README.md

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 ![Jesse Brault Hero Photograph](images/JesseBraultHeaderNoTextMin.jpg)
 
-**Welcome! I am a full-stack software engineer currently looking for work in the United States, particularly in the New
+**Welcome! I am a full-stack developer currently looking for work in the United States. If you would like my résumé, please message me.**
-York City area, or in the Upper Midwest (Madison, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, Chicago). If you would like my résumé, please
-message me.**
 
-I began my career as a classically-trained conductor and composer, and am transitioning to software engineering 
+I began my career as a classically-trained conductor and composer, and am transitioning to software development full-time. I love programming, learning new languages and frameworks, and developing interesting and exciting projects. I am currently beginning studies at the University of Wisconsin Madison in computer science.
-full-time. I love programming, learning new languages and frameworks, and developing interesting and exciting projects. 
-I am finishing computer-science studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
 
-My programming interests lie in programming languages themselves (including grammars, lexers, parsers, ASTs, 
+My programming interests lie in programming languages themselves (including grammars, lexers, parsers, ASTs, compilation, transpilation, etc.), web and app development (full-stack, including Spring, Node, and React), programming tools and plugins (Gradle and IntelliJ plugins), and functional programming. I have limited experience with PHP, and am also interested in graphics/game programming, and systems programming in C/C++.
-compilation, transpilation, etc.), web and app development (full-stack, including Spring, Node, and React), programming
-tools and plugins (Gradle and IntelliJ plugins), and functional programming.
 
-Overall, I aim to be highly versatile and adept at adopting new technologies. I seek every day to hone my craft and
+Overall, I aim to be highly versatile and adept at adopting new technologies. I seek every day to hone my craft and become a better developer. I enjoy the logical and linguistic nature of software, and that sweet feeling When Things Just Work™️. I also enjoy the collaborative process of bringing new ideas and designs to life.
-become a better developer. I enjoy the logical and linguistic nature of software, and that sweet feeling When Things 
-Just Work™️. I also enjoy the collaborative process of bringing new ideas and designs to life.
 
 ## Current Projects
 
-*Note: some projects are hosted here, others still at GitHub. I intend to move all personal projects here.*
-
 ### Full Stack
-- **Meals Made Easy**: A full-stack remake of an earlier app, using a Java/Spring Boot backend and React/Vite frontend. 
+- **Meals Made Easy**: A full-stack remake of an earlier app, using a Java/Spring Boot backend and React/Vite frontend. 2024 *(in progress)*. [Frontend](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/meals-made-easy-app) | [Backend](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/meals-made-easy-api)
-  2024–present. [Frontend](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/meals-made-easy-app) | 
-  [Backend](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/meals-made-easy-api)
 
 ### JVM: Java and Groovy
-- [**groowt**, or **Groovy Web Tools**](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/groowt): A set of libraries, CLI tools, 
+- [**groowt**, or **Groovy Web Tools**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/groowt): A set of libraries, CLI tools, and Gradle plugins written mostly in Java for facilitating web-development in Groovy, emphasizing the model-view-controller paradigm. Includes a custom templating language inspired by ReactJS, with a compiler developed with the ANTLR parser generator. 2024 *(in progress)*.
-  and Gradle plugins written mostly in Java for facilitating web-development in Groovy, emphasizing the 
+- [**ssg**, or **Static Site Generator**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/ssg): A highly-extensible CLI application written entirely in Groovy for statically generating websites from text files and other input. I created this out of a need for a static site generator in which I could embed Groovy without all the hassle of a full-size server-oriented framework such as Grails. So far, I am using it for all my personal sites, and it has also been used outside of my own projects. 2023.
-  model-view-controller paradigm. Includes a custom templating language inspired by ReactJS, with a compiler developed
+- [**jbarchiva**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/jbarchiva): A Gradle plugin to facilitate easy access to my personal Maven repository at [archiva.jessebrault.com](https://archiva.jessebrault.com/). 2022-2024.
-  with the ANTLR parser generator. 2024–present.
-- [**ssg**, or **Static Site Generator**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/ssg): A highly-extensible CLI application 
-  written entirely in Groovy for statically generating websites from text files and other input. I created this out of a
-  need for a static site generator in which I could embed Groovy without all the hassle of a full-size server-oriented 
-  framework such as Grails. So far, I am using it for all my personal sites, and it has also been used outside of my 
-  own projects. 2023–present.
-- [**jbarchiva**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/jbarchiva): A Gradle plugin to facilitate easy access to my 
-  personal Maven repository at [archiva.jessebrault.com](https://archiva.jessebrault.com/). 2022-2024.
 
 ### JavaScript/TypeScript
-- [**jbci**, or **Jesse Brault Continuous Integration**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/jbci): A CI program written 
+- [**jbci**, or **Jesse Brault Continuous Integration**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/jbci): A CI program written in TypeScript which listens to GitHub webhooks and then executes pre-configured shell scripts based on the webhook payload, mainly used to update my websites by simple pushes to my various GitHub repositories.
-  in TypeScript which listens to GitHub webhooks and then executes pre-configured shell scripts based on the webhook
+- [**jb-api**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/jb-api): A very simple utility backend written in TypeScript for my personal websites. Currently its only function is to recieve and handle mail requests (such as from a contact form).
-  payload, mainly used to update my websites by simple pushes to my various Git repositories.
-- [**jb-api**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/jb-api): A very simple utility backend written in TypeScript for my 
-  personal websites. Currently its only function is to recieve and handle mail requests (such as from a contact form).
   
