Peyton Young

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii. I expect to graduate in Spring, 2028.


Interests: Software Engineering, Game Development, Esports, AI


Projects

UH Manoa Esports Team 2025-03-22

Participated/Participate in the UH Esports Program for VALORANT.

Communication Teamwork Leadership

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First Year of College 2025-01-5

Took multiple ICS classes in the first year of college balanced with other basic study classes.

Growth in coding Hard-work Java

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High School Varsity Golf Team 2024-02-12

Competed on the Kamehameha Schools High School Varsity team. Played in multiple tournaments while balancing school and life.

Competitive Sports Discipline Perserverance

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Essays

A Game Changing Tool: AI

10 May 2026

Introduction Artificial Intelligence has improved exponentially over the past few years becoming a large “tool” in society. It started off as a silly joke that couldn’t do a whole lot but now it’s got the ability to write fully researched...

Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence Assistance

Estimating the Unknown

04 May 2026

Creating Effort Estimates For me, a lot of my effort estimates were created using intuition based on my experience with coding. I’m not the most decorated programmer in any sense so I made sure to account for that when creating...

Software Engineering Estimations

The Complex but Simple Idea of Patterns

29 Apr 2026

Patterns Are Everywhere! If you take a look around throughout a day, you will recognize patterns everywhere whether it be in your own life or in other’s or in the world around you. A strong connection where planning and patterns...

Design Patterns React Learning

The Pros and Cons of a UI Framework

26 Feb 2026

What’s a UI Framework? A UI Framework or a User Interface Framework is a assistance tool for programmers to be able to create web pages faster and make certain parts easier. They help to make layouts, styling, buttons, navbars, and...

Websites User Interface Learning

The Importance of a Coding Standard

11 Feb 2026

What’s a Coding Standard? First off, what even is a coding standard? My understanding of this topic is that a coding standard is a type of guideline set for programmers to write understandable, manageable, and correct code. These coding standards...

Restrictions Improving Learning

Smart Question? What's a Smart Question?

29 Jan 2026

The Importance of a Smart Question Everyone has their own questions and in a complicated line of work like software engineering, questions constantly show up so it’s crucial that these questions are smart questions. You may ask, what in the...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

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