Henry Van Ness

Atlanta, Georgia

Henry Van Ness

I build software for VEX events and classroom activities, and work on Paideia’s 3142C robot.

Selected work

VEX competition · iPhone and iPad

Scoutly

I built Scoutly’s iPhone and iPad app for VEX schedules, team research, and match prep. Practice matches stay visible in schedules but do not affect team stats. Cached event data is labeled when it is stale.

Scoutly ScoutScore leaderboard on an iPhone.
ScoutScore team comparison. Open full size

Classroom software · demo uses sample data

SimDeck

I built SimDeck with Zakir Mamdani for David Millians at The Paideia School. It turns a paper-card history activity into an app with separate student and teacher views.

Teacher view

SimDeck sample teacher view with a roster, student cards, and action history.Open full size

Student view

SimDeck sample student view showing active and spent cards.Open full size
Teacher and student views of the card activity.

VEX robotics · Paideia 3142C

3142C

I captain Paideia’s VEX team. My code work has included the intake state machine, autonomous selector, and timing, followed by a localization adaptation for our sensors and GPS frame.

As a team, we won Robot Skills Champion and Think at Georgia State in 2025, then reached our division playoffs at Worlds in 2026.

Team 3142C’s VEX robot between its Georgia State skills and Think awards in 2025.
3142C at Georgia State, 2025. Photo: VEX Robotics.

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Teaching

VEX V5 and a course I built.

I teach VEX V5 at Re-Imagine Robotics. JAR From Zero has 36 steps, from VS Code setup to a first autonomous routine on a four-motor tank drive.

Open JAR From ZeroRe-Imagine team page

About

I started with VEX.

I began competing in eighth grade. I now captain Paideia’s 3142C team and teach VEX V5 at Re-Imagine Robotics.

I also use coding agents to build and check software.

Henry in a 3142C robotics shirt beneath the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
St. Louis, with 3142C.

Contact

Email me.

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