestures are recognized using an online model for personalized interaction. Cheddar and Feta ---------------- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/cheddar-and-feta When: 2025 Jan - 2026 Feb Stack: C++ Links: Steam Page A short two-player cooperative adventure where you must save Cheddar and Feta from the perils of a militarized fire ant colony, published to Steam. Both game and engine built from the ground up in C++ using SDL3 for cross-platform windowing and graphics support and libdatachannel for WebRTC networking. Gleebleglob ----------- Repo: https://github.com/Vixlump/GG When: 2024 May - 2024 June Stack: C++ Links: Archived Website Video streaming service on your terminal written in C++. MP4 videos are decoded by FFmpeg, and displayed in ASCII. Video storage and authentication facilitated by remote server. droppr ------ Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/droppr When: 2024 Mar - 2025 Jun Stack: JavaScript, Go Links: Website Send files over the internet using the peer-to-peer WebRTC API. Large files are chunked into blobs and stored in the IndexedDB API for fast retrieval and recovery of failed packets. Signal channel written in Go uses six-letter codes for peer discovery. PacMacro -------- Repo: https://github.com/CSSS/pacmacro2 When: 2023 Jun - 2023 Sep Stack: JavaScript, Go PacMan played in real life with a mobile web application. Uses Geolocation API to track player locations. Synchronizes players with a WebSocket server written in Go. Built during my role as Frosh Co-Chair of the SFU Computing Science Student Society in 2023 and 2024, where PacMacro was enjoyed by up to 20 consecutive players at a time. Yell ---- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/yell When: 2023 Feb - 2023 Apr Stack: C C library for P2P applications and example chat program. Built using BSD sockets for POSIX-compliant systems. Exeirus ------- Repo: https://github.com/micahdbak/exeirus When: 2022 Dec - 2023 Feb Stack: JavaScript, Python An ARG where players compete by solving cryptographic puzzles. You reached the end. Good job! You can go back to the top, if you'd like.