about
me
Who's Chukwudi Barrah?
noun [chook-woo-dee]
Professional amateur. Digital tinkerer. Probably not caffeinated enough.
What I do
I make things happen on the internet (lol, it's my website; I'm allowed to say things). Sometimes they're good things, like:
- Creating websites that (hopefully) don't make your eyes bleed (see Melanin Travels Magic and Black Gourd)
- Talking into microphones (almost) professionally (check the Other Expats and blackside UK podcasts)
- Documenting Black excellence and mediocrity on blackside UK and (Other Expats)
- Writing words that people (probably don't) want to read
Receipts? Of course; check out my journal or browse through my greatest hits in the projects section.
Things that make me tick
- Audiobooks (because reading is hard)
- Walking (cheaper than therapy)
- Making lists (you're reading one now)
- Reading (yes, I contradict myself occassionally)
- Photography (definitely not only my lunch)
- Running (from responsibilities, obviously)
My digital toolbox (aka tech stack)
The go-to weapons (it's all about the front-end)
- React (for when vanilla JS just won't cut it)
- NextJS (because nobody likes slow websites)
- Node (server-side shenanigans)
- TailwindCSS (making things pretty, efficiently)
- MongoDB (where I keep all the secrets)
B-team (because sometimes, you need a different hammer)
- WordPress (60% of the web can't be wrong... right?)
- Wix (when clients insist on dragging and dropping)
- Contentful (headless CMS for the win)
- Drupal (for when WordPress isn't complicated enough)
PS: This list grows fast so check back next week for whatever new shiny tool catches my eye.
Want to chat? Send me a message at ndeewo@chukwudibarrah.com or use the fancy contact form below. I promise I read everything. Eventually.