I’m Colin Kirby, a recent Computer Engineering grad (UCF) building at the intersection of software, finance, and data. I like turning messy datasets into clear, useful products—clean back ends, simple UIs, and readable code. I’m growing through hands-on projects now and plan to pursue a technical master’s soon.
- Centi — a modern personal-finance app that connects bank accounts (Plaid), supports CSV imports, and turns activity into clear insights and a simple Centi Score.
- My Portfolio Website — an interactive showcase for projects plus a small CSS/UI cheat sheet I use to design faster.
- SentimentTrader — pure-Python pipeline that pulls Reddit chatter, runs sentiment, and generates next-day stock-movement signals.
Overview & docs on my LinkedIn Projects page. - SecureScape — portable, offline perimeter security with on-device person detection (ESP32-CAM) and a Flutter app for alerts.
Code: Core System · Mobile App · Website - ShelfVision — dense retail-shelf object detection with a custom PyTorch pipeline (ResNet-50 + FPN) and OpenCV tooling.
Code: I2DLproj
I’m big on consistent growth and staying active outside the editor:
- 🎸 Music: I love playing guitar & piano, studying music theory is so interesting, its just a unique process that I really enjoy.
- 🗣️ Languages: learning Spanish , I grew up around a lot of native spanish speakers and it was so interesting hearing the different ways people express themselves across languages
- 🏋️ Active: gym, 🏀 basketball, 🏈 football, 🏌️♂️ golf, 🚣 rowing
- ✍️ Art & Design: writing, doodling, any creative outlet really
- 🎧 Mindset: self-improvement & mental fitness podcasts (Chris Williamson, Mark Manson, Alex Hormozi)
Open to SWE / full-stack / ML-leaning roles and collaborations. If something here sparks an idea, let’s chat.