Team Members

Andy Hsu

Full-Stack Developer

Hi, I’m Andy Hsu. I’m a computer science major with an interest in cybersecurity. In our capstone project, TradeTracker, my contributions include creating the UI for direct messages, profiles, trades, trade ratings, and for wishlists. While most of the frontend work involved connecting to existing backend endpoints, the wishlist feature was built full-stack by me. I designed the database layer, implemented the backend logic, and integrated everything into the frontend.

Outside of TradeTracker, I’ve worked on implementing my own Discord bot as I am someone who uses Discord a lot. This bot focuses on moderation tools, such as logging key information on users joining and leaving, banning, kicking, and muting users as well. It also has a RNG aspect to it where you can play around and try to guess a random number. Lastly, it was primarily used as well with alerting people on when my stream on Twitch was live. While the bot was discontinued as I got busier with the degree, I hope to start working on it more as free time becomes available.

Outside of computer science, I’m deeply interested in video games, medical technology, and hiking. I’m highly competitive in gaming, consistently placing within the top 400 in League of Legends, and I’m actively exploring opportunities to compete in amateur leagues.

Chase Harkcom

Lead Backend Developer

Hi! I’m Chase Harkcom, a computer science major at the University of Utah and a professional software developer. I am currently pursuing my master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Utah and am working as a software engineer at Lucid Software. I am particularly interested in computer graphics and rendering.

For TradeTracker, I wrote most of the backend API router code, database schema, database migration scripts, and external API integration code—totaling ~35 endpoints, ~100 unit tests, ~20 database migrations, and extensive documentation. I also frequently helped out with the frontend, set up our backend server and continuous integration pipeline on AWS EC2 containers, and created this marketing website with Astro and Tailwind CSS! Besides that, I wrote the entirety of the frontend and backend code for the push notifications and “live updates” (i.e., seeing new messages/posts/etc, without needing to manually refresh).

Outside of TradeTracker, I enjoy playing video games, working on recreational programming projects, and biking. Unfortunately, I haven’t had much time outside of my school and work responsibilities to work on any other projects lately, but I have been attempting to squeeze in some time to work on a custom Stable Diffusion XL API and web interface.

Jie Lin

Frontend Developer

Hello! I’m Jie Lin, Computer Science major at the University of Utah. I’m currently working on TradeTracker right now while a lot of other stuff in my life tosses me around. I’ve mostly been working on the frontend, and I’m the one who created the styles for the app as well as doing some various components and pages for the app and the builds for iOS and web. After graduation, I’m planning on continuing job hunting while I study for IT certifications, making my home server even cooler, getting more involved in cybersecurity and computer science, and learning how to play the guitar. I’m interested in… a lot of things really, but right now its mainly frontend development and cyber security. Outside of that, I love music - rock, hip-hop, rap, and experimental genres (one of my favorite albums currently is plastic death), parkour, and digicam photography!

Thomas Stratford

Computer Vision Lead and Backend Developer

I’m Thomas Stratford, a computer science student with an interest in AI, optimized computing, and data-intensive systems, pursuing a career in software development. In our capstone project, TradeTracker, my contributions include generating training, validation, and testing datasets for our image detection models. I trained these models using YOLO and CUDA, and I leveraged imagehash and other computer vision tools to compare card likeness. I also optimized operations for handling our large card dataset, built the frontend components for the card scanning and grouping feature, and designed and implemented the backend logic for card groupings. Additionally, I assisted with fetching card data from external APIs.

Outside of TradeTracker, I have also worked on a March Madness Web Application for tracking scores and making predictions, as well as several video games created for game jams and personal projects—some of which are accessible here. I have also designed many encryption and decryption programs using classic and complex ciphers.

Beyond software development, my interests include gaming, skiing, esports, hiking, and running.