Charles Brown III

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii. I expect to graduate in Spring 2027.


Interests: Basketball, Anime, Hip-Hop, Football, Software Development


Projects

RIBows 2025

Website designed to help UH students find new RIOs.

TypeScript React Next.js PostgreSQL

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FHS Leo Club Website 2025

Me and my other clubmates built a website for Farrington High School's Leo Club.

React TypeScript Firebase

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Canoe Loading and Resource Distribution 2025

Implementing an algorithm that optimizes resource distribution to a network of islands.

Python Data Structures Algorithms

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CompSciHi 2024

A website that connected UH Manoa students to local job opportunities.

React TypeScript Django

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Essays

Lessons from Software Engineering

19 Dec 2025

Introduction My ICS314 class was a good class, and it was an even better learning experience. ICS314 taught me a lot about software engineering, and those lessons go even further than just software development work. From breaking down work into...

Software Engineering

Reflection on My AI Use and More

15 Dec 2025

The Role of AI in education and software engineering With the prevalence of AI now, generative AI being used in education seems unavoidable. The role of AI in education should be to help students and aid the learning process. AI...

Software Engineering AI

Bootstrap: A Step Up From Vanilla CSS

08 Oct 2025

Preface Developing anything more than the most basic website with ONLY vanilla CSS is one of the most tedious experiences I have had. I believe that any tool that can help save me time when writing CSS is more preferable...

Software Engineering UI Design UI Frameworks

Should the Standard Be the Standard?

24 Sep 2025

The “Standard” The coding standards I’ve been using for the past week or so has been the AirBnb style in Typescript. The AirBnb style is a popular coding standard used for Javascript, and this style can be enforced in an...

Software Engineering Coding Standards

More Than Code: Making a Difference Through Software

17 Sep 2025

My favorite things about software engineering The first thing that I like about software engineering is having the ability to build whatever you want from scratch. I think of software development as an art where the screen is a blank...

Software Engineering

The Importance of Asking Questions the Smart Way

10 Sep 2025

Why it’s important to ask smart questions Tell me if this sounds familiar: you’re stuck on a bug in your code, and you’ve tried Googling the solution, but to no avail because your code still won’t run. Even after consulting...

Questions Answers StackOverflow