George Mason University · Software developer
I’m Joseph Bekele, a student at George Mason University. I use projects to make tasks easier, automate parts of my workflow, and understand how the software I rely on works.
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Featured Android project
I built NourishRx to keep medication schedules and health information together in one place. It handles medication reminders, dose logging, nutrition, water intake, weight history, and multiple profiles.
View NourishRx on GitHub
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Private location dashboard
This Python service stores OwnTracks location updates and provides a password-protected dashboard for current locations and searchable history. It runs without third-party Python packages.
Multilingual command-line tool
This command-line weather application accepts city and postal-code searches in English and Japanese. A FastAPI proxy protects the OpenWeatherMap credentials and manages request limits.
$ python src/main.py
Language? [en/ja] (default en): en
Enter a municipality name or press Enter to use a postal code: Fairfax
Enter country (name, alpha-2, or alpha-3): US
Weather in Fairfax:
Temperature: 24.2°C
Humidity: 61%
Wind Speed: 2.7 m/s
Description: Clear skyPersonal desktop utility
Media Selector is a small desktop tool for searching, browsing, and opening videos from a local collection. It uses Tkinter for the interface and SQLite for the catalog.
About me
My name is Joseph Bekele, and I am a student at George Mason University with an interest in software development. The reason I enjoy building software is that I like taking a problem someone experiences in everyday life and finding a practical way to make it easier. NourishRx is an example of this because it has allowed me to use Android development, Java, reminders, and local data to create something that could be useful to people.
Outside of software development, I have a cat named Cupcake. Spending time with her is one of the simple parts of my everyday life that I enjoy. She is also part of who I am outside of school, programming, and the projects I work on.
I also enjoy fighting games and cosplay. Fighting games keep me interested because improvement comes from practice, timing, and learning how to adjust when something does not work. Cosplay gives me a different way to be creative by taking an idea and figuring out how to make it real. Both interests remind me that progress usually comes from trying, learning, and refining the result.
I am someone who likes learning by doing and paying attention to details. I care about creating software that is understandable and dependable, and I want to continue improving as a developer while I study at George Mason University.
Many of my projects start with a problem in my own workflow that I want to solve.
I start with the core functionality, test it, and refine the interface as the project takes shape.
I like learning what the libraries, APIs, and systems underneath my projects are doing.
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