I'm passionate about creating efficient and sustainable workflows, process automation, ethical ML applications, and leveraging software as a medium to make my life and others' easier.
- π Data Science
- π οΈ Data Engineering
- π€ ML / AI
- Expanding my data science and ML skill set through hands-on projects
- Building tools and workflows that automate everyday processes
- Exploring ethical approaches to machine learning applications
| Project | Description | Tech | My Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube Comment Sentiment Pipeline | A cloud-based big data pipeline analyzing 190K+ YouTube comments to generate engagement metrics, positivity signals, and video worthiness indicators. Processes comments across 2,013 videos to help users identify high-quality, engaging content. | PySpark, Spark SQL, Cloud Object Storage, YouTube Data API, Parquet, Python | Built distributed data processing pipeline, implemented cloud-based aggregations, developed keyword extraction and sentiment analysis features, created engagement metrics by video/channel/author |
| SASE SJSU Website | Official website for SJSU's Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers chapter, showcasing the organization's mission, values, executive board, events, and community resources. Deployed on Vercel. | TypeScript, Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Chakra UI, Emotion, CSS | Built entire About Us page from scratch, created 7+ reusable React components (BackgroundImage, carousels, accordions, bio cards), managed executive board image assets, refactored global CSS with Tailwind optimizations, integrated Chakra UI and Emotion libraries |
| Roots | A community-driven Android social platform for SJSU SASE featuring event discovery, user profiles with social media links, and a "Buds to Blossoms" buddy matching system. Enables users to create/join events and connect through friend requests. | Java, Android, Firebase Firestore, Firebase Auth, Google Sign-In, Android Jetpack Navigation | Integrated Firebase Firestore for real-time event data persistence, built complete event creation pipeline with dynamic form-to-database writes, implemented event navigation system with Parcelable data passing, redesigned UI/UX across login, home, profile, and buddy pages with 15+ custom assets |
| HotSpot | A HackDavis 2025 project that compiles reliable wildfire support information (pre, during, and post-fire) into one accessible platform, with an interactive map displaying fire vulnerability and Wildfire Hazard Potential data. | TypeScript, Next.js, Python | Built backend demographic data pipelines and helped create the interactive map interface |
| Student Management System | A Python-based student management system with a Tkinter GUI for managing students, assignments, grades, and project teams, with CSV persistence. | Python, Tkinter, pandas | Developed the GUI, grade calculation logic, and CSV data export features |
| Personal Website | My personal portfolio website built with React. | JavaScript, React | Designed and built the full site |
I enjoy bouldering, cooking, baking, running, hiking, weightlifting, gardening, photography/videography, and homelabbing.
- π§ jacobatanacio@gmail.com
- πΌ LinkedIn

