Websites and games
swiftbeard OS
A portfolio styled as an operating system in the browser, with windows, themed wallpapers, playable games, and animated API-flow demos.
Problem
A list of links doesn’t show what my iOS apps, Spring Boot APIs, and websites can do. Presenting them in a working “operating system” makes the portfolio itself a demo.
Goals
- Windowed desktop with a dock and side buttons that work like a real OS
- Four completely different wallpaper themes, including a Tron-like city
- Original playable games (BeardBox, a layer game, a flying game)
- API demos: animate a request as it flows through REST → gateway → Fargate/EC2 → database → Kafka, showing response times
Iterations
- Fixed overlapping dock buttons and side buttons that didn’t respond
- Made the API demo windows larger so response times weren’t cut off
- Polished the games and wallpapers to look professional
Changelog
- 2026-09-23: Built
- 2026-09-24: Wallpapers, API flow demos, and game polish