VISUAL STUDIO AND C#
Grade 5 to Grade 7 (2016)- Grade 5
- Learned HTML4 document structure while reading early HTML5 blogs
- Grade 7
- Explored Visual Studio, C#, and Windows Forms event logic
- Build
- Created a working desktop calculator in C# WinForms
SELF-TAUGHT FROM GRADE FIVE TO PRODUCTION.
Glenn S. Alon builds web and NLP systems shaped by hardware limits.
Chronological field ledger
2014 to Present
HTML4
First syntax
- Spark
- Curious how browsers turn tags into websites
- Study
- HTML4 structure alongside early HTML5 blogs
- Output
- Basic document skeletons in fifth grade
2 GB
Pentium 4 RAM ceiling
- Desktop apps
- C# WinForms calculator rebuilt in Java 8 Swing on NetBeans 8
- OS migration
- Left Windows 7 for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus on a 70 GB drive
- Incident & DE
- Ran TestDisk and PhotoRec after a wipe; settled on LXDE
PHP
Open-source forum stack
- Engines
- Deployed Simple Machines Forum, MyBB, and phpBB
- Hosting
- cPanel and FileZilla FTP on Hostinger, 000webhost, and x10Hosting
- Edge & DNS
- Freenom domain wired to Cloudflare CDN and free SSL
10
Linux distros tested
- Hardware
- Upgraded to Acer Aspire E5-476G; favored openSUSE and Fedora
- Framework
- Explored cross-platform .NET Core and returned to Windows 10 for WinForms
- Shipped tool
- Pre-AI .NET Framework SMTP mailer (3-attachment limit) on SourceForge
BSCS
STI College GenSan (2022 to 2026)
- Top honors
- Programmer of the Year, Best BSCS Thesis, Best in OJT, 1.50+ GWA Dean’s Lister
- Penwrite NLP
- Fine-tuned Google T5-small on cLang-8 (NAIST Lang-8) and NUS NUCLE; served via FastAPI to Unity 3D and Laravel
- Competitions
- ICT Day 2025 C++ Champion & 13th Tagisan ng Talino Codefest 1st Runner-up
2026
Production engineering
- Current role
- Web Developer at Starbright Office Depot, Inc. (June 2026 to Present)
- CI/CD & SecOps
- Coolify, Docker, and Railpack builds; Ansible + Fail2ban syncing Spamhaus, AbuseIPDB, FireHOL, and ThreatFox feeds
- Internship
- MIS Intern at TSP Marine Industries (VB.NET, LINQ-to-SQL, SQL Server, DevExpress)
1.0 MARKUP TO TWO CALCULATORS
Fifth grade started with HTML4 tags; seventh grade built one desktop calculator across two runtimes.
NETBEANS 8 AND JAVA SWING
Grade 7 (2016)- Pivot
- Moved to Java for its write-once-run-anywhere portability
- Setup
- Installed JDK 8 and NetBeans 8 on the family desktop
- Rebuild
- Recreated the exact same calculator in Java Swing
2.0 THE 70 GB WIPE AND LXDE
Windows 7 lost mainstream support in 2015; installing Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus wiped the family drive.
- Recovery
- Used TestDisk and PhotoRec for parents’ wedding photos; father’s external backup saved them
- Lesson
- Pull the hard drive first and recover from a second PC to preserve sectors
- Pentium 4
- Unity lagged on 2 GB RAM and 70 GB disk; tried XFCE, MATE, Budgie, KDE, and GNOME before choosing LXDE
Disconnect the drive before running TestDisk or PhotoRec.
3.0 EIGHTH-GRADE FORUM STACK
Self-taught via YouTube, blogs, and forums to host game communities on zero budget.
| Layer | Grade 8 stack | Lesson |
|---|---|---|
| Forums | PHP, Simple Machines Forum, MyBB, phpBB | Deployed open-source community boards |
| Transfer | cPanel, FileZilla FTP | Uploaded PHP builds and configs manually |
| Hosting | Hostinger, 000webhost, x10Hosting, plus an unnamed unlimited host | Compared real free tiers against fake unlimited claims |
| Edge SSL | Freenom domain, Cloudflare CDN | Configured free SSL and DNS routing |
4.0 NEW SILICON AND PRE-AI .NET
In 2019, an Acer Aspire E5-476G unlocked ten Linux distributions and a shipped .NET Framework email utility before AI existed.
SHIPPING .NET SMTP BEFORE AI ASSISTANTS
Built in ninth grade when there was still no AI to speed up development. Pieced together SMTP email logic in .NET Framework from multiple YouTube videos, blogs, and StackOverflow answers. The code was messy and capped at three file attachments, but it worked and shipped on SourceForge.
