PostgreSQL
18 achievements

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Made a geographical data pipeline 50x faster
Accelerated geographical data pipeline performance by 50x by improving SQL programming and data modeling across PostgreSQL, MS SQL, and Google Cloud BigQuery.
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Improved GIS map performance 10x on PostgreSQL
Improved geographical map application performance by 10x through strategic database transition from MSSQL to PostgreSQL, including the data cutover, optimizing processing and data security.
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Resolved 1,000 issues in geographical data
Resolved 1,000 issues in geographical data and time‑series data, using GDAL, ArcGIS, PostGIS, Mapbox, QGIS, SQL (PL/pgSQL, Transact‑SQL), Bash, ensuring high‑quality big data processing.
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Designed and ran 6 ETL/ELT pipelines
Designed, implemented, and administered 6 ETL/ELT pipelines, utilizing Google BigQuery, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Shell scripting, PL/pgSQL, and Transact‑SQL, integrating data for efficient Python API processing.
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Released 500 electricity and GIS data reports
Released 500 electricity and GIS data analysis reports, utilizing deep research and troubleshooting to ensure accurate geographic and time series big data insights.
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Ran 100 PostgreSQL, MS SQL, BigQuery warehouses
Architected, created, and managed 100 PostgreSQL, MS SQL, and Google BigQuery data warehouse databases with primarily GIS and time‑series data, optimizing performance and scalability.
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Directed full‑stack GIS map development
Directed full‑stack GIS map development, overseeing PostgreSQL, Mapbox, ReactJS, and NodeJS to deliver an integrated solution.
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Led 30+ GIS projects from build to support
Led the development, deployment, and support of over 30 GIS projects, demonstrating expertise in PostgreSQL, Bash, Python, JavaScript, GDAL, ArcGIS, PostGIS, and Mapbox technologies.
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A maritime platform built in clean layers
Architected a layered maritime platform separating a Next.js PWA frontend, a Go (Huma/Fiber) API, and a PostgreSQL function layer, keeping all business logic in the database.
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Designed a JSON passthrough from Postgres to API
Designed a JSON passthrough architecture where PostgreSQL functions return complete JSON forwarded verbatim by the Go API, eliminating intermediate unmarshalling and decoupling the frontend from schema changes.
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Designed a function‑first PostgreSQL data layer
Designed a PostgreSQL function‑first data layer — 1,275 stored functions across 34 schemas — so every read and write goes through a function the database can grant, rather than through a table.
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Implemented a catalogue‑driven deep‑merge
Implemented a catalogue‑driven deep‑merge for stored JSON preferences, preventing missing‑key crashes as the schema evolves.
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Modeled 348 tables across 34 Postgres schemas
Modeled the maritime domain into 348 normalized tables across 34 PostgreSQL schemas — professionals, companies, ships, jobs, reviews and the rest — with SMALLINT lookups and UUID v7 keys.
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Built a test suite across Go, SQL and browser
Built a layered automated test suite — 981 Go tests, 543 frontend and browser specs, 494 SQL behavioural tests — with mutation testing, property‑based tests and an accessibility gate.
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Built Stripe and in‑app purchase entitlements
Built the payments and entitlements layer — Stripe alongside Apple and Google in‑app purchase — gating the directory, search and export through an 11‑table access model checked on the server.
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Moved slow work onto a River job queue
Moved slow work off the request path onto a River job queue — 15 worker modules, 8 scheduled tasks and 20 pg_cron jobs — so a request returns while the work behind it carries on.
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Built a loyalty wallet, leagues and badges
Built the loyalty and reputation system — 67 functions over a 31‑table ledger, with leagues, badges and a redemption shop — taking a row lock on the balance to close the double‑spend window.
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Built the hiring and seafarer career workspaces
Built the hiring marketplace and the seafarer career workspace — 151 stored functions across 48 tables — covering vacancies, applications, certificates, rank progression and verified sea time.
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