Yintong Chen's Portfolio

About me

I'm currently a Computer Science student at the University of Florida, passionate about developing innovative tech solutions. With experience in both AI model training and web development, I enjoy transforming complex problems into efficient, user-friendly applications. I’ve worked on projects that merge cutting-edge AI with accessible platforms, helping bring advanced technologies to a wider audience.

I specialize in backend development, having built a AI platform and led multiple projects that optimize performance and user experience. My aim is to deliver latest technology to all users.

What i'm doing

Open Source

Contribute to meaningful open source projects and create my own projects.
Web development

Build different kinds of websites at a professional level.
Explore New Stacks

Currently learning Golang, C++, React.
Gym

Coding is part of life. And gym is another.

Hero Attributes

Backend Development
90%
Frontend Development
60%
Project Management
95%
Learning Passion
100%
Sense of Humor
110%

Journey

My Programming Milestones

The Start of Everything
2019
Self-taught python and started working on small projects
First Love in Artificial Intelligence
2020
Started following the NLP(Natural Language Processing) community when ChatGPT was not even released
The First Website
2021
As I started to learn web development, I built my first website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In order to host the website, I purchased my first domain and host it on a rent server.
Found a CS Club in High School
2021
As I was discovering more and more in the world of programming, I found a CS club in my high school trying to gather like-minded people to work on projects together.
My First Github Repo
2022
I created my first repo Christmas Maker for 2022 Christmas. This is a simple user-interactive exe creating short Christmas stories and generating Christmas tree paintings using OpenAI's first generation model davinci and DallE-2. https://github.com/realnoob007/Christmas_Maker
My First Class
2022
Java Programming was my first official lesson in high school learning computer science. The systematic learning of Java programming helped me to understand the basic principals of computer and object-oriented programming better. I fell in love with programming even more.
First Bucket of Gold
2023
As I gradually improved my web development skills, I started to work on freelance projects and earned my first bucket of gold by creating an AI-assistant platform. The platform was designed to let people integrate AI into their daily workflow to improve efficiency. The platform was built using Python as backend, Vue.js as frontend and Nginx as web server. I deployed the platform on a VPS server which I continuously maintained. Now the platform is still running and serves over 2000 users.
Volunteer in Charity Work
2023
One of my friends invited me to help his charity organization, which aimed to help children with Down syndrome, build a website. I volunteered to help them build an official website using WordPress. The website was designed to help the organization to raise funds and awareness for their charity work. I also helped them to maintain the website and update the content regularly.
My First Job
2024
As I gained more experience in web development and specifically AI Web Applications, a tech company owner contacted me through my website. He talked about his idea of building an API platform that provides AI models for developers to use in their projects in a more affordable price than OpenAI and other AI companies. I was hired as a full-stack developer and Ops to build and maintain the platform. The platform was built using FastAPI as backend framework, Vue.js as frontend. This job was a big challenge to me as I had to pay full attention in security and performance of the project in production stage. I also had to learn how to use Docker and Kubernetes to deploy the platform on a cloud server. The platform was successfully launched and now receives millions of requests every day. I am still working on this project and continuously improving the platform.
My First AI Model
2024
In 2024 summer, I enrolled as an intern in the Technology Department of a finance company, working on a team that was responsible for training an AI model that provides latest finance news and daily stock market analysis. The model was trained based on Baichuan-13B and fine-tuned using the company's own data. I was responsible for developing the data filtering and cleaning algorithms, and monitoring the model training process on GPU server. The model was successfully trained and deployed on the company's server in 90 days. The model now are connected in the company's App and website, providing precise and customized finance news and stock market analysis to users.
A Step Further in Profession
2024
In 2024 August, I began my study in the University of Florida, majoring in Computer Science. I am now pursuing a systematic study in computer science and specifically the field of Artificial Intelligence, aiming to become a professional developer and researcher. Currently, I am working in a team tring to train a visual model and integrate it into a self-made drone. The model is designed to help the drone to recognize and avoid obstacles in real-time. The project is still in progress and I am looking forward to the final result.