Luke Geyser

In high school I found some stories about some hacker groups that were making the news, and it peaked my interest into the tech world, from that day on I knew exactly what I wanted to do. The more research I did, the more I wanted to be a software engineer. Skip a couple of years and I have worked for a sales / marketing company, a start-up, a legal and business information / analytics corporation, and a software house, where my client is an industry leading tech corporation.

My soul focus right now is providing quality projects for our clients at Discovery Vitality. I crave challenges, and working for a client such as Discovery comes with challenges but ones that help me grow as an engineer, pushing my code standards to new heights, and diving deep into technical aspects of software engineering. It is always my goal to provide solutions that are not just functional but also a pleasure to look at. When I am not leaving burn marks across my keyboard for our clients, I am working on my own start-up. EventLance. Watch this space for any updates on the project.

When I am not at my computer, I am either out chasing waves in the beautiful town of St Francis Bay, hanging out with friends and family, working on some music or preparing some music for my next set.

• Discovery Vitality Fit

  Working with a team of developers building a new feature that allows users to find gym facilities near them using a map locator, purchase classes or sessions at the chosen facility, and pay for the classes through various payment methods. Front and back-end development using SwiftUI and Java (Spring) frameworks, respectively. Self-hosted back-end allows for better scalability and customization. With this approach, we can allow for millions of concurrent users daily, with the Global Discovery app reaching more than a million concurrent users daily. Integrated with Firestore analytics to help aid in crashes and track the performance of the application

  1 million+ users

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • CoreLocation
  • CoreData
  • CoreAnimation
  • Java
  • SpringBoot
  • Swagger
  • Firestore

  
• Eventlance

  Social Events driven social media application built using SwiftUI. Event planner for organizations to have an all-in-one solution for engaging with their audience and getting detailed statistics on their events. Built using Firebase (Serverless backend), making use of Firebase’s real-time features to allow for event interactions and real-time statistics. Includes certain features such as CoreLocation to allow for auto check-in at events, and explore events near you. Firebase Authentication is used for quick and reliable authentication for the application.

  WIP

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • CoreLocation
  • CoreData
  • CoreAnimation
  • Firestore

  
• MiDevice

  Independently built an Android service that acted as an API between hardware and a front-facing client interface. Android service spoke directly to the hardware using custom protocols over serial to control certain features, such as making purchases through NFC, controlling LEDs based on certain device states, printing receipts, and tracking GPS location accurately to know exactly where the device is at all times. The devices are used on public transport buses in Johannesburg as a cashless payment solution. Built tamper features into the service that would notify the client-facing application as well as the monitoring portal, whether the device had been tampered with, if paper on the device had run out, or even if any essential component of the device was not working as expected.

  Installed in over 1k busses

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • HTML & SCSS
  • Android
  • Java
  • C
  • Node.js