Software Developer

Akene Crosse

I build software for the web and compete in rated chess. Precision in both.

Akene Crosse, software developer and chess player

Every move, calculated.
On the board and in the codebase.

Selected Work

Things I’ve shipped.

Best Gemini API · hackUMBC

GitScope

An AI-powered analyzer that reads any GitHub repository and explains what it does, how it’s structured, and where to start reading.

Gemini API  ·  React  ·  Hackathon

Bitcamp 2026

Transfer Compass

A credit-mapping tool that turns the Maryland community-college-to-UMD transfer maze into one clear path. Built largely solo over a weekend.

Full-stack  ·  ARTSYS data  ·  Hackathon

Production · Live

Bluzen Job Board

A production Django job board for a healthcare staffing firm, with employer application management, transactional email, and cloud media storage.

Django 5  ·  SendGrid  ·  Cloudinary  ·  Render

Freelance · Live

Royal Gem Home Health Care

A client website built and deployed end to end for a Maryland home-health-care provider.

Freelance  ·  Netlify

Open Source

Merged into code people use.

Rated Chess

1835
USCF · Over the board
2301
Chess.com · Rapid

Rated, competitive chess at the Owings Mills Chess Club. Most recently 3rd place at the OMCC 2nd Anniversary Classic, 3.5 of 5. The calculation runs straight into how I debug and design.

About

From Jamaica to Maryland, on a path toward a CS degree at the University of Maryland.

I freelance, contribute to open source, and build at hackathons. I’m drawn to problems that reward patience and precision, on a chessboard or in a codebase.

Let’s build something.