About

Greetings! I am Helen Chong (they/she), a web developer from Malaysia. Previously, I had worked for 8 years as a graphic designer. Now I decided to transfer my creativity and problem-solving skills into building the web, with a focus on accessibility, inclusive design and progressive enhancement to create a user experience that puts people first.

I have been interested in computers and the World Wide Web, as well as learning how to use them since I was a child. Later as a teenager, I learned about the existence of blogs, and began blogging as a hobby, which led me to learn HTML and CSS to customise blog themes and widgets. I was already fascinated by web design, however I did not know how to break into the web design field, so I used my interest in design to pursue an education and later career in graphic design.

Fast forward to 2022, discovering the resurgence of creating personal websites inspired me to relearn HTML and CSS. This time, I also dabbled in JavaScript. Eventually, my interest in web design and development grew enough to make me consider pursuing web development as a profession, thus I started taking online coding courses, starting with freeCodeCamp and Scrimba.

After nearly two years of teaching myself to code without a computer science degree, I got my first developer job in August 2024, by handling WordPress development, UX design and graphic design for a local traditional Chinese medicine healthcare company.

If you are looking for my professional history, you can check out my résumé.

This is my developer website serving as both a portfolio and a blog. While this site is presented to be suitable for professional purposes, I also intent to give it personal touches through my design and writing.

Technical information about this website can be found on its colophon page.

In addition to coding and programming, I enjoy gaming, reading, drawing and crocheting.

You can learn about what I doing to at the moment from my now page.

Information for how to get in touch with me can be found on this website's contact page.

I accept tips, so if you would like to suuport my work, you can buy me a coffee.