This is a submission for the New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge Presented by Google AI
About Me
Hi, I'm Depa Panjie Purnama, a Software Quality Assurance Engineer with over 7 years of experience. I usually spend my days breaking code, but for this challenge, I wanted to build something that breaks the rules.
Portfolio
How I Built It
The Concept
Instead of a screaming "LOOK AT ME!" portfolio, I took a risk: What if the user had to work to see my work? I built a tactile, "hidden" website where you use a virtual torch to discover content, turning a resume reading into a mini-adventure.
Pair Programming with Antigravity & Gemini 3 Pro
I built this with Google Antigravity using Gemini 3 Pro model, which acted as my math tutor and DevOps engineer:
- Physics: Solved complex fluid drag and Perlin noise math for the fire trails.
- UI: Perfected the "glassmorphism" CSS that only reveals itself under light.
- Cloud: Automated the Docker setup and Cloud Run deployment configuration.
The Tech Stack (Zero Dependencies)
I refused to use Three.js, React, or heavy libraries. I wanted raw performance:
- Core: Vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
- Rendering: Custom Canvas 2D engine.
- Physics: A particle system simulating heat turbulence and fluid drag.
- Infrastructure: Dockerized Nginx on Google Cloud Run.
What I'm Most Proud Of
- The "Alive" Fire: The flame isn't a looped GIF. It's a procedural simulation running at 60fps. Try shaking your mouse fast, the flame lags and trails just like real fire!
- The Anti-Frustration Features: We realized early on that a black screen is bad UX. So, we implemented an "Auto-Start" feature where the torch automatically illuminates my profile picture on load, instantly showing the user how the site works without a single line of instructional text.
- Performance: Because I used vanilla JS, the site scores are almost 100 on Lighthouse Performance. No bloat, just code.
Top comments (2)
Nice idea with the torch, I really like it.👍
thanks man @gramli
really wanted to make the portfolio feel a bit different 😁