Reece Carolan

Founding fullstack software engineer at Trainwell.

Pangea Recipes

A modern recipe app built with sharing in mind. Create and collaborate on recipe books!

2024. React SSR, Postgres, Typescript, Node.js, Tanstack Start, OpenAI, Prisma, Railway

Source code
Pangea Recipes

HelloPeople

I developed the entire HelloPeople platform including the serverless backend, web app, and native iOS app. HelloPeople allows students to share and discover events across their college campus.

2020. Swift 5, UIKit, Google Cloud Platform (Firestore, Cloud Functions, Auth), TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, Node.js

Source code
HelloPeople

Turtle Fly

Turtle Fly was #1 in the App Store in 2011. I acquired it in 2016 and grew the downloads by 500% and the revenue by 700% over the previous year.

2016. Objective-C, Cocos2D, MRC, monolithic

Turtle Fly

Turtle Fly 2

Turtle Fly 2 is a ground-up rewrite of the original. It features a new physics and render engine, high-res graphics, and maintainable programming patterns.

2017. Objective-C, SpriteKit, ARC, MVC

Turtle Fly 2

HelloCRM

A modern CRM that takes full advantage of the Apple ecosystem to make managing your network a breeze.

2019. Swift 5, Google Cloud Platform (Firestore, Cloud Functions, Auth), Stripe

HelloCRM

When to Greet

Find the best time for a group of people to get together.

2021. TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, Google Cloud Platform (Firestore, Cloud Functions, Auth)

Source Code
When to Greet

HelloStudios LLC

I developed and hosted 18 websites serving over two million people under an eco-friendly company I co-founded. We sold in 2020.

2018-2020. Wordpress, Cloudflare, Graphic Design (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign)

One of my sites
HelloStudios LLC

HelloSoftware

Sharing open source templates and boilerplates.

2020-2021. Open source, GitHub, React.js, Next.js, Electron

GitHub
HelloSoftware

Portfolio Site

This website was designed to communicate my past work as clearly as possible.

2020. React.js, Tanstack Start, TypeScript, Cloudflare

Source code
Portfolio Site

Yeats (hackathon)

Won the 2020 Santa Clara University Hack for Humanity. I developed a native iOS app which communicated with AWS to generate low-cost meal plans over any given week.

2020. Swift 5, UIKit, AWS (Lambda, Aurora), Public Speaking

Yeats (hackathon)

The Guinea Pig

This is without a doubt the worst code I have ever written. When I was 10 I wanted to add a guinea pig to my favorite video game Minecraft, so I taught myself Java. One long summer later I finished my first software project, and I had my guinea pig.

2010. Java, Blender, Minecraft

The Guinea Pig