ABOUT

So, how did I end up building websites for a living?

Honestly, a bit by accident — and mostly because a subject I liked happened to also become a global pandemic hobby.

How this started

Web development was just one subject on my course during graduation — but it was the one I actually paid attention to, mostly because everything else felt like homework and this felt like a puzzle. Turns out I was decent at it too, probably because I actually cared enough to try. Then COVID happened, and suddenly “freelancing” stopped being a word people used in LinkedIn posts and became an actual option. So I started fixing WordPress issues for strangers on the internet, and somehow that turned into years of doing it. I never studied this formally — it’s mostly been YouTube tutorials at 2 AM (turns out that’s when the brain finally cooperates), a few paid courses, and a lot of learning by breaking things first, fixing them second, and pretending I meant to do that all along.

What I do now

These days I build and maintain WordPress websites — everything from full builds to the less glamorous but genuinely important job of keeping a site alive and healthy, month after month. I won’t call myself a designer — I’m really not — but years of doing this has given me a decent instinct for what looks clean and actually works, even if I can’t always explain why. Curious what that looks like in practice? Check out my [Work page →].

How I work

Before I touch anything, I try to actually understand what a site needs to do — who’s using it, what they should walk away with, what’s genuinely useful versus what just looks nice sitting in a mockup. A good website starts with a decent conversation, not me diving straight into Figma pretending I know exactly what you want.

Beyond web development

Fun fact: this whole website thing kind of started with hymn books. Years ago I was in a church choir, and lugging hymn books around every time got old fast — so I put the songs online instead. That eventually grew into Catholic Utopia. [→]

Church stuff takes up a good chunk of my life outside of code — I’m part of the Jesus Youth movement, where I’ve organized retreats, run one-day programs, and led a choir, mostly working with younger folks. I especially love singing worship songs — there’s something about it that just hits different, and no, I will not be elaborating further, you’ll have to trust me on this one.

When I’m not doing any of that, you’ll probably find me on a basketball court, watching a movie or getting way too invested in a series, or — historically — playing story-driven games that actually had plots and character arcs. Then PUBG happened, and honestly, that side of me never really came back. It’s been years now. I’ve made peace with it.

Looking ahead

Right now, I’m heads-down on freelancing and building my own thing — but if a genuinely good full-time remote opportunity showed up, I wouldn’t slam the door on it. Either way, if you’ve got a project, or just want to say hi, [let’s talk →].