 ### Web Sites
-- [Personal Website](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/jb-ssg-site): My personal website where I store information 
+- [Personal Website](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/temp-website): My personal website where I store information about my career as both a classical musician and a developer. <a href="https://jessebrault.com/" target="_blank">Visit site.</a>
-  about my career as both a classical musician and a developer. <a href="https://jessebrault.com/" target="_blank">Visit
+- [Red Dog Ensemble](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/reddog): A web site for a contemporary classical music ensemble I am co-founding in New York City. <a href="https://reddogensemble.com/" target="_blank">Visit site.</a>
-  site.</a>
-- [Red Dog Ensemble](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/reddog): A web site for a contemporary classical music ensemble 
-  I co-founded in New York City. <a href="https://reddogensemble.com/" target="_blank">Visit site.</a>
-
-### Rust
-- [**Deimos Lang**](https://git.jessebrault.com/jessebrault/deimos-lang): A programming language I am designing and
-  implementing with the intention of allowing strongly-typed scripting that is both fast and simple enough for basic
-  "glue" tasks such as querying APIs and running local bash commands based on the results. Includes a virtual machine
-  implementation which I think of as a very miniature JVM. 2024–present.
 
 ## Past Projects
 
-- [**Meals Made Easy**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/MealsMadeEasy): A fully-functioning meal-planning web-app 
+- [**Meals Made Easy**](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709/MealsMadeEasy): A fully-functioning meal-planning web-app developed during my time in _Co.Lab | You Belong in Tech_. I worked closely with a product manager and designer to make the project come alive! It is built with TypeScript, React, and SCSS.
-  developed during my time in _Co.Lab | You Belong in Tech_. I worked closely with a product manager and designer to 
-  make the project come alive! It is built with TypeScript, React, and SCSS.
 
 ## Languages
 
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   <img src="images/tsWithColor.svg" alt="TypeScript" width="48" height="48">
 </div>
 
-I am most fluent with Java, Groovy and Typescript. I am also fluent with standard web technologies such as HTML5, CSS, 
+I am most fluent with Java, Groovy, and Typescript. I am also fluent with standard web technologies such as HTML5, CSS, and sass; the type-setting technologies TeX and LaTex; and the scripting languages Ruby and Lua.
-and sass. I have also dabbled in Rust, Ruby, Lua, and C.
-
-## Coursework at UW-Madison
-
-- **CS 354** *Machine Organization and Programming*: Low-level programming with C and assembly.
-- **CS 400** *Programming III*: General purpose programming with Java, covering important tree and graph algorithms.
-- **CS 506** *Software Engineering*: Built a full-stack app *Task Tango* with a team of six developers following the
-  agile/scrum methods. Consisted of a Java/Spring Boot backend, and JavaScript/React frontend. Everything containerized
-  and ultimately deployed to a department virtual machine.
-- **CS 536** *Introduction to Programming Languages and Compilers*: Working to build a compiler for a toy language 
-  entitled *Bach* targeting the MIPS architecture, using Java as a host language. Learning about topics related to
-  scanners, parsers, optimization, and code generation.
 
 ## Frameworks, Libraries, Tools, and Technologies
 
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 - Gulp
 - VSCode
 
-### Containerization
-- Docker
-
 ### Databases
 - MySQL
 - SQLite
 
 ### Documentation
-- Asciidoc
+- Asciidoc, Markdown
-- Markdown
 
 ## Other Skills
 
-- Server Administration: I run my own Ubuntu-based virtual private server at digitalocean.com, where I host a variety of
+- Server Administration: I run my own Ubuntu-based virtual private server at digitalocean.com, where I host a variety of services and web sites. Tasks I often do include:
-  services and web sites, such as my personal website, an Apache Archiva instance, and a Gitea instance (where you are 
+  - Package administration.
-  now!). Tasks I often do include:
+  - Continuous integration.
-  - Package administration
+  - Securing the environment.
-  - Continuous integration
+  - Using `ssh` and `sftp`.
-  - Securing the environment
+  - Configuring `apache` for serving static content as well as reverse-proxying to various services.
-  - Using `ssh` and `sftp`
+- Web and App Design: I have some design experience for both web sites and apps. Particularly, I have an as-of-yet unfinished design at Figma for *The Pantry App*, which can be viewed [here](https://www.figma.com/file/VKrirPQi2FneCPaP3XdPzn/Pantry-App-Design?node-id=0%3A1&t=eSnEntKpbxK7LEJG-1). I have additionally done UX testing with Maze.
-  - Configuring `apache` for serving static content as well as reverse-proxying to various services
-  - Using and configuring Docker and various Docker containers for services and websites.
-- Web and App Design: I have some design experience for both web sites and apps. Particularly, I have an as-of-yet 
-  unfinished design at Figma for *The Pantry App*, which can be viewed 
-  [here](https://www.figma.com/file/VKrirPQi2FneCPaP3XdPzn/Pantry-App-Design?node-id=0%3A1&t=eSnEntKpbxK7LEJG-1). I have
-  additionally done UX testing with Maze.
 - (Human) Languages:
   - English: native speaker.
   - German: B1.
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 ## Education
 
-- Professional Captsone Certificate in Computer Science. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2024–2025 (expected graduation
+- Professional Captsone Certificate in Computer Science. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2024–2025 (expected graduation).
-  May 2025).
 - Master of Music, orchestral conducting. The Juilliard School, 2018.
 - Bachelor of Music, *summa cum laude*, music theory and composition. St. Olaf College, 2013. GPA 3.91.
   
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 - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessebrault0709/)
 - [Email](mailto:jbrault@mac.com)
 - [Personal Website](https://jessebrault.com/)
-- [GitHub Profile](https://github.com/JesseBrault0709)