Mike Castro
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CCA Heartbeat

Internal uptime monitoring (mostly led/merged PRs, foundation code)

About This Project

Internal uptime monitoring system for Casting Calls America. Oversaw technical direction and resource allocation. Led and merged pull requests while contributing foundation code. Built with Laravel.

My Contributions

Lead Developer

Casting Calls America LLC

Set up foundational code and trained new developer

  • Set up foundational code for internal uptime monitoring system
  • Built CRUD for managing monitored sites with health check links
  • Implemented daily automated checks with in-app notifications
  • Trained a teacher to become a full stack developer in under a month to work on this project

Project Details

Role: Full Stack → Senior → LeadTeam: 7-10 developers
Internal Tool

Tech Stack

PHP

Oversaw technical direction, led code reviews, and contributed foundation code

Laravel

Built internal uptime monitoring system with resource allocation oversight

Code Review

Led and merged pull requests for the monitoring tool

Bootstrap

Built monitoring dashboard UI

jQuery

Added interactive dashboard features