rena ✨

designer who codes. i'm a fan of cats.

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

last night i bought a domain name and made a logo -- can i call myself a founder now??

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

@aeduhm @paulswail @deybhayden @Jittery @seanomlor @RafaelGoodman @chadjshanks @jkubatko @MichaelWalchalk wait are you me. i am also undergoing an existential crisis and just bought a domain name yesterday 😂. this isn't going to be helpful, but i've always identified you as a creator -- someone who is most fulfilled while making stuff & working on interesting problems.

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

@nachiketkumar this is so beautiful nachi!

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

spent the last few days playing around with react themes / styled components and css animations. #ReactJS #100DaysOfCode

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

@fullstackjsdev thank you Chris!

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

finally built my first data visualization after designing for analytics allll these years (playing around with d3 in #React✨) #100daysofcode

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

best part about side projects is you can build completely overkill features like a blog + jwt auth for writing and commenting just because you wanted to learn how to do it 🤷‍♀️#100daysofcode

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

playing with @MongoDB for the first time and wowwww the ui and ux are really nice ❤️

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

when React gets frustrating, you can always make a CSS cat instead #100DaysOfCode

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

my goal is finding a way to stick alpacas in everything i make #theodinproject #100daysofcode

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

building a to-do app using #javascript and creating the empty & error states makes me so happy as both a ux-er + code tinkerer

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

learning a bit of javascript each day just for the next lesson to tell me that what i just learned was a crappy way of doing it anddd now i need to learn something new entirely 😅

[Kat @katbrad]

Wait maybe I did participate in NFTs

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

@JeremyStuBarnes sooo true! love following along your design & coding journey as well -- it's really inspiring. would love to catch up one of these days to hear about everything you've been up to!

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

have been working my way through The Odin Project and my god it feels so good to just learn & make stuff. tbh, it's been a while since i've felt this way esp since i've been feeling really meh about corporate ux design these days...

[Gene Wu @GeneforTexas]

Hey y'all. Just like after Harvey and COVID19...

The Asian groceries are well stocked even if HEB and others are running low on stuff. Do yourself a favor and try it.

You may not know what everything is, but broccoli, eggs, and beer are basically the same everywhere.

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

a haiku inspired by a confusing yelp review i just read:

great chips and salsa
delicious enchiladas
2 stars won't come back

[Michelle MiJung Kim (she/her) @mjmichellekim]

I need way more non-Asian DEI people and activists to be speaking up about the heinous anti-Asian violence and hate crimes that are happening right now.

Your silence is so hurtful. I’m watching y’all post about anything but. Please say something. Amplify our pain is valid too.

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

everyone should be living like my neighbors who like to do hardcore karaoke in the middle of the day. you do you.

[rena ✨ @renakuai]

@UberEats i placed an order a while ago and it's been hanging in 'matching with a courier' status for the last 20 minutes and the delivery time keeps getting extended. i have no way to cancel the order in app and yall are apparently not offering phone support right now...