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Welcome to my website!
About Me
My name is Valery. I am a self-taught Russian Full-Stack web developer with experience.
- About Me
topic includes:
Programming
Statistics of the programming languages I’ve used based on GitHub:
Personality
I am not a good person, but life has been kind to me. Many say I seem melancholic, but that's just an expression of my inner peace. I don't need excessive social interaction. I'm not a sociophobe, and in familiar circles, I feel like a 100% extrovert. I don’t have many friends, but I have enough. I'm not a creative person, but I enjoy the process of creating something new and unique.
How I Became a Web Developer
Around 2019 (I was about 12 years old), I spent a lot of time on Discord and one day decided to create my own bot. Among all the tutorials I found, I particularly liked a series of videos by Kotya (later, I became an active member of his Discord server, where kind people helped and supported me — I’m very grateful for that; it was a wonderful time).
I tried many different ways to create bots, but the only approach I truly enjoyed was "independent" programming. Bot constructors and ready-made solutions with template engines didn’t offer the freedom I needed to bring my ideas to life. At first, I barely wrote any code — there was always something else to do, or I was trying out other methods. Once, my dad asked me what programming language I was using, and I couldn’t even answer. But I liked the idea that by simply changing a few letters and numbers, I was gradually building my own bot.
When Discord.js (a library for working with the Discord API) became outdated and required migration to a newer version, I was smart enough to explain what I was programming with but didn’t have enough knowledge to fully update my bot. So, I decided to take a free Stepik course on the basics of JavaScript. Through lessons and experiments, I learned canvas drawing, music streaming, and much more about JavaScript and Node.js. But my learning didn’t stop there.
In mid-2020, I became interested in creating web pages using HTML and CSS. This new area was intimidating to me. My first step was downloading the CSSUsed extension and copying the code of a website I liked. Thanks to my experience with JavaScript, I started understanding some elements and gradually, through experimentation, learned how to create gradient buttons, small interactive user cards with avatars and descriptions, etc. It’s funny to remember how I tried to send my friends a link to my local server http://localhost:3000.
Later, I recreated that very website from scratch, modifying it slightly to fit my style. Overall, it was fun.
Later, a friend showed me websites with creative designs that featured the most modern UI and UX elements: programmable animated cursors, dynamic shaders, stylized text — it was a revelation to me. I had never seen anything like it before, and even the website I previously admired couldn’t compare to them.
Music
I listen to a bit of everything, mostly EDM - Drum'n'bass, Progressive House, Hyper Pop and related genres. To be honest, there's no point in going into detail; most people wouldn't care anyway. Besides, my musical preferences change so often that keeping list of it up-to-date here feels a bit reasonless.
But I can talk a bit about my own music.
Started producing way before my second music degree. After a few years, I began uploading my creations to my own full-stack project, a website called ZippMusic. It had a feature to listen to the music directly on the site. I closed it down forever.
By the summer of 2025, encouraged by friends and, lowkey, a strong desire to gain new experiences, I started releasing music through distributors. It's been an incredibly exciting new chapter. I made a special page to host all the links to my tracks and music videos.
About zw_space
zw space - my personal website.
- About zw_space
topic includes:
Patch Notes
I'd like to thank everyone who visited my projects and sent feedback. It was amazing. Just the fact that someone sees what I'm doing is already an achievement for me.
Talking about messages - I received and read every single one. I'm bringing this magic form back, but this time, it will be for casual interaction.
^ I do not store or distribute any data. Please, do not send me any personal information (even if you want a response).
All changelog
Dec 6, 2025 (v1.0.6)
- Updated music releases section (/music)
- Optimized network by implementing LazyLoad for article section
- Resolved hover interaction bug in Shots section
- Optimized AnimationFrame performance with unified RAF handler
Nov 4, 2025 (v1.0.5)
- Added OK links (/music)
- Optimized snow and added fps setting
- Improved support on older browsers
- Fixed contact throttle bug
- Restructured utils
Oct 28, 2025 (v1.0.4)
- Updated articles section
- Changed links (/music)
- Implemented customizable details marker selector
- Added manual reload functionality
- Restructured codebase for better maintainability
- Expanded Weather widget controls
- Optimized network payload size
Aug 22, 2025
- Updated music releases section (/music)
- Fixed unwanted page reload during touch scrolling
- Added redirect from #music hash to /music page
- Fixed StaticTextAnimation double initialization bug
- Improved accessibility (/music)
- SEO Fixes (/music)
- Adaptive layout for album popup (/music)
- Updated article: expanded music-related content
Aug 16, 2025 (v1.0.3)
- Launched new /music page
- Added adjustable font size in settings
- Added LocalStorage clear button
- Added project credits section
- Enhanced GH stats banner visibility
Jun 1, 2025 (v1.0.2)
- Added
og:imagefor link previews - Added debug mode toggle
- Improved app/entry structure
- Enhanced GitHub stats SVG with pagination, error handling, and extra metrics
- Added contact form
- Better accessibility for links & buttons
- Responsive layout improvements
- JS layout breakpoints logic: DataFetch now takes into account layout
- Weather section upgrades: loading animation + next-day forecast
- Version checker for data compatibility
- Other fixes and improvements
Mar 29, 2025 (v1.0.1)
- Finished startup animation
- Improved caching system
- Added fallbacks to all APIs
- Added settings
- Implemented a light theme
- Other fixes, including UX improvements
Jan 8, 2025
- Removed website multilingual support in favor of lightness
- Switched to Webpack build, updated dependencies
- Bundled whole website in a single file (except font and favicon)
Dec 10, 2024
- The site lost its 404 thematic
- ASCII animations were removed
Dec 1, 2024
- Optimized background snow and other animations
- Other fixes
Nov 29, 2024
- Experimented with redirects
- Other fixes
Nov 25, 2024
- Created and first tested the 404 website concept
- Added a GLSL shader with a CRT screen effect for the avatar
- Other fixes
Nov 21, 2024 (v.1.0.0)
- First website release
Credits
Assets
- 3x6 unnamed font
(MusicPlayerScreen)- qio_h1n1 (Discord) - Spleen 16x32
(Primary font)- Frederic Cambus - Weather pixel icons - zippw
- Social & music app icons - https://simpleicons.org/
Inspiration
- Site idea - https://www.windows93.net/
- VS Code theme (colors I used) - https://github.com/Sequoia-Theme/vs-code
BackEnd
Dependencies (used in production)
Dev dependencies (assembly tools)
- @babel/core@^7.26.0, @babel/preset-env@^7.26.0, @babel/preset-typescript@^7.26.0, @effortlessmotion/html-webpack-inline-source-plugin@^1.0.3, @types/draggabilly@^3.0.0, babel-loader@^9.2.1, copy-webpack-plugin@^13.0.0, css-loader@^7.1.2, highlight.js@^11.11.1, html-bundler-webpack-plugin@^4.16.0, html-meta-tags@^1.1.0, html-webpack-plugin@^5.6.3, markdown-it@^14.1.0, marked@^15.0.6, marked-custom-heading-id@^2.0.11, marked-highlight@^2.2.1, pug@^3.0.3, pug-plugin@^6.0.0, raw-loader@^4.0.2, sass@^1.83.1, sass-loader@^16.0.4, sharp@^0.34.3, terser-webpack-plugin@^5.3.11, webpack@^5.97.1, webpack-bundle-analyzer@^4.10.2, webpack-cli@^6.0.1, webpack-dev-server@^5.2.0