012026
Portfolio Design
Designed and developed a template for a personal portfolio
2026 — UI/UX — ReactJs · TypeScript
Kathayat Dhiren — South Korea
Booking projects for Q3I build digital products with the care of a craftsman and the rigour of an engineer.
Independent full-stack engineer & product designer. Currently taking on a small number of projects where design and engineering matter equally.
- Based in
- South Korea
- Experience
- 4 years
- Focus
- Product · Full-stack
01 / Work
Selected work, built end to end.
A few projects that show how I think: the problem, the shape of the solution, and the system underneath. Case studies open in place — no new tabs.
022026
Nepalese Community in Busan (NCB)
A volunteer project built for the community, focused on solving a real-world need through a practical and accessible digital solution.
2026 — Website — HTML · CSS · JS · PHP
02 / Services
Ways of working together.
What an engagement actually involves. Open a row for the detail — scope, deliverables, and how the work runs week to week.
04 engagements
The full arc: discovery, interface design, architecture, build, launch. One person accountable for the whole no handoff gaps where quality quietly dies.
Included- Design and code by the same hands
- Weekly working releases
- Production hardening and observability from day one
03 / About
The person behind the work.
I came to software through curiosity, the kind that makes you wonder how something works, then makes you want to build it yourself.
I work across design and development, turning ideas into complete digital products. From interface and interaction design to frontend architecture, APIs, databases, authentication, and the details that keep a product reliable, I enjoy being involved in the whole process.
I’m particularly drawn to projects that begin as a simple question: could this be better? I like exploring that question, building the answer, and refining it until an idea becomes something real and useful.
I build to learn, I learn to build, and I’m always looking for the next thing worth making.
I keep my client list short on purpose. Fewer projects means I can be the person who designs it, builds it, and answers the phone when it matters.
- Approach
- Design and code, owned end to end
- Working languages
- English · Hindi · Nepali
“Four years of building web products. Design-trained, engineering-driven, comfortable owning a product from the first wireframe to the production deploy.”
Toolbox
Languages
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Python
- HTML & CSS
- C++
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Framer Motion
- Accessibility (WCAG)
Backend
- Node.js
- API design
- Prisma
- Auth & security
- Testing
- Php
Data
- PostgreSQL
- SQLite
- Redis
- Data modelling
Infrastructure
- Docker
- CI/CD
- Vercel
- Observability
Design
- Figma
- Design systems
- Typography
- Prototyping
04 / Experience
Where the experience comes from.
A working record, newest first — where the years went, and what each role left behind.
Apr 2018 —Present
Independent — design & full-stack engineering
Studio Log (own practice) — Kathmandu, nepalOwn practice focused on end-to-end product work for founders and studios. Notable engagements: a fintech ledger product (design through launch), an edition-based e-commerce for a letterpress studio, and a multi-brand design system for Studio Northwind. I keep the practice at three or four concurrent clients.
05 / Writing
Notes on craft, code and the space between.
Occasional essays on how software gets made — process, trade-offs, and the habits that survive contact with real projects.
All essays
06 / Research
Papers and proceedings.
Peer-reviewed work and conference papers — measured findings from production engineering, with abstracts for the patient.
01Jan 2026
Education
No-Code/Low-Code Threshold In Education
Draft
07 / Contact
Let's build something considered.
Direct
For questions, collaborations or a second opinion on an existing product this reaches my inbox directly.
Start a project
For new work: tell me what you're building, roughly when, and what budget range you have in mind. I take on 3–4 projects a year.