Work
Below are some examples of my most recent work. I've used a wide variety of technologies in my 10+ years of programming, but am currently most fond of Ruby and the excellent collection of resources offered by that language. Although I'm not (yet) married to Ruby, my preferred development stack for projects I'm working on now usually consists of:
- Ruby 2.0
- Rails 4
- PostgreSQL+DataMapper or MongoDB+Mongoid
- Ember.js and/or jQuery
- Zurb Foundation
- RSpec or Minitest
- Heroku
- Link
- Source Code
GetAFive
GetAFive is a Chicago-based startup in the online learning space, notably video-based AP test-prep.
| Application | Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, ActiveAdmin, Memcached, Sidekiq |
|---|---|
| Front-end | Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, Amazon Cloudfront, JWPlayer, MathJax |
| Test suite | Rspec, Capybara, Poltergeist, VCR, Timecop, FactoryGirl |
| Third party | Pandastream, Mailchimp, New Relic, DBInsights |
| Server | Heroku, Unicorn |
- Link
- Source Code
Lost Crates
Lost Crates began as a monthly subscription service for fans of stationery products and later offered additional subscriptions to products selected by partners like Design Milk and Joy the Baker.
| Application | Ruby on Rails, MySQL, ActiveAdmin, DelayedJob |
|---|---|
| Front-end | jQuery, jQuery UI |
| Third party | Shopify, Braintree, Mailchimp |
| Server | Ubuntu, Nginx, Phusion Passenger, god |
Richard Galling
This is a portfolio site and basic CRM built for a Milwaukee-based painter. The design was kept as minimal as possible in order to prioritize the artwork.
| Application | Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, ActiveAdmin |
|---|---|
| Front-end | Twitter Bootstrap |
| Server | Heroku, Nginx |
- Link
- Source Code
GetFreshKit
Another monthly subscription service, GetFreshKit specialized in men's grooming products.
| Application | Ruby on Rails, MySQL, ActiveAdmin, DelayedJob |
|---|---|
| Front-end | jQuery, jQuery UI |
| Test suite | Rspec, Capybara, Timecop, FactoryGirl |
| Third party | Braintree, Mailchimp |
| Server | Ubuntu, Nginx, Phusion Passenger |
- Link
- Source Code
doggyloot
doggyloot is the leading deal site for dog products.
| Application | Ruby on Rails, MySQL |
|---|---|
| Front-end | jQuery, jQuery UI |
| Test suite | Rspec, Capybara, Poltergeist, VCR, Timecop, FactoryGirl |
- Link
- Source Code
dmcca.be
You're on this site right now. I'm working on generalizing the repository for my Jekyll setup for easy forking.
| Application | Jekyll |
|---|---|
| Front-end | Zurb Foundation |
| Server | GitHub Pages |