Code

Tools, newsroom features and a few school projects

Most of the interesting work supports an investigation or a newsroom. The rest is Delphi from matric, which I am contractually obliged to leave up.

tty0

Try a command

joel@joelcedras.dev — zsh

$ whoami

joel — computer science III, security research, occasional journalism. Cape Town. Awake at odd hours.

Websites, designed and shipped

Built through Digifend: design and build, then domains, DNS, hosting and mail, then kept running. All five are live.

Le Pawtit Pet Clothing & Accessories, an online shop for pet clothing, accessories, treats and eco-friendly toys, with catalogue, cart and checkout.

Lucas Collective Solutions, a South African services firm offering IT support, web development, virtual assistants and business support.

Pool Rails: A shop for made-to-order stainless steel pool railings and balustrades, with grade options and DIY installation kits.

Kairos-Lily Foundation — a Cape Town nonprofit closing literacy and numeracy gaps for learners on the Cape Flats.

DR Sports & Development: A nonprofit using sport to reach young people in Cape Town. I built the site and ran the whole IT stack behind it.

Public-interest tooling

The checker used to test SRD grant applications at scale, and the basis for the SASSA fraud findings.

Valid-format SA ID number generation, for testing how much identity verification systems actually verify.

Newsroom

The Django platform behind groundup.org.za. Features, SEO work, and the layout for special feature pieces.

Crosswords, sudoku and word games for GroundUp readers.

“Put your money where your byte is” — Standard Bank hackathon submission.

Older, kept for the record