Past Projects

SMSExport

A .NET MAUI Android application built to export complete SMS and MMS conversation threads to PDF. Born out of a practical need to preserve full text message records — including images — in a portable, printable format for potential legal documentation purposes.

The user selects a contact, and the app compiles the entire conversation thread — text and embedded images — into a single PDF saved directly to the device's Downloads folder. Built natively for Android using .NET MAUI, bringing C# to mobile without compromise.

Development is complete and the application performs as intended.

Database Migration Framework

A multithreaded GUI framework for running database migrations across MSSQL and MySQL. Callers supply SQL commands; the framework handles threading, progress reporting, and error handling.

Remote Sound Application

A client/server tool for remote dog training. A laptop with speakers sat near the dog's pen; a webcam fed video to any browser; the client app let you trigger pre-recorded voice clips over the network from any location. Built on the networking core from Star Pilot X.

SQL Helper

A universal ASP.NET to ADO.NET/MS SQL database engine wrapper. Designed to streamline front-end database code by handling connection management, resource pooling, and leak tracking internally. Reduced boilerplate across every project it was used in and remained in active production use for many years.

While SQL Helper served its purpose well, it should be considered deprecated by modern standards. Libraries such as Entity Framework and Dapper provide far superior abstractions and are the appropriate choice for any new development.

Security Helper

A universal ASP.NET user access control library built on top of SQL Helper. Supported both simple level-based access and a richer multi-level, multi-segment permission scheme.

Star Pilot X — Online

A multiplayer space shooter with GPU-accelerated particle effects via HLSL pixel shaders, encrypted local save data (SHA), and a custom Windows server application backed by MSSQL. Featured version checking and a shared DLL architecture between client and server.

Zoe Bot

First C# program and first client/server application. Written as a final project for a Distributed Systems TCP/IP course at Johnson & Wales University.