Riley Herradura

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science with a focus in the Security Science track at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I expect to graduate in Spring 2028.


Interests: Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), Artificial Intelligence, Fishing, Fitness


Projects

Drone Initiative Project Coordination Summer 2025

A summer internship project focused on coordinating tasks and team communication for an MC3 drone initiative using MS Planner and Agile workflows.

Agile Project Management MS Planner

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MC3 Technologies Cyber Assistant Summer 2024

A custom GPT that was embedded into MC3 Technologies’ Governance, Risk, and Compliance website to provide instant assistance with CMMC compliance and cyber hygiene.

AI GRC CMMC Prompt Engineering

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Barcode Inventory Tracking System 2024

Built a barcode-based inventory system using Google Forms to track my high school's Creative Media Academy equipment.

Google Apps Script Inventory Systems Barcode Tracking

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Essays

There's No Such Thing as a Dumb Question?

29 Jan 2026

Why Smart Questions Matter in Software Engineering Eric Raymond’s essay How to Ask Questions the Smart Way made me realize that getting good help online depends a lot on how you ask. In software engineering, communication matters just as much...

Communication Stack Overflow

Exploring Software Engineering

29 Jan 2026

Interests in Software Engineering My interest in software engineering started with simple Code.org activities back in elementary school. I thought it was really cool that you could build something just by putting steps together. Since then, I’ve learned that software...

Software Engineering Interests Goals

There's a Snake in my Boot(strap)

26 Feb 2026

Is Bootstrap Even Worth Learning? Getting into Bootstrap 5 is easy to get lost in, kind of like following a slithering snake. You already put in all this time learning HTML and CSS, and now there’s a whole new set...

Bootstrap 5 Web Development

TypeScript With a Purpose

22 Jan 2026

Starting Point: Learning With Minimal Experience TypeScript, and this course, feel like a make-or-break gateway into the developer world. It’s where “knowing how to code” starts translating into knowing how to build something that actually works in the real world....

TypeScript Learning

From “Good Enough” to Actually Clean

12 Feb 2026

When “It Compiles” Was Enough Before taking ICS 314, my standard for code was simple: if it compiled and ran, I was done. I didn’t really care about formatting rules or style warnings. In past classes, I would see Checkstyle...

Coding Standards ESLint