- 2026-02-10
Photo albums
Built the frontend for Padlet's photo album feature that allows users to add up to six photos to a single post, displayed as carousels across all board formats.
Launched a feature - 2025-09-30
Emoji reactions
A new reaction type at Padlet that brings in more fun and happiness on boards for millions of users. It's also the new default reaction type for new boards.
Launched a feature - 2025-06-26
Achieving WCAG AA Compliance for Boards
An progress update article by Padlet on new big features like Caption Editing and Screen Recorder to fulfill more accessibility standards, reaching broad WCAG AA compliance.
Launched a feature - 2025-06-22
Screen Recorder major upgrade
Previously Padlet's screen recorder required the installation of a custom browser extension to function. As part of accessibility efforts, Estee has modernized the design of the screen recorder modal and also created new screen recording logic based on WebAPIs so that more users can record their screen, window, or specific tabs with optional audio without having to install any additional software.
Launched a feature - 2025-03-01
HackNight @ GitHub 2025 — 2nd Prize
Built a chatbot integrating Opik & Weaviate to raise awareness about LA Forest Fires, winning 2nd place at GitHub's HackNight event.
Won a hackathon - 2024-11-04
Review of 'MiniQR' that makes it easy to create good-looking QR codes
Featured by Gigazine, an Osaka-based tech news website and one of the top 25 news sites by TIME.com, for MiniQR - a tool that makes creating aesthetically pleasing QR codes simple and accessible.
Featured side project - 2024-07-23
Automate freezing/unfreezing
Built the frontend for Padlet's automation feature that allows users to schedule their padlets to freeze or unfreeze up to a year in advance, helping enforce deadlines and reduce manual management of boards for users.
Launched a feature - 2024-05-06
Major updates to accessibility
Estee contributed major accessibility improvements at Padlet, including adding alternative text support for images, implementing keyboard shortcuts accessibility settings, and improving landmarks for screen reader navigation.
Launched a feature - 2024-03-14
Achieving WCAG A Compliance for Boards
Estee is now designated as the main accessibility engineer of Padlet. In this article, she shares an progress update on the accessibility violations that are fixed, the new accessibility settings that are added for supporting preferences like reduced motion and better keyboard navigation for screen reader users. These work has helped Padlet to achieve broad WCAG A compliance.
Launched a feature Wrote an article - 2023-11-21
Customizable PDF exports
Estee worked on the new handout template design, Export as PDF panel interface, and enhanced the existing pipeline for exporting images to use Playwright for creating accessible PDFs with customizable formats (handouts or slides).
Launched a feature - 2023-08-30
Comprehensive Spreadsheet Exports
Exporting boards as spreadsheets has been the most user-requested feature on Padlet for years. This article contains a Q&A with Estee, the engineer that worked on this feature.
Launched a feature Featured article - 2023-08-03
Polls
Estee worked on the frontend for integrating polls into slideshow view, including creating a custom HTML ERB template with table layout for email client compatibility (replacing the typical flex/grid approach used in the Vue app).
Launched a feature - 2023-08-03
Schedule posts
Estee worked on the frontend for Padlet's scheduled posts feature by creating a new custom datetime picker input element with dark mode support that aligns with Padlet's design system, allowing users to schedule posts up to one year in advance.
Launched a feature - 2023-08-03
Export and embed slideshows
Estee worked on the embed functionality for websites and blogs, making slideshows more portable and versatile across different platforms.
Launched a feature - 2023-05-05
Slideshow Autoplay and Slideshow QR code
Estee added autoplay functionality with configurable time intervals (including an 'Auto' setting based on word count) and QR code display on title slides for easy mobile sharing.
Launched a feature - 2023-05-01
DeepL Translate GitHub Action — Grand Prize Winner
Won the Grand Prize in the Maintainer Must-Haves category at the DEV x GitHub Hackathon 2023 for building a GitHub Action that translates documents using DeepL.
Won a hackathon - 2023-04-14
What it takes to scroll well
An in-depth exploration of interactive, smooth scrolling is achieved on Padlet's newly revamped settings panel. Although it was not discussed in the article above, modernizing the board's settings panel to Padlet's new design system was Estee's first big project in Padlet, which involves creating many new UI components for both web and the native app.
Launched a feature Wrote an article - 2022-05-01
A Quick Guide To Building Good React Native Mobile Apps
Honorable Mention in Epic Hashnode Writeathon 2022. This article shares about project boilerplates, tools and practices for creating react native apps.
Featured article Wrote an article - 2022-02-24
CodeNewbie Community Spotlight
Featured in CodeNewbie's Community Spotlight series, where individuals are interviewed to highlight the things they've accomplished.
Community highlight - 2021-12-27
Hashnode Tuesday Community Spotlight
Featured by Hashnode for technical article contributions to the developer community
Community highlight - 2021-12-03
Developer Insights: Why You Should Conduct User Interviews
Guest article at Stoplight. This article discusses a necessary product perspective that developers should take up before embarking on their side projects.
Featured article Wrote an article - 2021-11-16
Introduction to SVG
A comprehensive introduction guide to understanding and working with SVG. Featured on Hashnode.
Featured article Wrote an article - 2021-10-31
Hacktoberfest Contributor Story
Featured on DigitalOcean's Hacktoberfest page for writing an open source contributor story article.
Community highlight Wrote an article - 2021-05-01
Bachelor of Engineering — Information Systems Technology and Design
Graduated from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) with a degree in Information Systems Technology and Design.
Education milestone - 2020-07-01
Internet of Things (IoT) MicroMasters
Completed the IoT MicroMasters program from Curtin University, covering IoT architecture, edge computing, and connected systems.
Earned a certification - 2020-07-01
Mixed Reality Developer Course — Merit
Completed the Mixed Reality Developer Course with Merit distinction from HelloHolo. Built BuilderBuddy, a mixed reality app teaching gunpla model building via Microsoft HoloLens 2.
Earned a certification - 2020-01-01
Find Dine — GovTech HackWeek 2020
Led frontend development of an Android app using WiFi-RTT for indoor navigation to help the visually impaired find food in hawker centres.
Won a hackathon - 2018-09-01
ASEAN Data Science Explorer — Top 10 Finalist
Reached the top 10 finalists researching infant mortality among ASEAN states using SAP analytics in this regional data science competition.
Won a hackathon - 2018-07-01
mRecycle — First Runner Up
Developed an app mockup incentivizing recycling in Singapore, winning 2nd place at the Tech for Good Hackathon.
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