Kia ora! I'm Mandy
I'm a full-stack developer and innovator on a mission to positively impact people and communities through meaningful tech solutions.
My path to becoming a developer wasn't linear - I've worked across marketing, sales, operations, and customer support. This diverse background helps me see technology from different perspectives, enabling me to empathise with users and build intuitive, user-centered web solutions.
What I've been working on
Volition
I joined start-up Volition, as a frontend developer to help launch their app. Volition is an accessible tool built to support and empower the decision-making capability of disabled people and their supporters.
LLM-Powered Book Search
Data is essential for driving good decision-making, particularly in impact-focused spaces. Keen to explore projects where I can expand my skillset in working with data and Python, I decided to build an LLM-powered book recommender.
Voice-based recipe search engine
A recipe finder application using voice input (MDN Speech API) and a simple user interface.
My favourite Tech and Tools
On top of my foundations of Javascript, CSS and HTML, these are the technologies that makes up my current workflows and stack.
Laravel
TypeScript
React JS
PHP
Vue JS
Tailwind
Framer Motion
Git
RESTful APIs
MySQL
Figma
Miro