Stephen Dawson's projects

StackPortfol.io is a platform that allows Developers to add showcase their projects and associate them with the skills that they used to create them. Since the skills are linked to projects, Recruiters have peace of mind that the Developers they are contacting have the skills that they say they have.

Dynamic CV is a tool designed to help users create customised CVs tailored to specific job applications. It allows you to input your professional information and, by analysing the job titles provided for the given CV, suggests relevant skills and experiences to include. This streamlines the process of creating personalised CVs quickly, ensuring applicants highlight the most suitable qualifications for each role. Users can save multiple versions and download them as PDFs or Word documents, making it easier to adapt applications for different job opportunities. Built with Django and HTMX and live at dynamic-cv.stephendawson.ie.

Connection Engine 💻💜 Inspired by the visionary Ada Lovelace, Connection Engine is an open-source innovation hub that transforms how women engage in tech. More than a platform—it’s a career accelerator that seamlessly connects women developers, open-source projects, and industry leaders, ensuring contributions are recognized, rewarded, and funded. 💡 How It Works: ✅ Code with Purpose – Work on real-world open-source projects, from startups to industry-driven initiatives. ✅ Earn & Advance – Gain verified milestones, professional recognition, and financial sponsorships for your work. ✅ Project-Driven Mentorship – Mentors are project owners or experienced contributors, ensuring guidance is strictly aligned with project technologies to provide clear, actionable support—no misdirection, just focused learning. ✅ Beyond Inclusion—Industry Integration – Not just a space for women, but a tech ecosystem where talent drives success—regardless of gender.

Judgement Day (J-day) is a retro game based on the Terminator franchise. A top-down shooter game with interactive enemies, difficulty progression, arcade style music and game sounds. Using solely the kaboom.js framework to implement various functions and colliding objects that combines to give the user a unique game play as well as nostalgic experience. This project was for a Hackathon, where I worked on a team with 6 others (the Terminaltors). I really enjoyed it and was happy to get the chance to use the Kaboom.js library again. This time around, I also had the responsibility of being Scrum Master, which I really enjoyed.

GrimManor is a challenge to complete a series of minigames to find clues as to what happened to the young man. It was the project for my 4th Hackathon and I was the Scrum Master for the project. You are presented with the image of a dark mansion on a rain-soaked night. Text invites you to seek refuge and enter. Once indoors, a gloomy corridor with multiple doors greets you and a young, pale man appears. When you have completed the minigames, the clues you have gathered will tell the story of what happened to the young man, you can complete the exit quiz and you will have completed the game!

A Star Wars-themed Hackathon Project

Welcome to Happiness Unleashed! In a busy world where everyone's got a lot on their plate, being kind can sometimes get lost in the shuffle. That's where the Happiness Unleashed stands out as a guiding light. It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the demands of our schedules or the complexities of the world around us, but kindness has the power to break through these barriers.

Sleep Healthily is an e-commerce store focused on selling products to help you get a better sleep. The site is fully functioning and allows you to sign up and receive a verification email, add items to the cart, go to checkout, complete a payment and have the order summary (and confirmation email) shown to you. You can even review your order history or leave a products review for any products in your order history. If you are a staff member, you can exercise your creative side and create a blog post for your store visitors to read.

Have you had the situation where you've added all your user stories to the README.md file, but then you have to rewrite them, add the labels and assignee on the project board? Well, this script will do that for you programatically instead.

Welcome to BudgetBuddy, your go-to companion for financial empowerment! BudgetBuddy is a comprehensive budgeting app designed to assist users in making informed financial decisions, helping them achieve their financial goals with ease and confidence. We created BudgetBuddy to simple the expense and income tracking process. There are tools out there that make something as simple (and important!) as your finances so difficult. BudgetBuddy gives you a straightforward way to keep you on track to your savings goals.

Eggscapades of the Child ("Eggscapades" for short) is a JavaScript game built using the Kaboom.js framework, which I built on a team of 5 people for a Hackathon. The child (aka Grogu/the creature) is aboard a ship with the Frog Lady and her jar of delicious eggs. He's not meant to eat them, but they taste so good! Can you grab as many eggs as you can from the jar, when the Frog lady isn't looking? Be careful, or she'll catch you! If you're really smart, you might even get to see your elusive protector, the Mandalorian. But he's not keen on you eating those eggs, either, so that's double trouble! It was my first time using Kaboom.js, but we learned quickly as a team. I even used it in another group project later on. I also found my love for Hackathons during this project - it was my first of four, and I look forward to many more!

The Cork Car Cut is an initiative from the Cork City Council to encourage car users to reduce their car usage. The project sets out to provide a number of alternative transport methods that Cork City citizens can use instead of their cars. Since it is a Government initiative, the site is aimed at all ages and social groups.