About

Hi. I’m Kyle. Full Stack Web Developer

Working for an agency based in Austin TX, I spend most of my time developing web applications and APIs with WordPress, Laravel and React and managing data with Python and MySQL. I also find myself working with third party APIs and integrations quite often. I work with many different ones, but most notable include AWS, Snowflake, HubSpot and Algolia. If you’re interested in more of the technologies I use, see my developer toolbelt below. When I’m not at a computer (yes… that happens sometimes), I enjoy tending to my vegetable garden, playing the drums, traveling with my family.

My Web Development Experience

I started off building websites for non profits and small local businesses where I lived at the time. WordPress is usually the first choice for websites, but from time to time I’ll code it from scratch or am willing to use a different framework if needed.

I got my start in web application development with Laravel. I still love the framework, but I’ve expanded my experiences to include WordPress, Flask, and Next JS. Web Application development is really where my passion is. I love working with APIs and integrating applications with 3rd party services.

Gathering and analyzing data has also become an area of great interest for me. I often find myself using Python to parse through spreadsheets, analyzing error logs, or moving data between databases. And I continue to explore new ways to gather data from different sources.

Although I wouldn’t consider myself a DevOps engineer, I’ve gained a lot of experience in this area in the last few years. I use Docker for all local development and have deployed containerized applications and Lambda functions to AWS. I’ve also learned a lot about managing servers and writing bash scripts and Makefiles.

My Blog

The focus on of my blog is to share my experiences and points of view as a full stack developer who has been working in the field for several years. Full Stack web development has a lot of challenges with many different solutions. I will cover topics pertaining to the different languages I use, solving problems and debugging, frameworks and tools I use, working with APIs and webhooks, Docker and other DevOps topics, and anything else I feel would be useful for my fellow Full Stack Developers to know! All of the information I share is in the lens of my own experiences.

I’ll also share some of the non-coding things I’ve learned along the way, my opinions, and every now and then maybe something that pertains to people other than developers.

My Projects

I’m currently happy with where I am working but am open to freelance work if it I feel it’s a good fit for me. If you visit my projects page you will see some of the freelance work I have worked on. With each project I will mention details that I feel make it unique from other similar development projects.

In closing

Thanks for stopping by today! Feel free to checkout my blog or my projects page and I hope you find something useful there. If you do, consider subscribing to my newsletter where I’ll let you know whenever my latest article is available. (There’s a sign up form in the page footer below if you’re interested). And from time to time I’ll probably have some other offers or information as well. Happy coding!