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Hello! I'm Niki, a developer with a creative mindset and a passion for building things that people enjoy using. I love learning new technologies, experimenting with ideas, and turning concepts into interactive web applications. DataLab Studio is my first public project, and it represents the beginning of my journey as a developer. I'm always looking for new challenges, opportunities to grow, and people to build great things with. :)
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Veranda, a luxury residential concept landing page
Veranda is a concept build I created for a fictional luxury residential brand. It is not client work or a real property. The images and hero motion were generated with AI as part of the creative process.
I wanted to explore something that matters when building high-fidelity landing pages: after several rounds of changes, how do you make sure the final page still looks like the design that was approved?
The site is built in Next.js with responsive layouts, self-hosted fonts, GSAP motion and an interactive walkthrough. I also built in a proper QA process around it, not just checking that the page loads and the buttons work.
It compares 12 sections across five screen sizes against approved visual baselines. It flags visual drift, missing baselines and changes that have not been reviewed. I also tested interactions, accessibility, contrast, performance, browser behaviour and reduced-motion states.
The main lesson for me was simple: a page can pass functional tests and still no longer be the page that was agreed.
Building a QA process that flags visual drift against approved baselines is such an underrated skill, most people just eyeball it after changes go in. What first made you start checking for that instead of trusting the build looked right?
Spent the weekend cleaning out my camera roll. Somewhere in there I noticed something I'd swiped past a thousand times, that subtle parallax shift when you move between photos.
So I rebuilt it for the web.
- Spring physics, no animation library
- Rubber band effect at the edges
- Full keyboard navigation
- Screen reader support
Didn't want to just leave it as a demo. If you can't use a mouse, it still works. If you can't see it, it tells you what photo you're on.
Love that you didn't stop at making it look good. Accessibility is what makes it complete.
For our recent wealth management client, we designed a UI that's clear, trustworthy, and effortless to navigate.
✓ Simple design
✓ Confident messaging
✓ Nothing unnecessary
Because the best financial brands build trust long before the first conversation.
Loving the consistency and visual harmony!