Things I’ve built
I learn best by doing. So I try to get my hands dirty with anything that interests me. Sometimes it's software, other times it's woodworking or gardening. I just enjoy building and learning.
React weather effects
Animated rain, snow and fog that run on top of any background image. The rain uses custom WebGL shaders, the snow and fog use Three.js particle systems, and GSAP drives the lightning. Each weather type has its own moods - drizzle, storm, gentle snow, dense fog. I am now packaging it as a React component library.
Color lab
Two browser tools for the CSS color-mix() function. The mixer blends two colors in any of the 15 interpolation spaces and prints the result in 16 formats. The scale builder turns one color into a full design-system palette. The browser resolves every mix, so the values are the real ones - no build step, no dependencies.
Kerala Botanics
Building an Ayurvedic skincare brand with my wife. Well, to be honest she does the heavy lifting, but I help out with some webdev and marketing. I also manage our Amazon PPC campaigns.
Cityzen Chrome extension
I enjoyed using the Momentum chrome extension, but often wondered what the time was in different places, where my team or family was. I learned a lot about performance optimization, and how browsers work.
Artie website
I designed and build a marketing page a data-streaming startup that my good friend founded. Built in Webflow.
Splotch
Landing page and product design for an AI startup. Splotch brings change management to enterprise systems like NetSuite and Salesforce. It maps the whole infrastructure, then shows the custom workflows and the dependencies between them.
Solana Santa Club
When NFTs were hot, I decided the tech was interesting enough, so I build my own collection on Solana. I designed some unique 8-bit pixel-art Santas since it was December and I was in the Holiday spirit. You can probably still mint for a few SOL :)
Custom standing desk
Built a custom standing desk for $300. Motorized legs, IKEA butcherblock top. LED lighting and also went down the cable management rabbit hole (not recommend).
Backyard complete redesign
When Covid came, and we had a 1yo I decided to redo our backyard. Designed and built a sandbox, deck, irigation system, outdoor electricity, lawn.
Wooden wall art
My wife has been a fan of these for a long time, so I decided to surprise her with a custom built one for our 5th wedding anniversary. Later found out that you are supposed to gift something wooden for the 5th so it turned out great.