About | Johan Paul
🎸 Johan Paul

Hi, hello... πŸ‘‹πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ

About me.

I'm Johan Paul. You can call me Jp. It looks like "Jeep" but without the double e's.

1982: The Rise of Agent Double Eleven.

I have a degree in Electrical Engineering with a sub-major in Control Systems. Most students in that field pursued Robotics, but I chose to focus in the Active Noise Control (ANC) laboratory. For my final project, I implemented analog ANC on headphones.

I had an awkward experience in the laboratory. I played a nylon guitar out of boredom and confusion like a champ, alone. Suddenly, in the middle of my fingerpicking smooth-pop serenade, my professor barged in. His office was far away from the laboratory. So, I guess he was checking out something. As in, "This is a noise cancellation laboratory, why the harmonious echo?" 🀣

So then, he nodded and smiled, as for me too. "Outside academia fascination is yours", he perhaps concluded. I passed the final project presentation with grading negotiations punctuated by mutual wit and amusement.

I am a senior web developer and a former lead engineer. At the moment, I'm rediscovering myself by working on projects and conducting research πŸ”¬

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The guitar knowledge I got first came from the intensive courses I did, starting when I was in my 5th grade. My sister enrolled me to the Classical Guitar Course back then, Yamaha licensed course.

As time went by and I got older, I developed the habit of trying to translate what I heard into my guitar playing. It's something I still do. When I hear something that catches my interest, I try to replay the notes. It usually starts with humming or whistling, since I don't always have my guitar with me.

I taught guitar class from the middle of 2006 to around 2012. Classical, acoustic, and electric guitar classes. I also performed at places.

For some reason, I also play other musical instruments besides guitar. I guess it's because I just really enjoy music.

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From an early age, I've liked drawing cartoons, or just drawing in general, as you can see from the characters I've included here. πŸ–οΈβœοΈπŸƒπŸ–ΌοΈ

Chess is my amateur interest, it's something I enjoy and practice regularly, but not at a professional level. Thanks to Lichess, I can watch games, study and broaden my knowledge about it.

I trained in various martial arts back in my teenage years. I have knowledge and experiences in Taekwondo and Kyokushin Karate plus a bit in Kenpō and Aikido πŸ₯‹πŸ™ Nowadays, I do air boxing and jogging whenever I am not contemplatively absorbing new knowledge πŸ™‚ — BUT! Air boxing here is not merely flailing my arms about and dodging my own toots 🀣 That should be me when I was a toddler. Indeed, it would be amusing.

That's a brief about me, Jp. Thank you 🫑

πŸ› οΈ Infrastructure

Hi, there. Again. πŸ‘‹

This is the infrastructure which might interest you:

  • This root domain application is hosted on Google App Engine.
  • The UI (User Interface) is using:
    • Bootstrap 5.3 & Bootstrap Icons (overall UI).
    • Plyr 3.7.8 (audio player).
    • FileSaver 2.0.0 (for saving file).
    • JpNet JEEP
  • The server is using Node.js 22 with Express framework and many awesome packages.
  • The database is using Firestore mode accompanied by Firebase Realtime database.
  • The storage is using Google Cloud Storage.
  • The (auto) deployment is done on GitHub workflow.
  • I bought this domain from GoDaddy (through Google) back then.
  • This site uses SendGrid service for emailing.
  • The traffic is proxied through Cloudflare.
  • SSL certificates are provided by Google App Engine and Cloudflare.