first of all, hellloooo

Hi, I'm Bljeona.
I build random things for the web.

Mostly experiments, ideas I want to try, and projects built around open-source libraries I’m curious about.

Open-source curious. Web-first. Usually building whatever idea is currently stuck in my head.This year’s focus is entirely on my own projects, custom mini web tools, and new APIs I test along the way. This portfolio is crafted in real-time to document my experiments and share what actually works for me and how bored I am.

Skills & Tools

core stack

Backend

TypeScript
Node.js
NestJS
REST APIs
Java 8/17
Spring Boot
Quarkus
Java EE
Hibernate
C#

Frontend

React
Next.js
TypeScript
Astro
Tailwind CSS

Data

PostgreSQL
Oracle
Elasticsearch
Kafka
Redis
S3
Supabase

Infrastructure

AWS
Azure
OpenShift
Docker
Argo CD
Jenkins
CI/CD
Git

AI Tooling

Claude Code
Codex
Claude API
Tool Use & Agents
RAG
Prompt Engineering

Practices

Backend Architecture
Domain Modeling
API Design
Microservices
TDD
Code Quality
Cloud Migration
GitOps
Agile Delivery

Creative

Product Design
UX
Frontend Prototyping
AI-Assisted Design Tools

Beyond the IDE

Interests & Approach

System Diagnostics

Profile System

Focus Areas

01 / Product Design & UX

Backend-first by trade, but I treat product design and UX as a genuine creative practice — not an afterthought.

02 / Web Apps

Building web apps is genuinely what I love doing — the backend logic that keeps them honest, and the small frontend touches that make people actually enjoy using them.

03 / Painting

Painting physical canvas textures to ground digital logic. FYI this is my way of turning off the computer and touching the grass.

04 / Tennis

I play tennis whenever I can and the wannabe tennis(ifykyk) too. Always open to being talked into a round of mini-golf, its on my TODO list.

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