Derek Russell

Angular_ASPNET_Application

March 17, 2026 – Present

A full-stack learning project that pairs an Angular 21 single-page application with an ASP.NET Core 9 API, SQLite persistence, JWT authentication, and SignalR-powered presence.

xr-unity

February 10, 2026 – Present

The repository contains a Unity 6 project configured with the Universal Render Pipeline (URP), XR Interaction Toolkit, XR Management, Oculus, and OpenXR packages

AI-Personal

February 6, 2026 – Present

The repository brings together standalone implementations for Deep Q-Learning, Deep Convolutional Q-Learning, A3C, PPO, SAC, and an LLM fine-tuning script, primarily using Gymnasium Atari and control environments.

ExcelMacros

April 11, 2022 – Present

ExcelMacros is a repository of Microsoft Excel VBA modules focused on automating spreadsheet workflows and improving efficiency when working with Excel-based data.

ASP.Net-Core-Angular-Social-Media-Website

November 14, 2021 – Present

A full-stack social media web application built using ASP.NET Core and Angular. The project demonstrates a modern client-server architecture where an Angular SPA communicates with a RESTful ASP.NET Core API to manage user interactions and social features.

Python-MircroService-Logger

November 14, 2021 – Present

Python MircroService Logger is a small Flask-based REST microservice for storing and retrieving activity log records in MongoDB. The project exposes HTTP endpoints for creating new activity entries and reading recent activity data, with deployment-oriented files for local development and Gunicorn-based hosting.

JavaScript-Simon-Game

November 14, 2021 – Present

A browser-based implementation of the classic Simon memory game built using vanilla JavaScript. The application challenges users to remember and reproduce increasingly complex sequences of colors and sounds, demonstrating core front-end development concepts such as DOM manipulation, event handling, and game state management.

Python-Blockchain

November 13, 2021 – Present

The project models the core building blocks of a blockchain system, including blocks, transactions, proof-of-work validation, wallet-based signing, and a command-line node interface.Building a simple blockchain with python

ASP.Net-Core-Ajax-Github-Website

November 11, 2021 – Present

A small ASP.NET Core MVC application that fetches data from the GitHub REST API and renders a personal GitHub profile, repository list, and commit history in the browser. The project uses server-side C# code to call GitHub, shape the responses into application models, and expose lightweight endpoints that the frontend consumes with AJAX.

MP3-Compressor

November 11, 2021 – Present

A lightweight MP3 compressor written in C, designed to demonstrate low-level file handling and audio data processing. This project focuses on implementing compression logic using core C programming concepts without relying on external frameworks or libraries.