Overview
Monitor Indonesia(opens in a new tab) is an actual, factual, and independent news forum platform published by a company based in Jakarta, Indonesia, called PT Media Elenora Utama (MEU)(opens in a new tab).

Monitor Indonesia(opens in a new tab) aims to provide an independent source of news information, present the latest news accurately and clearly, and deliver an in-depth understanding of relevant issues in Indonesia. Through its independent approach, Monitor Indonesia(opens in a new tab) is committed to presenting factual and up-to-date information, facilitating the public to gain deeper insights into important events affecting society and the nation as a whole.
In this project, I was recruited as a Full Stack Developer and worked remotely to build a news application from scratch using PHP(opens in a new tab) and the Laravel(opens in a new tab) Framework.
I built the website from scratch to production in over 4 months, developing both the Front-end and Back-end dashboard systems that support three user roles: Admin, Editor, and Reporter. The project was a collaborative effort with the Daunnesia Members(opens in a new tab) | Daunnesia Members(opens in a new tab) team, where we actively communicated and resolved development challenges together.
Role
Full Stack Web Developer
Core Stack
Let's take a look at the core stack used in this project:
A popular general-purpose scripting language.
A web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax.
A utility-first CSS framework.
A next generation front-end tool that focuses on speed and performance.
The core stack used in this project includes:
- PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development.
- Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax.
- TailwindCSS is a utility-first CSS framework for quickly building custom designs.
- Vite is a next-generation frontend tooling that focuses on speed and performance.
Contributions
- Created the website from scratch to production in over 4 months.
- Developed both Front-end and Back-end dashboard systems supporting three user roles.
- Implemented Open Graph (OG) metadata, updated SEO, and optimized social media sharing.
- Collaborated actively with the team to build the web-based Monitor Indonesia(opens in a new tab) application and assisted in resolving development challenges.
Development Period
August 2023 - November 2023 (4 months)
Collaborators
This project was a collaborative effort with the following team members: