January 28, 2026
Building in Public
On the anxiety of making things in front of other people.
Read more...Inkbox
Front-end development, project lead, and design system implementation for this Toronto-based ecommerce company.
Read more...Hi, hello
Hello from sunny Toronto, Canada, where we used to have a ridiculous number of craft breweries but the bottom fell out of that, and now we just have condos. I’m Katharine.
I’m a front-end developer. I also have a little experience in back-end, some training in UX, but the front end is where my heart lies. I love building projects that people find useful, beautiful, and of course, accessible, and I strongly believe there's no conflict between those three things.
I also have an extensive design background which lets me serve as the bridge between the worlds of design and code implementation, working closely with designers and UX people to build out design systems is where I really shine.
I’m also a part-time instructor, teaching intro to web development, which is amazing: if you ever want to learn something really well, teach it to someone else. And if you ever want to relive the excitement and enthusiasm that first drew you to something? Again, teach it to someone else.
If you scroll down a bit, you’ll see a few projects I’ve worked on recently that I’m proud of and excited to share, and also some things I’ve written. And below that, you can see how to get in touch – if you’d like to work together or just want to chat, I’d love to hear from you.
What am I working with these days? What am I interested in and excited to learn more about at the moment? I’m glad you asked:
- Astro
- Vue
- Accessibility
- Open Data
- Design systems
- New Instant Pot recipes
Recent projects
Here are a few projects I’ve worked on lately (or that I’m currently working on) that I’m excited to show off! You can also see additional work on the All Projects page.
Juno College
Working as part of a small team on a tight schedule, we built a modern JAMstack site to launch the new brand of Juno College of Technology. Developed with Gatsby, Contentful and Netlify, the new junocollege.com is beautiful, fast, and an essential part of the school’s identity.
Read more...Personal Record
Personal Record is a simple web app to log your running workouts. This side-project of mine was my first full-stack application: I’m responsible for the whole thing, end-to-end: API design, back-end code (Node, Express, Mongoose) and front-end (React, SCSS modules).
Read more...Recent writing
I haven’t written very often of late, but that's something I’m trying to remedy! These are the most recent posts, and there’s more to see on the All Writing page.