Damiande Cruz.
Reading BSc (Hons) Computer Science at the Informatics Institute of Technology, Colombo — University of Westminster’s campus in Sri Lanka. Building things on the internet at the seam of code, design, and curiosity.
I’m Damian — a creative technologist in the making, reading BSc (Hons) Computer Science at the Informatics Institute of Technology in Colombo.
What I build
Small, sharp websites. Personal tools. Generative experiments. Things that sit at the edge of software and design — where the interface is part of the idea.
How I work
Quietly obsessive about details. I learn fastest by shipping. This site is itself a long-running project — I’ll be refining it across the next four years of university and beyond.
Leading people, not just pixels.
Before the code, there was the council room. Years of student leadership and Rotary Interact service taught me how to organise people, run projects, and ship things that matter to a community.
Roles held
Tools of the trade.
- JavaScript
- Python
- Java
- HTML / CSS
- React (learning)
- Git & GitHub
- Figma
- Photoshop
- Type & Layout
- Color Systems
- Motion Basics
- AI / LLMs
- Generative art
- Web 3D
- Audio & music tech
- Hardware
- VS Code
- Vercel
- Notion
- Linear
- GitHub Pages
A small but growing shelf.
Three projects out in the world. Two more in motion. This shelf will keep growing year over year — bookmark it.
This Portfolio
The site you're reading now — built with Next.js, Tailwind, and Framer Motion as a living journal of my work.
Personal Dashboard
A self-updating homepage — RSS aggregation, reading queue, and a dashboard I open every morning.
Ranmal Flora
A small storefront-style site for a local florist — built as a study in layout, color, and warmth.
Project Fieldsoon
Something at the intersection of LLMs and personal knowledge. In sketches.
Coursework Archivesoon
A growing index of university coursework, write-ups, and small lab projects.
How I got here.
- 2026 — Personal project · Next.js & Framer Motion
This portfolio
Designed and built this site as a living journal of my work — something I'll keep refining across the rest of university.
- 2026 — Client project · solo build
Ranmal Flora
Designed and built a small florist site as a study in layout, colour, and warmth.
- 2026 — Side project
Personal Dashboard
A self-updating homepage I open every morning. RSS, reading queue, and quick links.
- 2025 — 2026 — IIT · University of Westminster
Completed first year
Wrapped up the first year of my BSc (Hons) Computer Science, building the fundamentals across programming, systems, and problem-solving.
- Sep 2025 — IIT · University of Westminster
Began BSc (Hons) Computer Science
Started my degree — the formal beginning of turning a self-taught hobby into a craft.
- 2022 — 2024 — St. Joseph's College, Colombo 10
Edexcel A-Levels
Pearson Edexcel IAL in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry — alongside leading the student body as Head Prefect.
- 2024 — Self-taught · web development
First lines of code
Started teaching myself web development — HTML, CSS, then JavaScript — and began collecting small projects on GitHub.
- 2020 — Curiosity
Video games as a hobby
Fell deep into video games — equal parts play and a quiet fascination with how the worlds behind the screen were actually built.
- 2018 — Self-taught · Scratch, Micro:bit & Arduino
Where it began
My very first taste of making things — block-coding in Scratch, then wiring up Micro:bit and Arduino. The spark that started this whole journey.
Want the long form?
Education, coursework, and current pursuits — packaged as a single page.
Let’s talk.
Internships, collaborations, classmates from IIT, or anyone with a good idea — the inbox is open. Pick the channel you like.