Growth - Aurel Putri Widyanti | A Journey of Becoming

2022 · First Lines

Assisting, and absorbing everything

Gethebook was my first real codebase — a book-review platform I helped build as an assistant frontend developer. I wasn't leading anything; I was watching, copying, breaking, asking. Errors used to scare me. By the end of it, red text had become the most honest teacher I'd ever had.

You learn fastest in the seat next to someone better than you.

2023 · Designing for People

Takemeals, and design as empathy

For HACKFEST I designed the UI/UX of Takemeals — an app to cut food waste by linking people to affordable meals. As the Hipster on the team, I learned design isn't decoration. Every screen was a decision about someone's hunger, dignity, and time. That reframed the whole craft for me.

Good design starts with whose problem you're actually solving.

2024 · Shipping & Belonging

From class project to recognized work

This was the loud year. Swift Rides won best project in Mobile Programming. Wesbeng and Attenfence turned ideas into apps people could actually open. And being picked for the GDGoC core team taught me that growth isn't only personal — sometimes you grow a room of people with you.

Finishing things — and lifting others — compounds faster than talent.

2025 · Real Hands, Real Stakes

Internships and clients who counted on me

Suddenly the work had users, deadlines, and invoices. I built TVKU's mobile app as a developer intern, and designed real interfaces for Mekanikace and twentynine.str as a freelancer. No more 'just a class project' safety net — I learned to scope honestly and ship things I'd stand behind.

Confidence isn't a feeling. It's a track record you can point to.

2025 · Beyond the Canvas

Becoming an automation engineer

At PT Gama Agro Sejati I stepped past design and frontend into systems — building an automated payroll and time-off pipeline in n8n, then rewriting AI-agent logic into plain JavaScript to cut cost. The newest skill, the steepest climb, and easily the most exciting frontier I've touched.

Don't guard your title. The best growth is just over its edge.

Now · Still Becoming

A beginner, on purpose

The more I learn, the bigger the unknown gets — and I've made peace with that. Design, code, systems: each door opened three more. I want to stay a little bit of a beginner forever, curious enough to be surprised. This page isn't a finish line. It's a bookmark.

Growth isn't a destination. It's a habit of staying open.

— to be continued

The Long Way Up