Personal Portfolio
Custom Next.js portfolio with celestial theme, Seattle weather, bookshelf, TV tracker, and project pages with carousel and timeline.
Designer + Developer — end-to-end ownership
Home page — skills and bio
the problem
Generic portfolio templates don't reflect personality or design sensibility. I wanted something that felt intentional — a site that is itself a case study in design thinking.
process
Fully custom Next.js application designed and built from scratch. Every page has its own theme and purpose — a home page with skills, a work grid with project detail pages, a Barnes & Noble style bookshelf, a TV show tracker powered by the TVmaze API, and a contact page with live Seattle weather from Open-Meteo.
solution
A portfolio where every design decision is intentional — custom fonts, celestial aesthetic, weather-reactive atmosphere, and project pages with full-bleed image carousels, timelines, and case study structure covering problem, process, and solution.
key features
- ✦Project detail pages with full-bleed carousel, lightbox, and timeline
- ✦Barnes & Noble bookshelf with 3D card flip revealing rating and notes
- ✦TV show tracker with TVmaze API search, status tabs, and suggestions notepad
- ✦Live Seattle weather from Open-Meteo — rain, snow, stars, lightning effects
- ✦Press Start 2P + Germania One typography — celestial medieval aesthetic
- ✦Resume served securely from /private/ with rate limiting
- ✦Dark / light mode throughout with weather-reactive backgrounds
- ✦Responsive layout — mobile hamburger nav, hidden cat on small screens
timeline
