Eric Chae

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science on the creative Computational Media Track in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii. I expect to graduate in Spring, 2027.

Interests: Ice Hockey, Game Development, Software Development

Projects

Campus Resource Scheduler 2025

A website where all UH campus students can borrow resources for use.

Website TypeScript Bootstrap

Bank Database Application 2024

I developed a Bank Data Base Application in C and C++

Vim C C++

Primate Pandemonium 2023

My team developed a multiplayer game called Primate Pandemonium, for AP Computer Science A.

Game Java

Space Invaders(Star Wars) 2021

I created a simple version of Space Invaders Star Wars Themed In Scratch, for AP Computer Science Principles

Game Scratch

Essays

Estimating and Tracking Effort in Software Development: Lessons from Experience

08 May 2025

Making My Effort Estimations My effort estimations were mostly made based on my best guess of how long I felt it would take me on average to complete the task, without really basing it on anything concrete. As I personally...

Software Engineering Project Management Time Management

Beyond the Code: What ICS 314 Taught Me About Software Engineering

14 May 2025

Discovering the Real World of Software Engineering Before taking ICS 314, a Software Engineering class, I didn’t know much—if anything—about Software Engineering. I had the basic assumption that most people have: that it’s all about writing code from scratch and...

Software Engineering

AI in Software Engineering Education: A Student’s Perspective on Usage, Impact, and Responsibility

09 May 2025

Introduction AI nowadays is used everywhere in education, whether integrated in class or students are using it for their own personal education, and it has quickly become a staple for most. Especially in Software Engineering, developers and programmers are using...

Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence

The Role of Design Patterns in Modern Software Engineering

25 Apr 2025

We Don’t Write Software From Scratch Any Longer You think of software engineering and probably think of an individual alone in front of a computer typing tens of thousands of lines of code by hand into a blank screen. Times...

Design Patterns

UI Frameworks: The Good, the Bad, and the Necessary

26 Feb 2025

Is Bootstrap Really Worth It? Bootstrap 5 has a learning curve, as many things do, which means it will take time and effort to learn how to use it properly and effectively. But if you do, it will be a...

HTML CSS Bootstrap 5

Writing Code That Speaks: The Importance of Standards

13 Feb 2025

Coding Standards are More Than Meets the Eye The stereotype of coding standards is far from reality. It’s not just about where you place your curly braces or how many new lines you have between sections of code. Coding standards...

Es Lint Coding Standards