DEBIAN TO FEDORA AND BACK TO WINDOWS 10
With a stronger CPU, more RAM, and larger storage on the Acer Aspire E5-476G, hopped across Debian, Deepin, Pop!_OS, elementary OS, Solus, Manjaro, Arch Linux, openSUSE, CentOS, and Fedora. Explored cross-platform .NET Core, hit the missing WinForms support on Linux, and cycled back to Windows 10.
5.0 ENTERING THE AI ERA: BSCS AND PENWRITE NLP
By college at STI College General Santos (2022 to 2026), AI had arrived, and instead of just prompting it, Glenn trained and deployed his own NLP model.
TOP GRADUATION HONORS
June 2026Graduated BS Computer Science at STI College General Santos with Programmer of the Year, Best BSCS Thesis, Best in OJT, and Best Presenter (November 2025 College Fair).
COMPETITIVE
2024 to 2026Won Champion at the ICT Day 2025 C++ Competition, 1st Runner-up at the 13th Tagisan ng Talino Codefest (Android Studio / Java), and Rank 7 at the 12th PSITS XII Regional C++ Contest.
DEAN’S LIST & STEM
2020 to 2026Completed Senior High STEM at NDDU-IBED Lagao (2020 to 2022), then maintained a 1.50+ GWA Dean’s Honor List standing across multiple BSCS semesters.
PENWRITE: NLP EDUCATIONAL RPG
AY 2024 to 2025Full-Stack & NLP Developer (Undergraduate Thesis). Co-authored the research paper (Alon, Aring, Bales, & Laganson, 2025) selected to represent the school for the 14th PSITS Regional Convention Research Competition (April 2026).
Unity 3D (C#)
Python
PyTorch
Google T5-small
cLang-8 & NUCLE
FastAPI
Laravel
PostgreSQL
- Model & corpora
- Fine-tuned Google’s T5-small for Grammatical Error Correction (GEC) using cLang-8 (by Google Research, derived from the NAIST Lang-8 Learner Corpora) and the NUCLE (NUS Corpus of Learner English) dataset from the National University of Singapore
- Web platform
- Designed and built the full-stack Laravel and PostgreSQL analytics dashboard for teachers and high school students
- System bridge
- Engineered RESTful APIs connecting the Unity 3D C# game client, FastAPI + PyTorch inference service, and analytics backend
6.0 WORKING LIFE AND 23 CREDENTIALS
From an award-winning MIS internship at TSP Marine Industries to full-time Web Developer at Starbright Office Depot, Inc.
STARBRIGHT OFFICE DEPOT, INC.
June 2026 to Present- Role
- Web Developer (Quirino Avenue, Brgy. Dadiangas East, General Santos City)
- Systems
- Developing, maintaining, and optimizing web applications and internal business systems for company operations
- CI/CD pipeline
- Automated deployments on Coolify backed by Docker containers and Railpack builds
- SecOps & IP defense
- Hardened servers with Fail2ban and Ansible playbooks aggregating live blocklists from Spamhaus, AbuseIPDB, Tor IP lists, Blocklist.de, FireHOL, and ThreatFox
TSP MARINE INDUSTRIES
January to May 2026- Role & award
- MIS Intern (Cabu, Bawing, General Santos City), awarded Best in OJT at Graduation Ball (May 2026)
- Backend data
- Engineered backend architecture using VB.NET, LINQ-to-SQL, and SQL Server to optimize data retrieval and enforce data integrity
- Reporting & BI
- Enhanced enterprise reporting and visualization workflows using DevExpress advanced features
- MIS operations
- Delivered operational MIS support including hardware/system diagnostics, ID editing, inventory tracking, and documentation
Verifiable certifications & badges (click any card to verify)
23 Issued (2022 to 2026)
LFS162: DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering
LFS158: Introduction to Kubernetes
LFS169: Introduction to GitOps
LFS101: Introduction to Linux
LFW111: Introduction to Node.js
LFD140: GitHub for Open Standards
LFC193: Open Source Licensing Compliance
LFC112: Effective Developer Documentation
LFC111: Open Source Technical Documentation
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
LFS116: PyTorch and Deep Learning
LFEL1012: Secure AI/ML Software Development
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance & Identity
Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals
LFC108: Cybersecurity Essentials
Overview of AI & Quantum (LFQ101)
7.0 START A CONVERSATION
Based in General Santos City, Philippines. Always open to learning, collaboration, and web or software development opportunities.
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