Iryna Matsiuk
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Hi, nice to see you here! First, I’d like to briefly introduce myself. My name is Iryna, and for the past 1.5 years, I’ve been really into web development.
Of course, that’s not my only interest. I also enjoy birds, simple food, barefoot shoes, and hiking. One of my proudest personal achievements is a 200 km coastal hike along the Costa Brava in Spain. I loved it so much that I actually did it twice!
I’ve been living in the Netherlands for almost 10 years now. After about four years, I successfully completed the integration certification — even though I wasn’t required to. I did it because I felt it was important. For the past three years, I’ve been living in Limburg, enjoying the beautiful hilly landscape.
I used to think that developers were from another planet — like acrobats at Cirque du Soleil, doing impossible things I could never imagine myself doing.
That changed when I saw an advertisement for an online course called 'Introduction to Web Development' by a UK-based project, Code First Girls (CFG). At that point, I had already successfully completed their 'Introduction to Data & SQL' course, so I decided to give this new one a try.
The Web Development course mainly covered HTML and CSS. It wasn’t too difficult, which gave me the confidence to explore further. So, I joined CFG’s 'Introduction to JavaScript' course. That’s where the easy part ended. I quickly realized that I needed something more in-depth than a basic introductory course — something that went beyond just scratching the surface.
After doing some research, I found that The Odin Project was exactly
what I was looking for: self-paced, project-based, and with a
well-structured, comprehensive curriculum. I won’t lie — the journey has
been full of challenges and frustration, and it still is! But here I am,
having grown from knowing absolutely nothing about web development to
someone who’s built some pretty cool projects (like this one ;-).
You can find more information about the courses I’ve taken
here.
The most effective learning happens through building projects, which is
why projects are strategically placed throughout the curriculum of The
Odin Project — the main contributor to my portfolio.
You can find all my projects from various courses
here, or take a look at a
few highlighted below:
Homepage - a responsive app with three
breakpoints: mobile, tablet, and desktop. Built using pure CSS, without
any frameworks.
Live
Github
Shopping Cart - a single-page
application built with React Router. The user can navigate between Home,
Shop, and Cart tabs, and can add or remove items from the cart. Styling
is done using CSS Modules.
Live
Github
Members Only App: 'Friends' - a
full-stack web application built with Express, PostgreSQL, EJS, and SASS
for styling and responsiveness. For more details about this project,
please check the README file on GitHub.
This is my most recent project, currently I’m only halfway through the
NodeJS section of the course — so there’s still a lot to learn,
including Prisma ORM, APIs, and more.
The app is deployed on Render.com and may take 30–60 seconds to load.
Thanks for your patience!
Live
Github
Most of my projects are focused on building experience in specific areas. For example, if a project is centered around learning JavaScript, it might not have advanced styling. And vice versa — projects with detailed CSS work may not include much JavaScript interaction.
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