Chaz Winter

Full Stack Software Developer

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Stitch-uations (Letter Boxed Clone)

Stitch-uations is a strategic word-linking game based on the popular NYT Letter Boxed format. Players must use all letters on the perimeter of the box to form words, with the final letter of one word becoming the starting letter of the next. Players can play the New York Times Letterboxed Archive, create their own custom games, share them with friends, and play the NYT daily game as soon as it is available.
I built this using React to handle complex state management and word validation against a custom dictionary API created with AWS Lambda and API Gateway.
The game is playable in 7 languages, and the User Inferface is available in 13 languages, including Hebrew and Thai!

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React • TypeScript • CSS3
Python • AWS CDK • API Gateway • AWS Lambda • DynamoDB
Stitch-uations Gameplay Screenshot
Scrabble Trainer

A specialized utility designed for competitive Scrabble and Words With Friends players to train vocabulary and strategy.
Practice building 7 letter bingos, 8 letter bingos, and train on specialized dictionaries, including JQXZ words, vowel-heavy words, 0-vowel words, and more.

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Vanilla JS • HTML5 • JSON
Scrabble Trainer Interface

About Me

I am a software developer focused on creating lightweight, browser-based tools that challenge the mind. These games are part of an ongoing portfolio to explore back-end architecture and front-end user interface design. Each project is open-source and iteratively improved based on player feedback.

Beyond coding, I enjoy video editing/production, learning languages (currently learning Thai), playing guitar, and playing with my cat, Lucky. Feel free to connect with me through the links below!

Chaz Winter