24-year-old software developer and digital artist building across web, desktop, mobile, and retro console platforms. B.A. Computer Science concentration (FAU). Started coding at 12, shipped a published game, built production client software, and currently in private pilot training — all by 24.
Coding since 2012 · Car art blog since 2014 · First solo flight Dec 2024 · Published game Aug 2025 · 90+ projects across 12+ languages
Bilingual (English/Spanish) · West Palm Beach, FL · robertfernandez.dev Streaming live coding, gaming, and art on YouTube & Twitch · Dev logs & photography on the blog
Live & Production
- AviationPro — Comprehensive flight planning suite built by a student pilot. React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS. CX-6 computer, weight & balance, weather calculator, navigation tools, digital logbook. Live →
- react-portfolio — Personal portfolio with developer timeline, project showcase, art gallery, and AviationPro built in. Live →
- Professional Client Work — Production websites for local South Florida businesses. See portfolio →
Games & Creative
- Hopeless Catch — Published pixel-art fishing horror game. Lua, Love2D, compiled to WebAssembly. Play on itch.io →
- Comic_Reader — C++ SFML comic reader with two versions: full UI (Browse, Bookmarks, Unread) and functional reader (page nav, zoom, drag-to-pan).
- html-css-js-portfolio — Original portfolio in vanilla HTML/CSS/JS. 4 themes, live METAR weather, aviation calculators, zero frameworks.
Console & Embedded
- PSP-Programming — PSP homebrew tutorials using C, SDL2, and PSPSDK with step-by-step examples.
- PS1-Mips-Programming — PS1 MIPS assembly and PSYQ SDK examples covering rendering, shading, and 3D.
- nero-js — JavaScript running on real PS2 hardware via AthenaEnvJS. 9 working modules from Hello World through Scene Management.
The
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Languages
Frontend & Backend
Game & Graphics
Desktop & Mobile
Tools
- AviationPro — Porting live METAR weather from the HTML version into the React app
- NeroWails — Cross-platform IDE built with Go + Wails (Windows, macOS, Linux)
- NeroGPUI — High-performance IDE built with Rust + GPUI (Zed's rendering engine)
- PaperworksPro — Document suite expanding from web to desktop via NW.js
- Art page redesign — Magazine-style layout for robertfernandez.dev/art
- Published game — Hopeless Catch on Itch.io (Fishing Horror Game Jam, Aug 2025)
- Production client software — Invoice generator actively used by a real business for billing
- Live aviation tools — AviationPro built and used during actual pilot training
- Console homebrew — JavaScript running on PS2 hardware; PSP and PS1 open-source tutorials
- Certifications — Adobe Certified Professional (Animate, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop), Microsoft Office Specialist (Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Word), SSI Open Water Diver + Enriched Air Nitrox Level 2
- Aviation — Student pilot, first solo flight Dec 2024, towered solos at Ft Pierce Jul 2025, first solo cross country Nov 2025, 120 hrs currently as of 5.9.2026
