Feb 27, 2026
My 2016 portfolio was built with React 16 and a custom Webpack configuration, predating the widespread adoption of Create React App conventions. Styling was handled with Emotion for CSS-in-JS with full theme support, augmented by Sass for global structure. Smooth scroll behavior, viewport-aware entry animations via react-inview-monitor, progressive image loading, and lazy loading combined to keep the experience fast and deliberate. Color work leaned on chroma-js and tinycolor2 for programmatic palette generation. react-vis handled any data visualization, and react-transition-group managed route-level transitions through React Router v4.
