About Me

I'm a front-end developer who loves crisp typography, deliberate spacing, and code that reads as well as it runs.

My process balances design sensibility with engineering rigor: semantic HTML, modern CSS architecture, accessible interactions, and clean component abstractions. I ship interfaces that feel calm, intentional, and effortless to use.

Feature Projects

Lawn Service Picture

MCGUIREs lawn and gardening.

A responsive, user-friendly website for McGuire’s Lawn & Landscaping. The site emphasizes visual storytelling with full-width project images, clear service descriptions, and intuitive navigation. Built to create a polished digital presence for a small business, combining clean design with practical functionality.

Robot with robofriends title

RoboFriends

RoboFriends is a fun and interactive React application that displays a list of robot friends. It uses the Robohash API to generate unique robot images for each user and includes a search feature that allows you to filter robots by name in real time. This project demonstrates the fundamentals of React components, props, state management, and event handling while integrating external APIs for dynamic content.

Editorial style landing page

Editorial Landing System

A reusable landing page kit with modular sections, typographic scale, and full-bleed imagery. Designed to feel like a modern digital magazine.

Skills

  • Semantic HTML
  • Modern CSS (Grid/Flex, Custom Props)
  • Responsive Design
  • Accessibility (WCAG, ARIA)
  • JavaScript (ES6+)
  • React & Component Patterns
  • Tooling (Vite, Parcel, npm)
  • Design Systems & Tokens
  • Performance & Core Web Vitals
  • Git & CI Basics

Contact

Interested in collaborating or hiring? I’m open to freelance and full-time roles.

Or email me directly: dylanjsmith.dev@gmail.com