Story City, Iowa

About Me

I’m a web developer with more than 20 years of experience building websites, applications, and digital tools.

I care about work that is clear, useful, accessible, and built to hold up outside of a perfect demo.

How I got here

It started with music

My path into web development was not especially direct.

Before web development became my career, music was the thing I spent most of my time pursuing. I started playing drums in bands in the late 1980s and spent years performing in both original and cover bands.

It never became the way I paid the bills, but it gave me a lot of great experiences. It also taught me how to listen, collaborate, adapt, and keep working at something until all the pieces come together.

Those lessons have carried over into the way I approach development.

More than two decades on the web

Building things people depend on

I enjoy the point where design, front-end development, accessibility, and real business needs meet.

Over the years, I’ve worked on newspaper websites, client projects, high-volume subscription pages, internal tools, and full-stack applications.

A lot of my professional work has involved improving existing systems rather than starting from scratch. That means understanding the business rules already in place, finding practical ways to modernize the experience, and making changes without breaking what people depend on.

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Experience: 20+ years
Core focus: Front-end development
Recent Stack: Angular and FastAPI
Approach: Practical modernization

What I care about

Useful work, done carefully

I like interfaces that are easy to understand and code that another developer can follow.

Accessible by default

Semantic structure, keyboard access, clear feedback, usable forms, and interfaces that do not leave people guessing.

Responsive and dependable

Layouts and interactions should work across devices and remain reliable when the content or conditions are less than ideal.

Readable code

I value clear structure, sensible naming, reusable patterns, and code that another developer can understand later.

The whole system

I like understanding how the interface connects to APIs, authentication, databases, testing, and deployment.

Away from the keyboard

Still making and learning

I like projects that reward patience, repetition, and attention to detail.

A newer interest

Knife sharpening

More recently, I’ve been learning about knife sharpening and the precision behind restoring a good edge. I like work that rewards patience, attention to detail, and steady improvement.

A change of pace

Music and long walks

Music is still part of my life, even if I no longer spend every waking hour behind a drum kit. Long walks are another good way to step away from a screen, clear my head, and work through a problem.

The common thread

Craft, problem-solving, and getting the details right.

Whether I’m working on an interface, learning a new framework, playing drums, or trying to improve an edge, I’m drawn to the same things: craft, problem-solving, and the satisfaction of getting the details right.

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Selected work

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