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tkabalin/README.md

👋 Hi, I'm Thomas Kabalin

🎓 Bachelor of Business Science specialising in Computer Science student at the University of Cape Town (UCT)

🏅 Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship recipient | Multi-time Class Medallist | Dean’s Merit List

🚀 About Me

I'm a third-year Business Science student specialising in Computer Science. I’m passionate about building efficient, real-world solutions that bridge the gap between business and technology.

My professional interests include software development, data science, practical applications of AI, business innovation, and technology-driven problem solving.

🧠 Technical Skills

Computer Science Fundamentals: Algorithms, data structures, OOP principles, parallel and concurrent programming, software testing, debugging, and version control best practices

Languages: Java, Python, C#, PHP, SQL (with some experience in HTML, CSS, R, MIPS Assembly, and Delphi)

Operating Systems & Environments: Windows, Linux (Ubuntu), Unix command line, WSL, VMware Workstation

IDE & Productivity Tools: JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PHPStorm, WebStorm, PyCharm, DataGrip), VSCode, Visual Studio, RStudio

Version Control & Collaboration: Git, GitHub, Slack, Linear

🎯 Achievements

University Awards:

  • 🏆 Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship, UCT (Top 10 applicants from Western Cape, 2024)
  • 🥇 Top Student in CSC1015 – Introduction to Programming (Certificate of Merit, Top 10%)
  • 🥇 Top Student in CSC1016 – Object-Oriented Programming
  • 🥉 3rd Place in 1st Year Business Science, Bain & Company Award
  • 🥇 Top Student in CSC2002 – Second Year Computer Science
  • 🥇 Top Student in STA2020 – Applied Statistics

High School Awards:

  • 🎓 Dux of Cannons Creek High School, 2023 (Aggregate 96.3%)
  • 👨‍🏫 Principal's Honour Award
  • 🥈 Silver Medal, National Applications Olympiad (2022, IITPSA)
  • 🏅 WCED Excellent Academic Achievement (Top 40 in the province)

🧩 Leadership & Involvement

  • 📝 External Moderator, South African Applications Olympiad (2026–Present)
  • 👨‍💻 Scientific Committee Member, South African Programming Olympiad (2024–Present)
  • 🤿 Member, UCT Underwater Club (2025–Present)
  • 🏔️ Member, UCT Mountain and Ski Club (2025–Present)
  • 🎓 Prefect, Cannons Creek High School (2023)
  • 🎧 Head, Sound, Lighting & AV Team (2021–2022)
  • 💡 Chairperson, School Photographic Society (2021–2022)

🌱 Personal Interests

When I’m not coding or studying, I enjoy:

  • Backpacking 🥾
  • Trail Running 🏃‍♂️
  • SCUBA diving 🤿
  • Photography 📷

📫 Connect with Me

Popular repositories Loading

  1. WebGL-Fluid-Background WebGL-Fluid-Background Public

    Forked from PavelDoGreat/WebGL-Fluid-Simulation

    A WebGL-based fluid simulation adapted from PavelDoGreat’s project, optimised for creating dynamic website backgrounds.

    JavaScript 17 5

  2. gsheets-event-automation gsheets-event-automation Public

    Google Apps Script for managing and automating event bookings within a Google Sheet. It provides custom menu options and functions that can be run on a schedule.

    JavaScript 1

  3. SkyPass SkyPass Public

    Grade 10 IT Practical Assessment Task (PAT)

    Pascal

  4. U-Grow U-Grow Public

    Grade 12 IT Practical Assessment Task (PAT)

    Pascal

  5. SkyComp SkyComp Public

    Grade 11 IT Practical Assessment Task (PAT)

    Pascal

  6. tkabalin tkabalin Public

    My GitHub profile README