Data Analytics, Machine Learning & Full-Stack Development

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Nicholas Bacakos Profile

Full-Stack Development

Data Analytics & ML

Cloud & AWS Hosting

About me

I am a Senior Computer Science student at Texas State University specializing in Full-Stack Development, Machine Learning, and Data Analytics.

My journey to tech started on the factory floor. Before returning for my CS degree, I spent 7 years in manufacturing, programming automation logic for robotics and optimizing physical assembly lines.

Today, I apply that same problem-solving mindset to software engineering. Whether I'm building robust web applications, designing data pipelines, or managing cloud infrastructure, I am focused on creating clean, efficient, and scalable technology solutions.

Core Competencies

Data Analytics & ML

  • PythonPython & OpenCV
  • PostgresMySQL
    SQL Analytics
  • Tableau Dashboards
  • PyTorchPyTorch & YOLOv8

Full-Stack Dev

  • ReactNext.js
    React & Next.js
  • NodeExpress
    Node.js & Express
  • TailwindTailwind CSS
  • Using:Other Dev Tools

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWSAWS (ECS, S3, CDN)
  • DockerDocker Containers
  • TerraformTerraform (IaC)
  • GitHubGitHub Actions (CI/CD)
  • Also learning:Learning DevOps

Projects

CineQuery — AI Movie Matchmaker

● Live

Full-stack AI movie discovery engine that uses GPT-4o-mini to translate natural language queries into optimized SQL against a 45k-row database. Deployed on AWS EC2 behind Nginx and Cloudflare — zero downtime, production-grade architecture.

Node.js / ExpressOpenAI GPT-4o-miniSQLiteTMDB APIAWS EC2TerraformNginxCloudflare

Hawaii Travel SQL & Analytics

End-to-end SQL analysis exploring travel trends, revenue metrics, and demographic visitation across the Hawaiian islands. Interactive data visualization powered by Tableau.