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Nyika Augustine Wachira

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Nyika Augustine Wachira

Over three months, contributed to Hack-PSU/apiv3 by building and enhancing backend features focused on workflow transparency, media management, and data-driven reporting. Developed a finance submission workflow with new status tracking and rejection reason modeling, improving auditability and governance. Enhanced photo upload functionality by implementing authenticated user ID extraction, UUID-based file naming, and public URL generation, leveraging Node.js, TypeScript, and Firebase Storage for secure and organized media handling. Delivered analytics PDF report generation with data visualization and enforced reimbursement eligibility validation, strengthening compliance and enabling exportable metrics. Demonstrated a methodical approach to backend API design, server-side validation, and repository-wide traceability.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

75%Features

Repository Contributions

4Total
Bugs
1
Commits
4
Features
3
Lines of code
406
Activity Months3

Work History

February 2026

2 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 focus centered on enhancing data-driven reporting and compliance in Hack-PSU/apiv3. Delivered an analytics PDF reporting capability and hardened the reimbursement workflow to prevent ineligible submissions. These changes improve governance, reduce processing of invalid reimbursements, and provide admins with exportable metrics for decision making.

September 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 monthly summary for Hack-PSU/apiv3: Delivered Photo Upload Enhancements with authenticated userId extraction, optional fileType handling, and a robust UUID-based filename scheme (userId and fileType prefixes) to improve organization and uniqueness of stored photos. The upload flow now returns both photoId and public URL, enabling immediate client-side access. No major bugs fixed in this scope. This work enhances security, traceability, and scalability of user-generated media, and demonstrates proficiency in Node.js/Express, auth context handling, UUID generation, file storage, and public URL generation. Implemented through commit e3fb2b2fdea0861e5c7ac0842ed814f503b1abc3.

April 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025 monthly summary focusing on backend improvements to the finance submission workflow in Hack-PSU/apiv3. Implemented a new SUBMITTED_TO_ASA status and a comprehensive RejectionReason enum on the finance entity to track submission state and rejection reasons, enabling clearer workflows, auditing, and governance for financial submissions. The change is backed by a targeted commit and delivers tangible business value through better traceability and faster issue resolution. Demonstrated API design for state machines, robust enum modeling, and end-to-end change traceability across the repository.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness90.0%
Maintainability85.0%
Architecture85.0%
Performance90.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

JavaScriptTypeScript

Technical Skills

API DevelopmentAPI developmentBackend DevelopmentFirebase StorageNestJSNode.jsTypeScriptbackend developmentdata visualization

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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Hack-PSU/apiv3

Apr 2025 Feb 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

TypeScriptJavaScript

Technical Skills

Backend DevelopmentTypeScriptAPI DevelopmentFirebase StorageNestJSAPI development