# Melanie Kat (@melaniekat.com)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/melaniekat.com
Headline: Senior Front-End Engineer
Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
Website: https://melaniekat.com

## About

Hi, my name is Melanie! My pronouns are she/her. I am a passionate front-end engineer who loves JavaScript, CSS, solid APIs, and collaborative remote environments. Do I sound like someone you would like to work with? Let’s talk.

## Publications

- Portland Indie Game Squad — melaniekat.com (Jun 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/pigs
- Enabling iMessage Contact Verification Keys — melaniekat.com (May 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/imessage-keys
- That site you use is dead — melaniekat.com (May 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/dead-sites
- Hosting Mastodon and Pixelfed — melaniekat.com (May 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/fedi-hosting
- 3 Observations on Portland — melaniekat.com (May 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/3-pdx-observations
- My Interests — melaniekat.com (May 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/interests
- Here's Some Links, May 6, 2024 — melaniekat.com (May 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/links-for-2024-05-06
- April Home Screens — melaniekat.com (Apr 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/april-2024-homescreen
- How I Set Up My Travel Router with Tailscale's Mullvad Exit Nodes — melaniekat.com (Apr 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/beryl-tailscale-mullvad
- Embrace the JSON Feed — melaniekat.com (Apr 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/embrace-jsonfeed
- My Final Week in San Francisco — melaniekat.com (Apr 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/final-week-in-sf
- Mario Mario vs Mario — melaniekat.com (Apr 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/mario-v-mario
- My Rule of Thumb for Buying Apple Stuff — melaniekat.com (Mar 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/buying-apple
- Here's Some Links, Mar 27, 2024 — melaniekat.com (Mar 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/links-for-2024-03-27
- How to Read a News Website — melaniekat.com (Mar 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/how-to-read-news
- My Decade in San Francisco — melaniekat.com (Mar 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/decade-in-sf
- Hosting the Jamstack — melaniekat.com (Mar 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/jamstack-hosting
- Here's Some Links, Mar 4, 2024 — melaniekat.com (Mar 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/links-for-2024-03-04
- A Podcast of Articles and Text — melaniekat.com (Jan 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/audio-cast
- Apps I Use — melaniekat.com (Jan 2024) https://melaniekat.com/blog/apps-i-use
- My 2023 in Games — melaniekat.com (Dec 2023) https://melaniekat.com/blog/2023-games
- My 2023 in Films — melaniekat.com (Dec 2023) https://melaniekat.com/blog/2023-films
- Here's Some Links, Sep 2, 2023 — melaniekat.com (Sep 2023) https://melaniekat.com/blog/links-for-2023-09-02
- Here's Some Links, Apr 2, 2023 — melaniekat.com (Apr 2023) https://melaniekat.com/blog/links-for-2023-04-02
- Last.fm to Mastodon Profile — melaniekat.com (Mar 2023) https://melaniekat.com/blog/lastfm-to-mastodon
- My Essential Apps — melaniekat.com (Feb 2023) https://melaniekat.com/blog/essential-apps
- Here's Some Links, Feb 16, 2023 — melaniekat.com (Feb 2023) https://melaniekat.com/blog/links-for-2023-02-16
- Lil Gator Game — melaniekat.com (Dec 2022) https://melaniekat.com/blog/lil-gator-game
- My 2022 in Media — melaniekat.com (Dec 2022) https://melaniekat.com/blog/2022-in-media
- Girlfriend Technology, July Update — melaniekat.com (Jul 2022) https://melaniekat.com/blog/gft-0722
- Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names — melaniekat.com (May 2022) https://melaniekat.com/blog/falsehoods-around-names
- Commute — melaniekat.com (Apr 2022) https://melaniekat.com/blog/commute
- The DankPods Headphone Starter Guide. — melaniekat.com (Apr 2022) https://melaniekat.com/blog/dankpods-starter
- I rewrote my blog with Astro — melaniekat.com (Mar 2022) https://melaniekat.com/blog/astro-rewrite
- X to Y — melaniekat.com (Dec 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/340858922
- Magnet Links — melaniekat.com (Dec 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/339029235
- look what you made me do: a lot of people have asked me to make NFT games and I won’t — melaniekat.com (Nov 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/331418114
- Webbed - Sbug Games — melaniekat.com (Sep 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/311978752
- Is the Oculus Rift sexist? — melaniekat.com (Aug 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/296971514
- Heroku removes SMS as an MFA Verification Method — melaniekat.com (Jun 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/279869181
- A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16 — melaniekat.com (Mar 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/251027866
- Gaming's endless struggle with abusive men — melaniekat.com (Mar 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/249382845
- Medium Workers Union (MWU) — melaniekat.com (Feb 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/239986466
- Kalidoface - Become a Virtual Character — melaniekat.com (Jan 2021) https://melaniekat.com/blog/233159783
- An overview of Polish nonbinary pronouns — melaniekat.com (Dec 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/219342574
- React Aria — melaniekat.com (Nov 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/212977273
- The Business of Selling White Women the Righteousness of Their Own Anger — melaniekat.com (Nov 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/211267925
- Is Madeline Canonically Trans? — melaniekat.com (Nov 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/210271102
- A Spooky Adventure at Next.js Conf — melaniekat.com (Oct 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/207807923
- 【雪ミク】「アイ / DECO*27 feat.初音ミク」【踊ってみた — melaniekat.com (Oct 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/200629134
- If Found — melaniekat.com (Sep 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/193615631
- No Masters — melaniekat.com (Sep 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/193580658
- Fall Guys Secrets - A Super Serious Lore Interview — melaniekat.com (Sep 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/193431338
