Arif Demirkan/(ah-reef)/ · noun
  1. i. fullstack web developer
  2. ii. minimalist
  3. iii. known taro boba addict
see my work
  1. Jun. 2023 - Present

    Monkeytype

    Frontend Developer Intern

    • Expanded UI library for #1 typing site with ~2 million users
    • Independently launched fluid highlighting feature, now serving ~120,000 users daily
    • Proposed several UI improvements to leadership, developed and implemented in pull requests
    • Improved animation frame rate by ~52% in core component
    • Optimized legacy component, reducing jQuery calls by ~99% and DOM manipulations by ~96%
    Typescript
    Sass
    jQuery
    HTML
    CSS
  2. Fall 2022

    CounselHero

    Frontend Developer Intern

    • Expanded UI library for ed-tech startup using React and Typescript
    • Proposed and led optimization task, improving page load-time by ~21%
    • Designed and implemented several core UI components to support product launch
    • Implemented responsive UI for mobile support
    React
    Typescript
    Figma
    monkeytype-screenshot
  3. Summer 2022

    CounselHero

    Software Engineer Intern

    • Collaborated with frontend and backend teams to build internal tools using Python
    • Developed scraper to parse rankings of ~1500 universities
    • Created internal tool to automate updating school ranks in database, saving 100+ hours of data entry
    Python
    Postman
    REST API
    monkeytype-screenshot
  4. Summer 2023

    URL Lab

    Side Project

    An opensource URL shortener built for the modern web. Shorten your links with ease and track analytics such as clickrate, regional demographics, device types, etc.
    Next.js
    Typescript
    Tailwind
    DaisyUI
    Framer Motion
    Express
    Planetscale
    MySQL
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  5. Summer 2022

    Deepflow

    Side Project

    Productivity web app that allows users to sync study sessions with their friends. Configure your study/break sessions, share a link to your friends, and study together.
    React
    Typescript
    Tailwind
    Figma
    CSS Modules
    Express
    monkeytype-screenshot
  6. Spring 2022

    Birds of a Feather

    University Group Project

    A web app that allows users to find familiar faces from previous classes. On the first day of class, students turn on the search mode. The app then searches for other devices, sorts students by past mutual classes.
    Java
    Android Studio
    Bluetooth

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