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Derek
Mendez

Building clean, functional websites for real businesses and clients. Based in New York, finishing my Bachelor's and always working on something new.

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Projects & Clients

01 Live

WeatherNow

Built with Node.js and Express using server-side rendering via EJS templates. Integrates two OpenWeather REST API endpoints to serve real-time conditions and 6-day forecasts, with all data processing and forecast logic handled server-side.

Node.js Express EJS OpenWeather API
02 Live

SmartPlate

A full-stack nutrition app built as my senior capstone project. You can search recipes, use an AI chatbot to get a personalized meal plan, and look up nutrition facts for any food using the USDA FDC REST API.

Claude API REST API JavaScript HTML/CSS
03 Live

Farmingdale Gymnastics & Ninja Academy

A 15+ page WordPress website I built and maintained for a local gymnastics academy. Handled everything from the site design to hybrid IT support to keep their email systems and operations running day to day.

WordPress IT Support Google Workspace
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04 Live

SportsPlusLI

A responsive WordPress site I built for a newly launched local athletics business. Set up their full IT infrastructure including email systems and business accounts so they were ready to operate from day one.

WordPress IT Setup SEO
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05 Complete

FugitiveFinder

A JavaFX desktop intelligence dashboard built as a team capstone project with a 5-person Agile team. Pulls live data from the FBI's Most Wanted API through a Django REST proxy, with interactive geographic mapping, crime analytics charts, a custom danger-scoring algorithm, and Firebase-backed user accounts.

Java JavaFX Firebase FBI API
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