Computer Science Student • Full-Stack Web Development • U.S. Army Veteran

Ariel Goldring

Computer Science student at the University of Delaware (B.S. expected June 2027). I build full-stack web apps with React, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL, with a focus on enforcing authorization in the database. Before college, I spent eight years in the Army as a Sergeant and team lead.

View Projects Resume (PDF)

Highlights

  • Built and deployed Strahd Hub solo, a React + Postgres app used by 2 D&D groups (~15 users), where 23 row-level security policies control what each user can see
  • Producer for a 24-person team that shipped Tails of the Tower, a 15-week capstone game, to itch.io
  • 8 years in the U.S. Army / NJ National Guard, leading teams of up to 30 as a Sergeant (E-5)

Projects

Strahd Hub campaign dashboard in the DM view, showing the session recap, map, party inventory, and DM-only notes

Strahd Hub

Full-stack D&D campaign management app

A campaign app used by 2 D&D groups (~15 players) for shared inventory, spellbooks, maps, and NPC records, where the DM controls what each player can see. Authorization lives in Postgres: 23 row-level security policies mean hidden content is never sent to a player's browser, not just hidden in the UI. I also closed a privilege-escalation hole by removing direct UPDATE access on profiles and routing every change through security-definer functions that limit which columns can change.

React TypeScript Vite TanStack Query Supabase PostgreSQL Cloudflare Pages

My role: Solo developer: schema, RLS policies, frontend, and deployment

Live demo (read-only) GitHub
Title screen of Tails of the Tower

Tails of the Tower

15-week team capstone game, released on itch.io

A 2D pixel-art hack-and-slash game (about 40 minutes of play) made by a 24-person University of Delaware team. As producer, I managed timeline and scope across 5 sub-teams (art, programming, design, music, writing), working through each team's lead. I designed and ran 3 structured playtests and turned the results into visual summaries the team used to make design decisions.

Godot

My role: Producer: scheduling, scope, playtesting

Play on itch.io
Policy Lens interface with a context field, a Terms of Service input, and clause categories to scan for

Policy Lens

Hackathon web app that explains Terms of Service

Built with one teammate at HenHacks 2026. Paste or upload a Terms of Service, pick the topics you care about (data sharing, arbitration, liability), and optionally describe your situation (“I’m a photographer posting to Pinterest…”). It flags the relevant clauses and uses Gemini to summarize each one in plain language.

React TypeScript Tailwind CSS Node.js Gemini API

My role: Co-creator: app setup, keyword-based clause detection, the Gemini pipeline (only flagged chunks are sent), and the UI (category menu, jump-to-clause)

GitHub

Experience

U.S. Army / NJ National Guard

Sergeant (E-5), Senior Team Lead · June 2017 – June 2025 · Worldwide · Lawrenceville, NJ

  • Led teams of 4–30 personnel in field exercises, coordinating logistics and task execution under time-sensitive operational conditions.
  • Designed a structured physical training program for 10 soldiers, reducing their APFT failure rate from 100% to ~20% through individualized planning and progress tracking.
  • Operated tactical SATCOM systems end-to-end: site surveys, equipment setup, link establishment, and month-long uplink maintenance.

University of Delaware D&D Club

President · August 2023 – June 2026

  • Negotiated a policy exception with RSO administration to fund a shared D&D Beyond account, expanding simultaneous resource access for 40+ members beyond what physical copies allowed.
  • Coordinated end-to-end logistics for annual Renaissance Faire trips for 40+ members (advertising, payment collection, ticketing, transportation) within university safety policies.

Skills

Languages

TypeScript Python SQL C# HTML/CSS

Frameworks, Libraries & APIs

React Vite TanStack Query Supabase Google Gemini API

Databases

PostgreSQL Schema design Row-level security Migrations

Tools

Git/GitHub psql Cloudflare Pages VS Code

About

I'm a Computer Science student at the University of Delaware, based in Newark, DE. Before college I spent eight years in the U.S. Army and NJ National Guard, leading teams as a Sergeant and running tactical satellite communications in the field. Now I build full-stack web apps, and I care most about getting authorization right at the database layer. I also like the coordination side of software: producing a 24-person game project, running playtests, and leading a 40+ member student club.

Education

  • University of Delaware, College of Engineering
    B.S. Computer Science · Expected June 2027
  • University of Maryland Global Campus
    Associate of Arts · May 2018

Contact

Reach out

Open to internships and software engineering roles. Email is the best way to reach me.