ariel
buchwald
kearney

web developer

I'm a web developer living in Zagreb. I code every day with music pumping in my headphones.

Right now I'm immersed in JavaScript and React.

My projects

A selection of coding projects, with the more recent at the top

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Minesweeper

August 2020
ReactTypeScript

Minesweeper

It was great to explore the underlying logic of a game I played as a child.

In this project I also began to learn about end to end testing and quality assurance using Cypress.

Code Demo

conote

August 2020
ReactTypeScript

conote

This app allows multiple users to edit a note simultaneously in real-time.

Learnt about WebSockets, and practised using TypeScript.

Code Demo

Pomodoro Mobile

April 2020
React NativeJavaScript

Pomodoro Mobile

The pomodoro technique is invaluable to me, so I wanted to build my ideal app for it.

Working with mobile was an interesting experience, and was a welcome change to switch things up.

Code Demo

Doula Sanja

December 2019
GatsbyReact

Doula Sanja

Created together with a UX designer, and an opportunity to focus on design implementation.

Static Gatsby website along with some serverless functions using Netlify.

Code Demo

Habit Tracker

February 2019
JavaScriptReactExpressMongoDB

Habit Tracker

A project undertaken with other developers as part of a Chingu build-to-learn project.

I have picked up lots of best practices along the way and got to really focus on design and testing.

Code Demo

Film Base

December 2018
JavaScriptReactExpressMongoDB

Film Base

A fullstack web app that allows users to browse films and save their favourites.

This is my first full stack project, and one where I began to incorporate testing into my workflow.

Code Demo

arielbk

September 2018
JavaScriptReactGatsbyFigma

arielbk

This website – a platform to showcase my web development projects.

It was first built as a NextJS site, then refactored into Gatsby with a Sanity headless CMS.

Code Demo

BPM Count

August 2018
JavaScriptReactSketch

BPM Count

An app to tap along with music and discover the tempo — measured in Beats Per Minute (BPM).

I was inspired to make this because it is a tool that I find helpful and use frequently.

Code Demo

Lucid

July 2018
JavaScriptReactSketch

Lucid

A project undertaken as part of a Chingu Cohort, a community coding build-to-learn project.

This was great UI design and code practice, and an introduction to working with other coders.

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Pomodoro Timer

June 2018
JavaScriptReactSketch

Pomodoro Timer

A timer to track work and break periods with the Pomodoro productivity hack.

A pet project that has gone through uncountable rewrites as I continue learning.

Code Demo

Get in touch!

The best way is to send me an email