Hi, I'm Chuck DeSouza.

Project Showcase

I build full-stack, real-world products that connect food, education, automation, and Web3 — from Chef Trek (kitchen ops) and Tem_Vaga (WhatsApp scheduling) to SpeakEasy World (English learning), GrowDate (agricultural calendar), and NFT-based document and royalty tools.

SpeakEasy

SpeakEasy is a full-featured English learning platform designed for Brazilian and international students. The platform features 10 interactive lessons, real-time progress tracking, and a comprehensive teacher dashboard for monitoring student performance.

ChefTrack

ChefTrack is a full-stack kitchen management app I designed and built for professional chefs. It centralizes recipes, food costs, and prep workflows into a single dashboard, giving teams clearer visibility into margins, menu planning, and daily production so they can run service with less guesswork and more control.

GasWatch

A full-stack web platform that aggregates and displays fuel prices across Brazil, allowing users to find the cheapest stations nearby — built with DevOps automation, observability, and scalability in mind.

🧠 Design

• UX / UI design for web apps

• Wireframes, user flows, information architecture

• Responsive & mobile-first design

• Dashboard and SaaS interface design

• Design systems & component libraries

• Basic accessibility-first thinking (contrast, hierarchy, readability)

💻 Code

Front-end

• HTML5, CSS3, semantic markup

• Modern JavaScript (ES6+)

• TypeScript

• React

• Next.js

• Tailwind CSS

• Basic animations / microinteractions

Back-end

• Node.js

• Express

• Python (scripts, APIs, prototypes)

• PHP (especially for WordPress)

Data & Auth

• SQL (PostgreSQL / MySQL basics)

• Supabase (database, auth, storage, edge functions)

• Prisma (ORM basics)

• RESTful APIs, JSON, webhooks

Web3

• Algorand smart contracts (PyTeal, Algorand TypeScript, AlgoKit)

• Basic DApp architecture (wallet connect, NFT minting, on-chain storage patterns)

🛠 Tools

Design

• Figma (layouts, components, prototyping)

• Canva / Adobe Express for quick social & branding assets

Dev & DevOps

• VS Code / Cursor

• Git & GitHub (branches, PRs, issues)

• Docker (containerized dev environments)

• Vercel & Netlify (frontend deployment)

• Supabase dashboard (DB, auth, logs)

Collaboration / Workflow

• Notion / Google Docs for specs and docs

• Trello / Kanban-style boards for task tracking