About AW Development

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  Who I Am

  I'm Aaron, a web developer based in Washington State. I build practical, production-ready software with a focus on long-term maintainability. I work primarily in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and AWS, and I care more about things working correctly than chasing trends.

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  How I Think

  I approach problems like an analyst. I break systems down, remove unnecessary complexity, and ship solutions that are easy to reason about and extend. I prefer native framework features over heavy dependencies and I design systems to survive real-world usage, not just demos.

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  What I've Built

  I've built and maintained multiple Rails applications end-to-end, handling authentication, background jobs, file storage, deployments, and infrastructure. My projects emphasize clean data models, predictable behavior, and code that someone else can pick up without hating me.

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  Why This Exists

  This site is intentionally mine. There are plenty of platforms to showcase work, but I prefer owning the stack and the decisions behind it. If you're looking for someone who can think clearly, execute independently, and improve systems without overengineering them, we should probably talk.