Nikita Dudson
Frontend Developer
Hello! I'm Nikita, a frontend developer with a background in design. I enjoy making good things with good people, and building useful, usable and well-crafted digital applications and websites.
About
I started out in design, but web development has slowly lured me in. The curiosity, problem solving and chance to bring ideas to life all appealed a lot. And it's so much fun.
I care about the craft and getting the details right. Turning design into well-structured and maintainable code, building good user experiences, and making sure accessibility and performance are considered from the start.
The way we work is important to me as well. I enjoy building the foundations - creating design systems and bridging the gap between disciplines. So we all have a shared understanding and toolkit to work from.
But most importantly, I thrive working in great teams. Where we push each other, laugh a lot, and genuinely care about what we're making together.
Work history
Independent/Freelance Designer
New Zealand & SwedenEducation
Web Development
Dev Academy AotearoaBachelor of Visual Communication
CPIT School of Art and Design (Ara Institute)Fine Arts / Art History
University of CanterburyTools & technology
I'm most comfortable writing code using Vue, TypeScript and CSS. But of course there are plenty of ways to do things differently, and I'm always open to learning something new.
In a professional context I've been a part of projects that use the following tools/languages:
- Contentful
- CSS
- Design Systems
- Docker
- ExpressJS
- Figma
- Firebase
- Gitlab CI/CD
- Google Cloud
- HTML
- i18n/Localisation
- NodeJS
- Nuxt
- Playwright
- React
- Sass/SCSS
- Storybook
- Typescript
- Vite
- Vitest
- Vue