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Junior Full-Stack Developer

I turn real workflows into practical web software.

I'm Kian Morgan Hill, a developer focused on Laravel applications, information systems, and clean interfaces for schools, organizations, and everyday users.

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3 Featured Projects
1 Industry Internship
1 Live Cloud System
2026 BSIT Graduation

Core Toolkit

Technologies I build with

Laravel PHP JavaScript Bootstrap React MySQL PostgreSQL Docker Git GitHub Vercel Render

Case Studies

Real systems built around real workflows

Flagship Capstone Live in production

Education Management Platform

LSHS Online Management Information System

A full-stack academic management platform for Laboratory Science High School, bringing enrollment, grades, attendance, announcements, academic documents, promotion workflows, and role-specific dashboards into one system.

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4User roles
3Role-specific portals
7Showcase screens
LiveDocker + Render

The problem

Academic workflows were fragmented across separate manual processes.

The system centralizes day-to-day school operations so records, academic workflows, requests, and updates can be managed from one consistent platform.

The solution

One platform, purpose-built experiences for each user role.

Administrators get operational controls, professors get teaching workflows, and students get a focused portal for records, grades, announcements, and requests.

Technology

Built, containerized, and deployed end to end

MySQL is used during local development, while the live Render deployment runs on PostgreSQL.

Laravel 12Application framework PHP 8.2Backend language Bootstrap 5Interface system JavaScriptClient interactions PostgreSQLProduction database MySQLLocal development DockerContainerization RenderCloud deployment

Core capabilities

Designed around real academic operations

01Role-based portals

Dedicated experiences for administrators, professors, students, and super administrators.

02Enrollment & records

Student enrollment, academic records, grade levels, sections, and related workflows.

03Grades & attendance

Grade encoding, consolidation, attendance tracking, and academic performance records.

04Promotion evaluation

Academic evaluation workflows that support student promotion decisions.

05Documents & exports

Report card requests, Form 137 workflows, PDF generation, and Excel-oriented reporting.

06Audit & administration

Audit trails, announcements, settings, visitor tracking, and administrative oversight.

Architecture

A practical full-stack deployment path

BrowserRole-based UI
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Laravel 12Business logic
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PostgreSQLProduction data
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RenderDocker hosting

Engineering challenges

The parts that pushed the project beyond basic CRUD.

  • Designing multi-role workflows without duplicating business logic.
  • Containerizing Laravel and resolving production-only Composer/Vite dependencies.
  • Moving the live environment from local MySQL assumptions to PostgreSQL.
  • Debugging production configuration, sessions, encryption keys, and database boot behavior.

What I learned

Shipping the application changed how I approach development.

  • Deployment is part of software engineering, not an afterthought.
  • Application boot code should degrade safely when infrastructure is unavailable.
  • Consistent UI patterns matter more as a system grows across multiple portals.
  • Production debugging requires reading logs carefully and fixing root causes one layer at a time.

Current status

Live, maintained, and continuing to improve.

This project remains my main showcase for Laravel application architecture, academic workflow design, and production deployment.

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Workplace Case Study

Atkins Import & Export Resources Inc. · HR Department

HR Recruitment & Employee Records Management System

An internal Laravel platform built during my internship to bring applicant tracking, interviews, employee records, and workforce monitoring into one clearer HR workflow.

LaravelPHPMySQLBootstrapApache LANGit
Context Real workplace build

Designed around actual HR processes and deployed on the company LAN.

The problem

Spreadsheet-heavy tracking made HR follow-up harder.

Applicant progress, interviews, employee files, and workforce updates were spread across manual records, making visibility and follow-up less consistent.

My solution

A centralized internal HR workflow.

I built modules for applicant pipelines, interviews, employee profiles, personnel records, replacement monitoring, tasks, and dashboard summaries tailored to HR users.

01Recruitment Pipeline

Track applicants from interview through hiring and requirements.

02Employee Records

Centralized employee profiles with organized personnel documentation.

03Interview Scheduling

Manage scheduled and rescheduled interviews with clearer follow-up.

04Workforce Visibility

Dashboards, replacement monitoring, tasks, and activity tracking.

ImpactBuilt for day-to-day HR use

The project gave me direct experience translating non-technical requirements into a working internal system and iterating based on user feedback.