- Why I Actively Discourage Online Tooling like `jwt.io` and Online JSON Validators — melaniekat.com (Sep 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/193430221
- Women Make — melaniekat.com (Aug 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/188732962
- ink - 🌈 React for interactive command-line apps — melaniekat.com (Aug 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/187431259
- Ooblets — melaniekat.com (Aug 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/186172319
- Boop: the Scriptable Scratchpad. — melaniekat.com (Jul 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/183916694
- Tech Sector Job Interviews Assess Anxiety, Not Software Skills — melaniekat.com (Jul 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/183883395
- This blog is now open source — melaniekat.com (Jun 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/176243918
- DeepL Translate — melaniekat.com (Jun 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/176035092
- 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ pitch tracker for femme voices — melaniekat.com (Jun 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/175926290
- Video Games Have To Reckon With How They Depict The Police — melaniekat.com (Jun 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/175577875
- ‘Neopets’: Inside Look at Early 2000s Internet Girl Culture — melaniekat.com (Jun 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/173958130
- Disability is not good for Facebook says: ‘Facebook’. — melaniekat.com (May 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/170716411
- TikTok Admits It Suppressed Videos by Disabled, Queer, and Fat Creators — melaniekat.com (May 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/170712882
- TikTok Told Moderators: Suppress Posts by the “Ugly” and Poor — melaniekat.com (May 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/170712813
- Quick Assist in Windows 10 — melaniekat.com (May 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/164601922
- LumaFusion — melaniekat.com (May 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/164564932
- My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to use on the site — melaniekat.com (Apr 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/152242486
- Looking At Guns In Virtual Reality — melaniekat.com (Apr 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/152139015
- ~80% of Steam games earn under $5K in first two weeks — melaniekat.com (Apr 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/151856082
- No one makes a living on Patreon — melaniekat.com (Apr 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/151856049
- Visual Studio Live Share — melaniekat.com (Mar 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/148896468
- Adam Ruins Everything - Why People Think Video Games Are Just for Boys — melaniekat.com (Mar 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/148553739
- No girls allowed — melaniekat.com (Mar 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/148553676
- Amazonians United Wins PTO for all Amazon Workers — melaniekat.com (Mar 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/148032540
- Nintendo explains philosophy behind Animal Crossing’s big changes, such as gender expression and terraforming — melaniekat.com (Mar 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/147888188
- App Developers at Glitch Vote To Form Union — melaniekat.com (Mar 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/145785077
- Rage Against The M FEAT.Hatsune Miku — melaniekat.com (Mar 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/145124027
- corellium/projectsandcastle — melaniekat.com (Mar 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/143963126
- The Curious Worldview of Michael Schur's Television — melaniekat.com (Mar 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/143872419
- What the Font?! A Manga Guide to Western Typeface — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/141385956
- Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/140733004
- Kickstarter Employees Win Historic Union Election — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/140179091
- Blizzard's Long History of Manic Pixie Nightmare Girls and Fear of Women — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/140166273
- A Short Hike — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/140113823
- Well it's an essay about Jon — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/140113399
- one night, hot springs — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/140113304
- The Pious World of Christian Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Art — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/138917375
- Hatsune Miku Project DIVA MEGA39 — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/138860938
- Website Carbon Calculator — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/138288124
- Pocari Sweat and Hatsune Miku want you to stay hydrated 「Nechusho No!No! feat. 初音ミク＆MEIKO」 — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/137009001
- SIMON WECKERT: Google Maps Hack — melaniekat.com (Feb 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/136763858
- It Took Nearly 10 Years to Finish ‘Kentucky Route Zero,’ But It’s Done — melaniekat.com (Jan 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/136224935
- 'Kentucky Route Zero' Pays Off on Nine Years of Hope and Doubt — melaniekat.com (Jan 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/136224879
- Playdate Pop Up - Welcome to 2020 — melaniekat.com (Jan 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/136222383
- Rae the Doe — melaniekat.com (Jan 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/135019114
- Melanie Kat — melaniekat.com (Jan 2020) https://melaniekat.com/blog/134400368
- My 2019 in Media — melaniekat.com (Dec 2019) https://melaniekat.com/blog/2019-in-media

## Skills

### Technical
- 11ty
- Apollo GraphQL
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- eleventy
- Front-End Development
- Git
- GitHub
- GraphQL
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Jest
- Mercurial
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
- Next.js
- Node.js
- PHP
- Python (Programming Language)
- React Native
- React.js
- Ruby on Rails
- Svelte
- Swift (Programming Language)
- Tailwind CSS
- Test-Driven Development
- TypeScript
- Vue.js
- Web Development
### Creative
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Figma (Software)
- Front-End Design
- Sketch App
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface Design
- Web Design

## Languages

- English (native)

## Links

- website: https://melaniekat.com
- melkat.dev: https://melkat.dev
- Contact me: https://letterbird.co/melanie