The Developer

Picture of self near motorcycle with rocky background

Hello, I'm Dan, a software engineer based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Welcome to my personal space - a slightly overengineered website that I built with Astro. Opting to develop this site myself provided an opportunity to explore a new frontend architecture, enhancing my skills in the process.

With a background in Electrical Engineering, my journey has been marked by a consistent passion for coding. I'm a technology enthusiast driven by curiosity. I find joy in the process of writing code, debugging, and continuously challenging myself to learn and grow. Software development, for me, is the art of transforming ideas into functional products that bring value to end-users.

I specialize in full-stack development encompassing frontend technologies like React and Astro, backend frameworks like Node.js / Express.js and DB management with SQL (DDL, DML) for PostgreSQL. In addition, I have expertise in Python with Flask and SQLAlchemy, coupled with competence in JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, CSS and HTML.

Beyond the world of programming, I embrace the open road on my motorcycle, embarking on journeys across the US with my wife. Whether it's camping in the wild, cooking near the tent, exploring new trails and capturing the beauty of nature through my camera, these adventures are my ideal way of unwinding and finding inspiration. What else? Birdwatching, running, bass guitar, PC gaming.