CATRAXX

Welcome

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Hi!

I'm a cat that makes tracks, hence the name. Really, i'm mostly a nerd that likes nerdy things. I make websites like these every few years and i'm usually proud of one or two tricks i came up with when i make them.

Frontend Development is a passion, obviously. So is Music.

If you would like to contact me, you can find me on the Fediverse

My music is mostly at hearthis.at

I use VS CODIUM, KDE Neon, and i'm a 11TY nerd. Recently i've been professionally involved with both Directus and Strapi.

I do not remember why i put the big "CSS" on the right, but i am sure there was a good reason.

I am 99.8% sure that the history section only exists because i had a cool idea for a menu and wanted to include it ...

Neocat by the awesome Volpeon
Icons by Siimple

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History

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The Past

In 1997, I was given an old book. It was printed on cheap paper. It was worn - really, it had seen better days. And yet, for the first time in my life, a book that was entirely technical in nature, got me hooked. It was given to me by a friend from the university of Hannover. Little did he know that, when he gave me this little guide on HTML and CSS, he would set me on a path for the rest of my life.

While I had done some smaller things in coding before - in things like BASIC and PASCAL - this was a completely different experience; everything was so immediate, so interactive. I would type a few lines and things would appear - and they actually did useful things! For the longest time I was rather lost on what to do with computers, other than maybe gaming. However, this certainly was exciting to me; not only could I do all this, but I could easily share it with the world.

I knew right then that this was what I wanted to do with my life: I wanted to know more, to get better. Back then, the Internet was still thought to be a place for freaks; some businesses were beginning to evaluate what could be possible, but on the whole, there was not much that could be done yet. Perhaps even worse, companies demanded that potential candidates were full-on IT specialists to even consider them for a position.

I decided that I would take the hard route and learn it all by myself. I became self-employed right after I left economics school and pushed myself forward by reading all the books I could afford. I eventually found my first customers. From then on, I grew with every new project.

The Now

Currently, I am no longer self-employed. I work in eCommerce, on projects with millions of lines of code. Roadmap.sh outlines the job of a frontend developer very well. A lot has changed since I read that little book. I am not tired of doing this, not by a long shot. Every new year brings new challenges, new opportunities, but most importantly, we all keep improving. That is what keeps me hooked.

ohno

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