Interfaces. Interactions. A little intuition.Ghana / Working everywhere

GeraldDonkor

I design the interface.
I write the code.
I care how it feels.

Independent design engineer
& software developer
based in Ghana.

A place for the things I make
and the details I get lost in.

Explore the work

Selected work (5)

From the first sketch
to the last interaction.

Aetherfield

Making sustainability data feel clear, human, and actionable.

SUSTAINABILITY PLATFORM

Studio Antenix

A confident digital presence for a studio with something to say.

CREATIVE AGENCY EXPERIENCE

Jobbiton

A little less job-search chaos. A lot more clarity.

AI-POWERED JOB SEARCH

Pixca Daily

An editorial space for keeping up with a moving world.

NEWS & DISCOVERY

Ether

An expressive home for imagination, images, and AI.

AI & CREATIVE TOOLS

More things I’m building on GitHub

A little
about me.

Gerald Donkor
Design & development

The interesting part is where design meets code.

I’m a design engineer and software developer based in Ghana. I like being close to the whole thing: figuring out an interface, building it, then tuning the small details that make it feel natural.

A useful product can have personality. A beautiful website can work beautifully, too. That’s the space I like working in.

Interface design

Visual direction, prototypes, design systems

Frontend development

React, Next.js, TypeScript

Backend development

Node.js, Python, SQL, APIs & authentication

Motion & interaction

GSAP, creative coding, the details

Résumé

The tools behind the work.

From first frame to final deploy.

Design & motion

Figma
Framer
GSAP
Motion

Frontend

React
Next.js
TypeScript

Backend

Node.js
Express
Python

Data

PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Supabase
Prisma
Redis

AI & integrations

OpenAI
Gemini
AI SDK
Stripe

Cloud & delivery

Vercel
Docker
AWS
Git
GitHub

Experience.

Key responsibilities, achievements,
and notable projects.

2020 — PresentRemote, Ghana

Independent design engineer & full-stack developer

I take products from first sketch to production on my own: the interface and motion, then the APIs, data, authentication, and deploys behind them.

Design product interfaces, design systems, and responsive layouts, then build them in React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
Build the backend: REST and GraphQL APIs, PostgreSQL with Prisma or Drizzle, authentication, payments, and background jobs.
Integrate AI features with Gemini and the AI SDK, keeping outputs grounded and open to human review.
Ship and run what I build on Vercel and Docker, with Sentry and PostHog for errors and analytics.

commits across 38 repositories: 1,600+; Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
products designed, built, and shipped live: 7; Deployed on Vercel
Certified Cloud Practitioner: July 2026

Notable projects

01
AcresRegional-data analytics platform
Multi-tenant analytics for regional and geospatial data, with malware-scanned file ingestion, PostGIS boundary mapping, dashboards, and immutable, versioned reports.
NestJSGraphQLPrismaPostGISBullMQNext.js
Source
02
EviBriefPolicy intelligence & brief generator
Monitors forest-policy signals, matches them to classified evidence, and helps staff draft traceable policy briefs for human review, with intake over WhatsApp and USSD.
Next.jsPrismaInngestGeminiTiptapSentry
Live Source
03
LopsisLearning platform with semantic search
Authors build courses in Sanity. Learners search in plain language and jump straight to the moment in a lesson video where the topic is explained.
Next.jsSanityAI SDKGeminiClerkVimeo
Live Source