Hi there! 👋 I'm Shalanah, a software engineer specializing in frontend development and design. I've focused on interactive editors to help users create photo albums, holiday cards, photo filters, math lessons, and solar panel systems. Although my passion lies in user interfaces, I've also worked with Node, Python, AWS, Firebase Functions, and MongoDB. Currently, I'm on a self-funded sabbatical giving talks and experimenting with ThreeJS, Blender, R3F, NextJS, and Rive.app.
You can connect with me on LinkedIn, Twitter, or view previous community Talks.
- Wanda Whirl 🎊 calming streamers that twirl and whirl in the breeze
- iOS404 🧃 the missing web features of iOS (caniuse data)
- Kind Cloud 🌈 loving-kindness meditation web app
- Spiral Betty ꩜ spiral and other image filters web app. Went viral on TikTok (#spiralbetty over 140M views and 6K posts)
- Rosie the Robot 🤖 animation study with Rive + React
- Where Does the Squirrel Sleep? 🐿️ book layout (design) and landing page
- InAppDebugger 🐞 handy website for in-app detection, download testing, and in-app escape methods for mobile and tablet devices
- InAppSpy 🔎 npm package for in-app detection (forked + refactored from the no longer maintained
detect-inapp
) - Baseline 📏 a new way to create leading on the web - no JS or font metrics needed
- First Character 📝 find the first character of each line of a block of text
- Specialties: React, Javascript/Typescript, responsive websites, PWAs, styling (CSS/SCSS/Tailwind/Styled Components/CSS Modules), web animation (GSAP, useSpring, RAF, SVGs, Canvas), Redux/RTK
- Tools & Platforms: Github, VSCode, AWS, Netlify, Firebase Functions, Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Blender
- Other Languages & Libraries: ThreeJS, R3F, Python, Next.js, MongoDB, Node