What I learned
  • Requirements gathering with real users
  • Incremental delivery and UI refinement
  • Production-style debugging
  • LAN deployment and operational support
Main recruitment and workforce dashboard.
Applicant tracking and recruitment workflow.
Workforce monitoring for employee oversight.
Employee profile and personnel record view.
GovTech Case Study

Personal Project· Municipal Transparency

Naic-OpenGov

A full-stack civic technology concept for centralizing municipal projects, budgets, procurement, analytics, and public transparency in one platform.

LaravelPHPMySQLBootstrapInteractive MapsAnalytics
Direction Transparency-first GovTech

Designed as a realistic LGU platform rather than a replacement for existing government systems.

The problem

Operational and public information can become fragmented.

Projects, budgets, departments, procurement records, and citizen-facing updates are harder to understand when they live in separate workflows and files.

My solution

A single transparency and monitoring layer.

The platform brings project tracking, budget oversight, maps, activity logs, alerts, public feedback, and citizen-facing information into one connected experience.

01Project Monitoring

Track progress, budgets, barangays, departments, dates, and updates.

02Budget Oversight

Department-level budget monitoring with alerts and analytics.

03Interactive Map

Visualize municipal projects geographically with useful status filters.

04Public Transparency

Citizen-facing portal, updates, feedback, and accessible project information.

Why I built itTo explore software beyond school administration.

Naic-OpenGov pushed me to think about public accountability, information architecture, map-based interfaces, and how one system can serve both internal staff and citizens.

Future roadmap
  • Procurement and contractor management
  • Open-data APIs and custom reporting
  • Predictive and anomaly analytics
  • Mobile/PWA and richer citizen engagement
Citizen-facing public transparency portal.
Governance and operational monitoring dashboard.
Secured access for internal users.
Detailed project monitoring and implementation view.
Budget oversight and spending visibility.
Notification center for alerts and updates.

Experience

Building software around real workplace needs

My internship gave me the chance to work directly with end users, understand operational pain points, and turn those workflows into an internal Laravel system used in a real HR environment.

Industry Internship

Atkins Import & Export Resources Inc.

HR Department

Real workplace
Role HR Intern · Software Development Focus
Period Feb 2026 - May 2026
Environment Internal LAN Deployment

Alongside day-to-day HR responsibilities, I designed and developed an internal HR Recruitment & Employee Records Management System to make applicant tracking, interviews, employee records, and workforce monitoring easier to manage than spreadsheet-heavy workflows.

Key Contributions

What I delivered

  • Designed recruitment and applicant pipeline workflows around HR processes.
  • Built employee profiles with dedicated personnel-record sections.
  • Created dashboards, interview scheduling, activity tracking, and workforce monitoring views.
  • Worked directly with HR staff to refine requirements and improve usability.
  • Deployed the Laravel application on the local network using Apache Virtual Host.
Professional Growth

What the internship taught me

  • Translate non-technical feedback into practical product changes.
  • Design around real operational workflows instead of idealized requirements.
  • Debug and improve a system while people are actively evaluating it.
  • Prioritize clarity and reliability for users who are not developers.
  • Deliver improvements incrementally instead of over-engineering the first version.
Laravel PHP MySQL Bootstrap Apache Git LAN Deployment
Impact

The internship moved my development experience beyond classroom exercises: I had to understand a real team's workflow, build around their constraints, present the system, respond to feedback, and deploy it where the users could actually access it.

Tech Stack

Technologies I use to design, build and deploy web applications

Languages

PHP JavaScript HTML5 CSS3

Frameworks

Laravel Bootstrap React

Databases

MySQL PostgreSQL Supabase

Deployment

Docker Render Vercel Git GitHub

Tools

VS Code Postman XAMPP Figma

Currently Learning

Node.js TypeScript Advanced React REST APIs

Core Expertise

Information Systems Laravel Development Authentication Database Design Dashboard Development Deployment Debugging UI/UX Improvements

About Me

I like building things that are useful, not just impressive

I'm Kian Morgan Hill or you can call me Kino, an junior full-stack developer who enjoys turning messy workflows into usable systems. I'm especially interested in web applications that help schools, teams, or organizations manage information more clearly.

My current work has been shaped by my capstone project, where I learned how to debug deeply, improve UI consistency, and make full-stack fixes without overcomplicating the system.

01
Build practical systems

Focus on working features before fancy complexity.

02
Refine the experience

Improve readability, layout, dark mode, and reliability.

03
Keep learning publicly

Grow through real projects, GitHub, and deployable work.

Let's Build Something Together

Currently open to junior full-stack and Laravel roles

If you need someone who can turn rough requirements into reliable, polished interfaces, I'd love to hear from you.

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