CK Nakhwal

I build things for the web. Then I figure out how to make them better.

I specialize in web development, creating high-performance digital experiences and the scalable systems behind them.

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About

Engineering
& Digital Experience

I like knowing how things work. The visible interface is only one part of a digital experience. I am just as interested in what happens underneath the surface.

My work spans websites, content platforms, marketing technology, APIs, analytics and automation. The common thread is a curiosity about how data flows, why a system behaves the way it does and how different platforms integrate to solve real problems.

I do not just chase technology because it is new. I investigate problems, understand where a tool fits and focus on technical details, performance and maintainability.

Location Central Canada
Experience 5+ Years
Education B.Sc. Computer Science
Skills

What I Work With

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Web Development

JavaScript TypeScript React Next.js HTML5 CSS/SCSS
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Backend & Data

Node.js SQL REST APIs Tableau
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CMS & Platforms

WordPress HubSpot CMS Drupal
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Systems & Workflow

Git Docker AWS Analytics
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Exploring

Payload CMS PostgreSQL Headless Architecture
Work

Selected Work

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Sports & Entertainment

Scaling High-Traffic Frontend Systems

Built and improved frontend systems and asset pipelines supporting millions of monthly views, while improving rendering performance by 40%.

React Next.js AWS
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Marketing Technology

Automating Marketing Operations

Architected custom workflow pipelines and API integrations that replaced a recurring manual data-entry process and created reliable, synchronized data flows.

HubSpot Node.js REST API
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Higher Education

Building Scalable Institutional Platforms

Contributed to reliable content solutions and accessibility-focused improvements within a large-scale institutional web ecosystem.

SQL Analytics AWS
Philosophy

How I Think About
Building for the Web

Understand the system, not just the interface.

The frontend is just the surface. True reliability comes from understanding the APIs, CMS behaviors and data pipelines that power it.

Build for the real problem.

Technology should serve the outcome. I prefer finding the right tool for the job over forcing a modern stack into a context where it does not fit.

Learn by building.

I understand technology best by working with it. Building, testing and taking things apart helps me understand what a tool actually does, where it fits and where its limitations are.

Measure before optimizing.

Performance is a system problem. Measure the bottleneck first, understand the environment and then optimize what actually matters.

Avoid unnecessary complexity.

Newer technology is not automatically better. Complexity has a cost and older platforms are not automatically bad. Context is everything.

Playground

Experiments

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Markdown Editor

A browser-based Markdown editor I built to explore file APIs, persistence, editor interactions and a more application-like frontend experience.

File API Autosave
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Rent vs Buy

A financial modeling experiment exploring client-side calculations, persistent URL state and interactive data visualization.

Chart.js
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Audio-Reactive Canvas

An experiment in real-time browser graphics, exploring how Web Audio data can drive physics-based Canvas visualizations and generative motion.

Web Audio Physics
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Photography Preview

Beyond the browser

Photography is one of the ways I slow down, observe and create.

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Professional Experience

Career

Higher Education

Web Developer
2026 – Present

Navigating a complex institutional web ecosystem to build and maintain scalable digital platforms. I focus on establishing reliable content architectures, enforcing rigorous accessibility standards and ensuring frontend experiences perform consistently for diverse audiences.

Content Architecture Accessibility Standards Platform Development

Youth Sports & Events

HubSpot CRM / Web Developer
2024 – 2026

Architected automated data flows between external registration systems and HubSpot, utilizing API-based upsert logic to synchronize records. Replaced hours of manual operational work with reliable integrations and built custom frontend marketing assets.

API Synchronization Workflow Automation Marketing Technology

Sports & Entertainment

Web Developer
2021 – 2024

Engineered scalable frontend systems for high-visibility public web applications. Focused on optimizing rendering paths, managing asset compilation and ensuring robust performance during traffic spikes to support millions of interactions.

Performance Optimization Frontend Architecture High-Traffic Environments
Thoughts

Selected Notes

Philosophy • 3 min read

I like knowing how things work

A look at why curiosity about what happens underneath the surface drives my approach to building digital experiences.

Career • 4 min read

From websites to systems

The evolution from asking "How do I build this?" to "How does content move through this system?"

Engineering • 3 min read

Modern does not automatically mean better

Why newer technology is not a silver bullet and the importance of evaluating tools based on the problem.

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Contact

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