Jack of all trades,
master of my favorites.

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About Me

Hey there! My name is Catherine, and I have a passion for living, dreaming, and creating.

Above all, I want to inspire those around me, be it through crafting web applications, writing novels, creating unique projects, or simply while Iā€™m walking through the journey of life.

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Latest Projects

Elegant Lashes by Katie

I developed a customer check-in portal, manager portal, and technician portal for a small local business (with four locations) using Laravel Lumen, MySQL, Pusher, and Twilio's SMS API.

Interactive Timeline

I built this page, along with the interactive timeline module on it, using GSAP and the HubSpot CMS. It remains one of my favorites (and among the most challenging things I've done) to this day!

Signify Health

This Hubspot-based website is one I completed for my agency a few months ago. I led most of the development work and contributed 95% of the project build.

CAQH

I worked on the Drupal-to-HubSpot migration for this site along with two other developers from my agency. This website involved serverless functions (with HubDB) to store data and create modules for searching through and filtering data.

School Growth

I worked on this Hubspot-based website (contributing to about 90% of the workload) during the beginning of my time at an agency.

Soleil Lash

I developed a client check-in portal for a small local business (one location, ~1k uses a month) using Astro.build and Storyblok CMS.

Personal Scheduling/Calendar App

An experimental project I built for myself and am continously working to improve. I use this app to create tasks, schedule my days, and track where my time goes. It's powered by FullCalendar, React, Keystone JS (on MariaDB), and Astro.

Family Tree App

Under the guidance of a mentor, I worked with a team to build an open source, full stack website that allows users to create a family tree, connect to their relatives, and save family stories.

Latest Posts

2024 Quarter 4 Recap

January 5, 2025

The year flew by so quick! Here's my summary of the last few months of my life in 2024.

October 2024 Update

October 25, 2024

Long overdue for another recap! It's been half a year since my last one in April (time flies by so fast).

How to create a blog for free

May 6, 2024

Learn how to create a blog for free, as well as what the best free blogging platforms are and their pros and cons.

How to start learning web development for free

April 29, 2024

Kickstart your dev journey with free online courses and materials! Learn web development using high-quality materials at no cost.

Best Free Website Hosting Options for Developers

April 21, 2024

Learn about completely free website hosting services perfect for developers ā€” from static and dynamic sites to PHP hosting, and more.

Coding Training: How to Improve Your Coding Skills

April 13, 2024

Learn how to improve your coding skills and become a better programmer! Practice on websites like CodinGame, Codewars, Exercism, and Leetcode.