Welcome — you've found my corner of the internet.
Caleb Thede
I'm a developer and designer with a deep interest in psychology and the way technology shapes human experience. This site is my personal hub — part portfolio, part library, part sketchpad. It's always growing, and it's genuinely mine.
What lives here
This isn't just a portfolio — it's a living space. Each section is something I actively tend to.
Code · Design · QA
I build full-stack applications, design interfaces in Figma before touching code, and bring a QA engineer's eye for edge cases to everything I make. My capstone was a complete management system built from real operational pain points. This is where that work lives.
Explore Projects →Psychology · Mythology · Writing
Where I write. A book on mythology and psychology, standalone essays, and ideas that needed more than a note app. Everything here is in progress — that's the point.
Browse the Library →Ideas · Concepts · Experiments
Half-formed ideas, design concepts, and things I'm thinking through out loud. Some of this becomes real projects. Some stays an idea. All of it is worth writing down.
Step Inside →// A note from me
I believe the best technology is built by people who understand humans first — how we think, what we fear, what we hope for. That's why I study psychology alongside code. Not as a curiosity, but as a foundation. This site exists because I needed a place that reflected all of that — not just a resumé, but a real space.
— Caleb Thede, Developer · Designer · Perpetual Learner
Open to work — developer and design roles, collaborations, and anything worth building together.
01 — About Me
Two passions, one direction — building software that understands people, and understanding people well enough to build better software.
I started college studying Psychology — not because it seemed practical, but because I genuinely love understanding how the brain works and why people do the things they do. I earned my Associate of Science, then followed a second pull into Computer Science. The two never felt like separate paths.
My passion for coding is real — I build in Python, Java, C++, and Kotlin, I design in Figma before I write a single line, and I care about every layer of what I make. But psychology isn't something I left behind. It's the lens I bring to every project.
I'm planning to go back for my Master's in Psychology — not to leave tech, but to go deeper into the human side of it. Cognition, behavior, mental health. I want to understand these things well enough to build tools that truly help people.
My college capstone was a full-stack management app designed from real experience as a manager at Ziggi's Coffee. I also bring QA Engineering experience, which means I think about reliability and edge cases in a way most developers don't.
Where I'm Headed
Going back for my M.S. — not to leave tech, but to understand people at a deeper level. Cognition, behavior, mental health. That knowledge makes everything I build better.
Video games are one of the most underused tools in mental health. The right game — designed with real psychological intent — can reduce anxiety, build resilience, and create genuine connection.
There are apps for booking therapy. What I want to build goes further — tools grounded in real psychology that actively support mental wellbeing at every step.
02 — Skills
// Languages & Development
// Design & Human Thinking
03 — Projects
Real problems, real solutions.
Capstone Project
Featured · Full-Stack App
My college capstone — a full-stack management app designed from real pain points I experienced as a manager at Ziggi's Coffee. A unified platform for team messaging, shift scheduling, and smart inventory ordering.
View on GitHub ↗Team Messaging
Internal messaging for staff and manager communication.
Shift Scheduler
Build and publish schedules with full team visibility.
Smart Order Lists
Enter current stock and pars — app calculates what to order.
Manager Actions
Role-based access separating manager tools from staff views.
More Work
// QA Tooling
Generates synthetic flat file data for seeding test environments and validating data pipelines.
// College · Development
Replace with one of your college projects — describe the problem, what you built, and the outcome.
// College · Development
Another college project — a systems project, backend service, or algorithm showcase.
// Figma Design
Add a Figma project here — app concept, UI exploration, or redesign.
Library
A growing collection of books in progress, standalone articles, and thoughts worth preserving.
The Lab
Design concepts, project seeds, research notes — a place to capture what's brewing.
Contact
Open to developer roles, design opportunities, and anything interesting in between.