
Contributed to the Monash-FIT3170/2025W2-FindingNibbles repository by developing features that enhance data modeling and authentication for backend services. Implemented dietary restrictions data seeding and extended the API to provide detailed dietary information, enabling restaurants to categorize offerings by dietary options. Standardized user identification across authentication and user modules by unifying JWT payloads, improving data integrity and authorization reliability. Addressed a stability issue in dietary restriction handling within the user service. The work demonstrated proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, and JWT-based authentication, laying the foundation for personalized restaurant discovery and supporting downstream integrations through robust backend architecture.
May 2025 performance summary for Monash-FIT3170/2025W2-FindingNibbles: Focused on strengthening data modeling, authentication, and API coverage to drive business value and enable downstream integrations. Key features delivered include Dietary Restrictions Data Seeding and API Enhancement, which seeds the database with diverse dietary restrictions and extends the user service to return detailed dietary restriction data, enabling restaurants to categorize by dietary options; and Unified JWT Payload and User Identification, which standardizes the user identifier using 'sub' and enhances JWT validation to return richer user information across authentication and user modules. Major bugs fixed include a fix in the user.service createUserSpecificDietaryRestriction to stabilize dietary restriction handling. Overall impact: improved data integrity, more reliable authorization, and groundwork for personalized restaurant discovery and user experiences. Technologies/skills demonstrated include database seeding, REST API enhancements, JWT strategy customization, cross-service identity standardization, and team alignment.
May 2025 performance summary for Monash-FIT3170/2025W2-FindingNibbles: Focused on strengthening data modeling, authentication, and API coverage to drive business value and enable downstream integrations. Key features delivered include Dietary Restrictions Data Seeding and API Enhancement, which seeds the database with diverse dietary restrictions and extends the user service to return detailed dietary restriction data, enabling restaurants to categorize by dietary options; and Unified JWT Payload and User Identification, which standardizes the user identifier using 'sub' and enhances JWT validation to return richer user information across authentication and user modules. Major bugs fixed include a fix in the user.service createUserSpecificDietaryRestriction to stabilize dietary restriction handling. Overall impact: improved data integrity, more reliable authorization, and groundwork for personalized restaurant discovery and user experiences. Technologies/skills demonstrated include database seeding, REST API enhancements, JWT strategy customization, cross-service identity standardization, and team alignment.

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