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Dylan Nankivell.

I deploy systems, build integrations, and own the technical scoping and delivery of projects. Hardware, software, APIs, cloud — generalist at a small software company.

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Experiments, prototypes, and side projects

// weekend experiments

Learning new skills, trying new technologies, and having an outlet for creativity. These usually stay in private repos and are rarely live for long.

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SketchDash

private

Multiplayer drawing and guessing game. You get a word, you draw it, everyone else tries to guess before the timer runs out. First time properly working with WebSockets and real-time state across clients, using Socket.io and a custom two-layer HTML5 canvas for the drawing tools.

What it does

  • Quick Play matchmaking or private rooms with a 4-digit code
  • Up to 8 players per room
  • Brush, eraser, and fill bucket with optimised canvas rendering
  • Speed-based scoring — 500 max, decays by 5 pts/sec
  • Session persistence with seamless reconnection
  • Web Worker flood fill to keep the canvas non-blocking
  • Rate limiting, input validation, fingerprint-based abuse limits

Stack

backend

Node.jsExpressSocket.io

frontend

React 18ViteTailwind CSSHTML5 Canvas

deployment

RailwayCloudflare Pages
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WatchMySite

private

A tiny uptime monitor for people who just want to know if their site is up. All you provide is an email address and a URL. Good for non-technical audiences and hobbyists. Built as my first exploration of Cloudflare Workers, with a deliberate focus on a clean dark mode aesthetic end-to-end.

What it does

  • Instant site checks on the homepage — no signup required
  • Email magic-link auth
  • Monitor one site on the free tier
  • 1-minute checks with simple false-positive protection
  • Email alerts for downtime and recovery
  • Pause / resume monitoring
  • Basic rate limiting and abuse protection

Stack

backend

Cloudflare WorkersWorkers KVResend

frontend

AstroTailwind CSS

// more in the pipeline — check back later