Late night · My brother's portfolio
saltycap.xyz: an engineer's motion-heavy portfolio
For the people deciding whether to talk to my brother, Christian Morton, a mechanical and electrical engineer. The site has to show the work, not describe it.
The page, read in full
Step inside
This is saltycap.xyz on a phone, top to bottom, as captured on 2026-10-04. It scrolls by itself; tick the box to hold it still. The live version is much more animated than a still capture can show.
Bill of materials
What I built
This is a motion-heavy build for an engineer, so the bill of materials is partly technical. I built it for my brother, and it is the most animated site on this list. Here is what is on the live site, as of 2026-10-04.
Power-on self-test
The opening sequence is a “power-on self-test”, like a device booting.
Procedural PCB
The hero draws a printed circuit board live in the browser, and readouts follow the cursor.
WebGL renderer
The production bundle contains a three.js-style WebGL renderer.
Scroll motion
GSAP with ScrollTrigger and SplitText for the scroll-driven animation and text, and Lenis for smooth scrolling.
Spec sheet
Two degrees (BSME and BSEE, University of Arkansas, May 2026), five engineering internships, and a second-place finish at the ASGC Autonomous Vehicle Challenge, where he was electrical team leader.
Named projects
The ASGC vehicle board (a 5 V, 8 A regulated rail from an 11.1 V battery), a 2.4 GHz patch antenna designed in Ansys HFSS, a four-layer research PCB, and a Keyence laser measurement project.
Side projects
A personal rocket, in progress, with a Level 1 certification goal, and a mechanical rope climber, built.
Experience timeline
From 2016, as a mechanic at a water-ski company working 40 hours a week while carrying 8 to 10 credits a semester, through the 2025 internships.
Skills
Laid out as a bill of materials of 19 line items, the same format as this section.
Who it's for
saltycap.xyz is a single-page engineering portfolio for my brother, Christian Morton. A resume lists what someone did. His site tries to show how he thinks: a boot sequence, a circuit board drawn as you watch, readouts that follow the pointer, and projects with real numbers on them.
I built it for him, and the footer says so. This page carries no contact detail beyond the link to the site itself.
If you want a site with this much motion, see Dispatch pricing for what a site costs. The rest of the sites I have built are on the work page.
The live site
Captured 2026-10-04. The live site is far more animated than a still image can show.