Josh Merrell

Ascii Chess

This project explores data visualization capabilities and assesses data values.

The web app at chess.jbm.eco supports the following helper visuals:

• Graph View: a network graph depiction of the chessboard
• Arc View: an arc depiction of FEN strings
• Chord View: A chord depiction of board connections (threats & protections)
• History Table: A comparison of algebraic, universal, and Forsyth-Edwards notations
• FEN Character Count: A depiction of how metrics can be compared across move sequences

The prototype at josh-b-merrell.shinyapps.io/my-chess/ also supports:

• FEN Description: A breakdown of FEN strings
• FEN Map: A 2-dimensional rendering of FEN strings

AWS currently routes the client-side app to a backend API which will soon be made avaiable at connector.jbm.eco.

Services

I provide the following professional services:

• Web Development
  • Client-Side
    • JavaScript / TypeScript
      • React
      • Angular
      • d3.js
  • Server-Side
    • python
      • FastAPI
      • DJango
      • Flask
    • ruby
    • C#
• Cloud Development
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Azure
• Data
  • SQL & Database Management
  • Pipelines & Storage
  • Visualization & Presentation