Kathryn Grayson Nanz
Developer Advocate, UI Designer, and Front-end Developer
About
In 2013, I graduated with a BFA and took my first job as a Junior Graphic Designer at a small, boutique ad agency. While there, my Creative Director warned me to never let anyone find out I could code, because if I did I'd be stuck doing it forever. I ignored his warning; it turns out he was completely right, but I've never been happier.
I currently work as a developer advocate for a wonderful team where I help people build web applications in React, design and maintain UI component libraries, and desperately attempt to stop back-end devs from writing any more CSS.
Sessions at dev up 2022
Ditch the Media Queries: Modern CSS Replacements for Better Responsive Code
In Ye Olden Days of Webbe Development, device-based breakpoints were the standard…then, best practices shifted to content-based breakpoints. Now, breakpoints are sooo 2010; the era of fluid design ...
Learn Enough Design to be Dangerous
I hear lots of developers say "Oh, I could never be a designer; I just don't have the eye" – and I'm here to tell you that's BS. Design is a skill that can be learned, just like anything else! A de...