Hazel Buddy’s is a candle shop in Middletown, NY that runs candle-making events for large groups. It’s a unique experience. I was excited to build my first add-on for creating events, making reservations, and taking payments online. It was a simple one-page website, but it pushed my knowledge of Statamic.

Jewish Family Service of Orange County, NY (JFS). Their previous website was 12 years old and lacked the ability to be updated easily. They were using a WordPress website, which inundated them with too many options. For the layperson, it was too much to handle, which left them unable to update the website on their own. Counter-intuitive to the idea of a Content Management System (CMS).

Larimar was a simple two-page website; however, both the design phase and security took some time to work through. A bot kept trying to submit the form. Overall, it was a fun and interesting project, both technically and design-wise.

This wasn't just an opportunity to advertise my website services, but to speak to a community. I first built the website using Laravel, only later adding Statamic as a secondary option. I also took this opportunity to work with HTMX. In many ways, this is my playground.