Designing
Creating
Building
Developing
Deploying
Delivering
A bar conversation about the importance of having a plan when doing things like signing up for a half marathon.
This is a website I regularly contribute to, showcasing one of my favorite hobbies outside of web development! It is a site dedicated to sharing some of my favorite 4x4 and off-road related work. Check it out at the link below, or you can also follow @closeenoughfabrication on Instagram for more frequent updates on what’s happening in the shop.
Pickled Pirates Racing is a custom website built to support a racing team better known as some of my best friends. The site aims to deliver a clean public presence, simple content updates, and reliable performance. The project focused on practical delivery: clear information architecture, mobile-friendly pages, and a lightweight stack that is easy to maintain over time. The site was designed to highlight, race activity, community updates, and a full product catalog without overengineering the content workflow. From a build perspective, the work emphasized predictable behavior, fast load times, and straightforward deployment so updates can ship quickly without introducing fragility.
This is one of the first JavaScript projects I created while following a freeCodeCamp tutorial—though I decided to put my own spin on it! The original plan was to build a Whack-A-Mole game, but I ended up taking it in a different direction. It was a fun way to get creative while applying the core concepts I was learning, and it gave me the opportunity to experiment with JavaScript in a way that felt unique and personal.
Ryders World is a dynamic Rails application, tailored toward event management and sharing.
Updates to RydersWorld including hosting, deployment, and DNS configuration.
I replicated a full-day refactor in 15 minutes, immediately broke production with a single letter, then fixed and redeployed with a history rewrite that would make Terry Davis roll over in his grave. I know what I am doing guys.
Secure, signed AWS image resizing via Serverless Image Handler for faster thumbnails.
A simple behavior system: clear rules, daily report cards, and rewards tied to points.
A walkthrough of the Pickled Pirates Racing app: landing page, featured product, videos and playlist, Swap Meet, account section, admin tools, docs, and feedback.
A quick walkthrough of RydersWorld: Tasks for daily execution, Events for planning and search, Gallery for photos, Feedback for ideas/bugs, Docs for help, and the behavior system (Rules, Report Cards, Rewards, points bank, and emojis).
Episode 1 from Estranged Drags 2025. Rolling in, setting up camp, cracking the first beer, and hitting the strip for the first run of the weekend. Plenty of laughs, burnouts, and a shameless Pit Viper plug to kick things off.