Katja Durrani
Editor at Growing the Commons
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolKatja Durrani is a versatile web developer and editor with 13 years of experience building and maintaining web applications across startups, agencies and freelance projects. She works across JavaScript, PHP and Python, with hands-on experience in CMS platforms (WordPress, Concrete5, SilverStripe), React and Django, plus Docker and basic server administration. Her background spans frontend and backend work—from custom PHP frameworks to modern React/Django stacks—bringing practical full-stack fluency to product teams. Based in Bristol, she recently combined technical practice with editorial work at Growing the Commons, reflecting a broader interest in collaborative, mission-driven projects and sustainability. Trained originally in biology, she pairs analytical rigor with a curiosity for practical sustainability and permaculture, which informs her thoughtful approach to building digital tools.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Biology/Biological Sciences General, Master's degree Biology/Biological Sciences General at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenPractical Sustainability + Permaculture Design Certificate Practical Sustainability Course, Practical Sustainability + Permaculture Design Certificate Practical Sustainability Course at Shift Bristol
English, German, Italian
Github Skills (61)
git10
github10
patch9
ruby9
linux9
homebrew9
package-manager8
macos8
svg8
subversion8
diagram8
connectivity8
silverstripe8
shipit8
eloquent7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
CodeHubOrg/CodeHub
Jan 2014 - Jan 2018
Contributions:32 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 4 years
reactcodehub
katjad/bookxchange
Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:136 pushes, 27 branches in 1 year 1 month
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