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I believe that one of the hot topics for the near future will be the advancement of AI integration into businesses workflow and virtual assistants. The emergence of Large Language Models has significantly enhanced the capabilities of these technologies. Platforms like Microsoft Power Automate, Make.com, and n8n facilitate the integration of AI into any business workflow or virtual assistants.

To learn more about the protocol used, I wanted to build a virtual assistant directly powered by OpenAI's API from ground up for this website. This was a personal undertaking with no set deadline. After extensive research, I ended up using JavaScript, JSON, PHP, CSS, and HTML to construct the protocol that communicates directly with OpenAI's API without needing an external platform. This allowed me to have full control over the source code.

One of the responsibilities of the Fire Safety Alarms is to provide the building management company with a report that contains all the physical and digital address locations of all the fire prevention devices. The management company team use this report to quickly determine what device number to use when disabling false alarms. It also provides an overall view of installed devices without having to access the actual fire alarm panel's internal program.

The software converts scrambled data exported from Edwards Technology Software Development Utility 2.xx and 3.xx to an easy-to-read comprehensive report with all the device's physical and digital address locations. The goal was to provide the clients with a PDF file that would also comply with the FDNY Rule 907-01. The SDU Point List Maker is comprised of several phases, one requiring a user overview before the final report output is generated.

One of the oldest proprietary software developed for Fire Safety Alarms was a Inventory System. When I began this project years ago, the company was looking for a solution to track products sales using barcodes. Initially, the software started as a rudimentary product inventory system with basic tracking capabilities and was hosted offline.

Over the years, we added more features based on user requests and management approvals. As a result, the program evolved to include essential features such as low stock notifications, support for multiple warehouses, online capabilities, mobile versions, ideal stock levels, committed items, stock and reordering reports, job tracking features, purchase orders, invoice file attachments, export capabilities, and much more. While still operational, the organization is now exploring new technology implementations.

A typical setup would require installing Linux on a Azure virtual machine alongside WireGuard, Samba to build a secure, flexible network environments. The primary focus was configuring firewall rules and fine-tuning network settings to maintain a high security while ensuring seamless access for the users.

A large part of creating a secured cloud storage system is configuring VPNs using Linux and WireGuard to create encrypted connections. Other commonly found business setups is utilizing SharePoint as file server. Setting up security for user accounts in Azure to enforce strict access controls, protecting sensitive business data while keeping things easy to manage. This integrated approach to cloud infrastructure has allowed these companies to operate more securely and efficiently without the need to run servers locally.

Front-end and UI/UX design have never been my strongest skills. However, with my extensive experience in back-end programming, I felt motivated to learn more about front-end development. To enhance my front-end skills, I decided to take on a challenge: a complete rebuild of my personal showcase website from scratch. I had a clear vision of how I wanted my new site to look, feel, and function.

I drafted multiple versions but ultimately scrapped much of my work because it didn’t align with my vision. This time, I had the freedom to build exactly as I imagined. Using my favorite IDE, Visual Studio Code, I utilized my drive to learn about AUI and user interface design throughout the project. I worked on it during my free time, experimenting with different APIs. Realizing a concept that was once only in my head has become one of the most fulfilling aspects of programming.

This project is a Version Control Software for Microsoft Teams. Designed to work under extremely limited connectivity. The need for customized software emerged as field technicians finished performing internal software updates to the Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP). Each time the FACP internal program is updated, the exported file must be returned to the company's hosting server while automatically tracking user activity, providing file version controls, preventing user error, and sending user notifications.

After interviewing several field technicians, the overall sentiment is that they never reported low connectivity issues when utilizing MS Teams or Emails to share files. This triggered the creation of a Microsoft Teams/Email Chatbot that manages the file version control under mobile devices with low connectivity. The Chatbot is connected to a SharePoint site that serves as a user interface for the management team. The system has been operational in-place for over 2 years with little to zero maintenance.