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+title: DayZ Reforger Bot
+slug: dayz-reforger-bot
+summary: A large-scale Discord bot focused on parsing game server data, storing it, and presenting valuable information back to users through analytics-driven features.
+label: Project
+date: 2024-11-08
+status: Active
+featured: true
+order: 4
+github: https://github.com/SowinskiBraeden/dayz-reforger
+tags: Node.js, Discord.js, MongoDB, Analytics, Nitrado
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+This project highlights my interest in scalable backend systems, data parsing, and user-focused tooling.
+
+It started as a smaller utility but expanded into a much larger system handling killfeeds, alarms, faction armbands, server data, and other game-related features.
+
+## Focus Areas
+
+- Parsing and structuring raw game server data
+- Storing and querying useful analytics data
+- Designing for modular growth and future expansion
+
+## Notes
+
+This is one of the projects that best reflects how I like to build software: practical, data-driven, and designed with extensibility in mind.
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+title: Lines Police CAD
+slug: lines-police-cad
+summary: A web service built with Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB. I contributed features, bug fixes, and general technical support to a product serving a large user base.
+label: Project
+date: 2022-06-01
+status: Collaboration
+featured: false
+order: 3
+github: https://github.com/LinesMerrill/police-cad
+demo: https://www.linespolice-cad.com/
+tags: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Web App
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+Lines Police CAD is a web-based service built with Node.js and MongoDB.
+
+I contributed new features, bug fixes, and general technical support while working within an already established product and codebase.
+
+## Focus Areas
+
+- Contributing effectively inside a collaborative project
+- Working on production-facing features and fixes
+- Supporting a platform used by a large community
+
+## Notes
+
+This project strengthened my ability to work inside an existing system rather than only building from scratch.
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+---
+title: Portfolio
+slug: portfolio
+summary: A minimal personal portfolio focused on clarity, clean presentation, and an easy way to showcase projects, updates, and professional growth.
+label: Project
+date: 2026-03-14
+status: Active
+featured: false
+order: 6
+github: https://github.com/SowinskiBraeden/SowinskiBraeden
+tags: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Portfolio
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+This portfolio is intentionally minimal.
+
+The goal is to keep the presentation clean and professional while still giving enough room to show technical work, current interests, and recent accomplishments.
+
+## What Changed
+
+This version introduces a markdown-based content system so projects and updates can be added more cleanly over time.
+
+## Notes
+
+The structure stays simple, but the content model is much easier to maintain and extend.
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+---
+title: Schedule Generator App
+slug: schedule-generator-app
+summary: A desktop application to interact with my schedule generator algorithm. The algorithm is written in Python and generates master and student timetables.
+label: Project
+date: 2023-08-01
+status: Personal Project
+featured: true
+order: 1
+github: https://github.com/SowinskiBraeden/ScheduleGeneratorApp
+tags: Python, Desktop App, Scheduling, Data Processing
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+This desktop application was built to make my schedule generation algorithm easier to use and easier to test in a real workflow.
+
+The project takes a difficult real-world scheduling problem and turns it into a usable tool for producing both student schedules and master timetables.
+
+## Focus Areas
+
+- Desktop tooling around a custom scheduling algorithm
+- Parsing and transforming structured school data
+- Exporting useful outputs for administrators and students
+
+## Notes
+
+This project is one of the clearest examples of my interest in backend logic, data processing, and software that solves practical operational problems.
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+---
+title: School Management API
+slug: school-management-api
+summary: I developed an API to manage an entire school, keeping track of students and staff details while expanding my understanding of Go, API development, and documentation.
+label: Project
+date: 2023-09-01
+status: Personal Project
+featured: true
+order: 2
+github: https://github.com/SowinskiBraeden/school-management-api
+tags: Go, API, Documentation, Education Tech
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+This API was designed around managing student and staff information in a school environment.
+
+It gave me a strong opportunity to deepen my understanding of Go, REST-style API design, and clear technical documentation.
+
+## Focus Areas
+
+- Building maintainable backend services in Go
+- Managing structured school data and future expansion paths
+- Designing endpoints that are easy to reason about and document
+
+## Notes
+
+The broader vision around this work included course management, schedule generation, and other administration tools that could grow over time.
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+title: XP-System
+slug: xp-system
+summary: An early web application project where teachers could assign work and students could earn XP and levels, making the learning process more interactive.
+label: Project
+date: 2021-05-01
+status: Early Project
+featured: false
+order: 5
+github: https://github.com/SowinskiBraeden/XP-System
+tags: Web App, Education Tech, Gamification
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+XP-System was one of the projects that introduced me to the value of web applications and product thinking.
+
+The core idea was to make school work feel more engaging by layering XP, levels, and a clearer sense of progress on top of classroom assignments.
+
+## Focus Areas
+
+- Building an interactive web application
+- Thinking about user motivation and engagement
+- Learning early lessons around application structure and workflows