Noah Asano

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 Fall, 2027.


Interests: Artifical Intelligence, Site Reliability, Web Development


Projects

AI-Powered Project Knowledge Manager (Gemini Observatory) 2025

An AI-powered internal knowledge and project management system built for the Gemini Observatory, leveraging Model Context Protocol servers and LLM agents to unify and query technical data across multiple platforms.

Python FastAPI Model Context Protocol LLM Agents PostgreSQL Elasticsearch

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Personal Finance Tracker 2025

A full-stack personal finance tracking application that allows users to securely manage income and expenses, visualize spending patterns, and gain actionable financial insights through interactive dashboards.

React Java Spring Boot REST API MySQL AWS

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UH Manoa Ballroom Dance Club 2025

A fun, social, and active club meant to teach ballroom dance to beginners and boost confidence and social skills.

Cha-cha-cha Waltz Rumba Tango Swing Samba

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Essays

Stop Writing CSS from Scratch: Why UI Frameworks Are the Developer's Best Friend

25 Feb 2026

Stop Writing CSS from Scratch: Why UI Frameworks Are the Developer’s Best Friend A Case for Bootstrap 5 and the Art of Working Smarter The Raw HTML Trap: Why “Simple” Gets Complicated Fast Every developer has been there. You open...

The Red Squiggle of Shame: How ESLint Made me Code Cleaner

11 Feb 2026

The Red Squiggle of Shame In the assignment description for this essay, a claim was made that coding standards were supposedly the most important software engineering technique for improving quality. Upon hearing that, I was skeptical. More important than testing?...

GitHub Desktop vs The Command Line

02 Feb 2026

Thoughts When I first learned to code, I learned Git through the command line and although there was an initial learning curve, getting down the basics of pulling, commiting, pushing, and merging would prove to be very useful skills that...

Difficult, but Worth it

25 Jan 2026

Questions Asked: What do you think about Typescript so far? If you’re a complete newbie, how does it compare to other programming languages that you know? If you have prior experience, did you learn new things from this module, perhaps...