Hi, I'm Chris Bailey

When I was growing up, I dreamed of becoming a physicist. After my first year of university physics, I had my first taste of coding, and it was love at first sight!

I thoroughly enjoy every aspect of software development, which is why I am a full-stack developer. I get to play with the front-end, the back-end, and thanks to cloud computing, I'm also able to build the systems that run the application.

A focused software developer working on a computer in a dimly lit room, with a glowing light bulb symbolizing ideas and innovation. The screen shows various code and software elements, representing the depth of software development.

There is so much depth in the field of computers and I've worked on both the hardware and software sides. In any area of computers, you can continuously learn and never run out of those wonderful 'aha' moments that are so invigorating for the brain.

Projects

Spring Microservices Bookstore Demo

Diagram of the Spring Microservices Bookstore showcasing a microservices architecture with various services and technologies like Docker, Kafka, Resilience4J, and PostgreSQL.

The Spring Microservices Bookstore Demo is a dynamic educational tool designed to showcase a robust microservices architecture using the Spring ecosystem and Docker.

It provides developers with a practical example of implementing microservices in real-world scenarios, focusing on principles like dynamic service discovery, centralized configuration, resilience, and message-driven architecture.

Technologies: Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring WebFlux, Docker, Kubernetes, Java, Kotlin, Apache Kafka, Spring Cloud Gateway, Spring Cloud Netflix Eureka, Google JIB, GraphQL, Lombok, Mockito, Testcontainers, Resilience4J, OpenFeign, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Spring Web, Spring Data JPA, Apache ZooKeeper, Zipkin, Prometheus, Grafana, Next.js, React.js, Tailwind CSS

View on GitHub

New Age Piano Website on Next.js 14

As a new age pianist and composer, I released a CD and a website to go alongside it a number of years ago. Initially crafted in HTML/CSS, my piano website underwent a transformation to Next.js 14 so that I could play with the newest version of the framework.

Next.js is a powerful React framework that provides built-in support for server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), and more.

Technologies: Next.js, React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vercel, SASS, Node.js, HTML, CSS

View on GitHub Live on Vercel

Lorem Ipsum Generator

I couldn't find a simple and easy-to-use Lorem Ipsum generator, so I coded one and shared it at loremipsumexpert.com. The code is actually quite complex, but the front-end UI should feel intuitive and simple.

This tool was my first project using PHP. It is hosted on WordPress, running on a Hostinger VPS, with traffic handled by Apache NGINX.

If you find a bug, I'll buy you a coffee!

Technologies: PHP, WordPress, Hostinger, VPS, Apache NGINX, Ubuntu

Live Website

Skills

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The skillset of a full stack developer is like an iceberg. I could easily double the size of the list below depending on the scope, but that would lead to a big wall of text.

If I've left something out that is low-level like shell scripting, RESTful web services, or XML, just assume that I've worked with it.

Programming Languages

Java: Robust, object-oriented

Python: High-level, readable

JavaScript: Node.js made it fullstack

PHP: Server-side web scripting

SQL: Communicate with databases

HQL: Hibernate query language

Kotlin: Modern, concise JVM language

Groovy: Like Kotlin, but not popular

VB.NET: .NET framework language

Bash: Unix/Linux shell scripting

Frameworks & Libraries

Spring Framework: Java web framework

Django: High-level Python web framework

Next.js: React framework for SSR

Nuxt.js: Vue.js framework for SSR

Node.js: JavaScript runtime environment

Grails: Groovy-based Java framework

Lombok: Java library for boilerplate code

Maven/Gradle: Build tools

REST: CRUD operations through an API

GraphQL: Data query language for APIs

Front-End Technologies

React.js: popular JavaScript library

Vue.js: another JavaScript library

TypeScript: Typed superset of JavaScript

TailwindCSS: Utility-first CSS framework

SASS: CSS preprocessor

Thymeleaf: Java template engine

HTML: Standard markup language for web

CSS: Style sheet language

Bootstrap: older CSS framework

jQuery: older JavaScript library

Microservices

Spring Boot: Java projects instantly

Spring Cloud: Tools for distributed systems

Spring Cloud Gateway: API gateway

Spring Netflix Eureka: Service registry

Spring Web: Web framework for Java

Spring Data JPA: JPA data access

Spring Webflux: Reactive web framework

Apache Kafka: Distributed streaming

Apache ZooKeeper: Coordination service

AWS SQS: Message queuing like Kafka

AWS Lambda: Serverless compute service

Resilience4J: Fault tolerance library

OpenFeign: Declarative REST client

Docker Compose: Simplified deployment

Zipkin: Distributed tracing system

Prometheus: Monitoring and alerting

Grafana: Analytics and monitoring

Google JIB: Java container image builder

DevOps Tools

Docker: Containerization platform

Kubernetes: Container orchestration platform

Jenkins: Continuous integration server

Terraform: Infrastructure as code

Artifactory: Artifact repository manager

GitHub: Source code management

Deployment & Hosting Platforms

Amazon Web Services: Cloud services

Microsoft Azure: MS Cloud services

Vercel: Frontend cloud platform

Hostinger: Web hosting provider

Heroku: Cloud application platform

Infrastructure & Cloud Services

Amazon CloudWatch: Monitoring

AWS S3: Scalable storage in the cloud

AWS EC2: Scalable virtual servers

AWS RDS: Managed relational DB service

Apache Nginx: Performant web server

Databases

MySQL: Open-source relational database

PostgreSQL: Advanced open-source db

MS SQL Server: Relational database server

NoSQL: Non-relational database system

MongoDB: Document-oriented NoSQL

DynamoDB: Managed NoSQL service

Search Technologies

OpenSearch: AWS's search engine

Elasticsearch: Older AWS search engine

Solr: Enterprise search platform

Testing Frameworks

JUnit: Unit testing for Java

Mockito: Mocking framework for Java

Testcontainers: Container-based testing

Selenium: Browser automation tool

Methodologies & Design Principles

Agile Methodologies: Rapid prototyping

Design Patterns: GoF & microservices

Design Principles: SOLID, DRY, KISS

UML: Unified Modeling Language

Open-Source Development: Collaboration

TDD: Test-driven development

IDEs

IntelliJ IDEA: Powerful IDE

Visual Studio Code: Lightweight free IDE

Eclipse/STS: Spring Tool Suite

Operating Systems

Windows: Microsoft's OS

Ubuntu Desktop: Like Windows, but free

Linux: Popular open-source OS

Unix: Open-source OS

Contact

Feel free to reach out to me: chris.bailey.developer @ gmail.com

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