~/ r4tur1
Aspiring Developer — Learning to Build
Clean & Functional Web Experiences
Fresh out of school. Serious about code. Building in public.
I just finished 12th grade with Physics, Chemistry, Math, Computer Science, and English. While most students my age are figuring out what to do next, I already know — I want to build things with code.
My journey started with Python and SQL, and now I'm learning the fundamentals of the web: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This portfolio is literally my first public project — a deliberate choice to build in public and be accountable to my own growth.
I'm not pretending to be senior-level. I'm here to be honest about where I am, consistent about improving, and serious about the craft.
Core language. Variables, loops, functions, basic OOP, file I/O. Used for scripting and problem-solving practice.
Queries, joins, aggregations. Comfortable reading and writing structured data. Studied as part of Computer Science coursework.
Semantic markup, document structure, accessibility basics. This site is built with it — that's proof of progress.
Layouts, Flexbox, Grid, custom properties, transitions. Actively learning how to make interfaces that actually look good.
DOM manipulation, events, basic logic. Early days — but I can already write the interactivity on this very page.
Version control, commits, pushing to repositories. Learning as I host this site on GitHub Pages.
This website. My first public project, built entirely from scratch without templates or frameworks. Every line of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript written by hand while learning the fundamentals.
It felt important to make the first thing I build publicly be something I'm proud of — not just a "hello world."
Something is being built. Check back soon — or watch the GitHub.
Ideas forming. Python, web, or something entirely different — whatever teaches me the most.
Open to learning opportunities, collaborations, or just a conversation about tech and code.