Projects, prototypes and sometimes writings by a software engineer in Detroit.
I like to experiment (mostly with javascript or single page apps) and create small
tools and prototypes on GitHub.
While many of the demos here use frontend technologies, I prefer working with backend and instructure technology to create
APIs or services with languages such as PHP, Terraform, and Elixir.
Desktop emulator for Cinco Identity Generator 2.5. Based on Celery Man by Adult Swim and Alex Meub.
Simple single page app for filling out surveys for evaluating skill levels for peers or self-evaluations.
Vue JS 2.0
Semantic UI 2.2
View projects and milestones from many repos and GitHub instances on a single screen.
Vue JS 2.2
Semantic UI 2.2
Colorful HTML clock for use as a screensaver. Single-file html/js clock screensaver with no external dependencies to provide a prettier alternative to the built-in clock screensavers.
Monitor the most recent 300 events for a GitHub organization or user.
Vue JS 1.x
Vue JS Resource
Previewing markdown through GitHub’s flavor of markdown.
Vue JS 1.x
Simple pinger app for testing internet connectivity.
By default, google.com is pinged every 5 seconds while the app is enabled. Pinging can be toggled within the app.
Vue JS 2.0
Primer CSS 4.2
The best fireplace yule log ever.
In addition to the small projects mentioned elsewhere, I also maintain many production-stable open source projects. Chief among these is Hal, a deployment plaform used by thousands of projects within the largest US Mortgage lender: Quicken Loans. MCP is an ecosystem of PHP packages used by nearly every public-facing website that QL operates.
PHP package ecosystem developed at Quicken Loans. This mostly consists of high-quality libraries that solve a common need of developers and their web applications.
| Panthor (Web Microframework) | quickenloans/mcp-panthor |
| Common (Datetime, GUID utils) | quickenloans/mcp-common |
| Cache (Caching standard) | quickenloans/mcp-cache |
| Logger (PSR-3 Logger) | quickenloans/mcp-logger |
Hal is a deployment and release platform. It is written in PHP and supports a
fast and simple way to deploy any type of application to any type of environment
including AWS and private datacenters.
It supports AWS, Docker, credential storage, encrypted configuration, access control
and many other features needed by a large organization.
It is also responsive and has a hypermedia API.
| Hal UI | hal-platform/hal |
| Hal Agent (Job Runner) | hal-platform/hal-agent |
| Hal Core (Database entities) | hal-platform/hal-core |
| Hal Design | hal-platform/hal-logo |
Hello. I am a fullstack software and infrastructure developer based in SE Michigan. I mostly focus on backend applications and services, but can work with frontend technologies, databases and infrastructure as well.
In 2006 I joined HFHS. I’ve written CRMs and patient-management systems for
Henry Ford Health System.
Then I joined Quicken Loans in 2012. As an engineering lead I helped them launch the future of
mortgage servicing with MyQL Servicing (Now known as Rocket Mortgage Servicing).
I then began focusing on enterprise-wide solutions in 2014 - building frameworks to establish the foundation for
PHP development within QL as well as setting standards and best practices for all application development. This includes
"finding a way to unit test web applications" for the company and developing a test-driven culture.
From 2017 and beyond, I've focused on optimizing the SDLC for all QL software development. This includes architecting
and building a code deployment platform called Hal and expanding it to
include safe secret management, configuration and feature flags, and infrastructure deployments.
Elixir is neat, I’ve spent a lot of time exploring and learning
about its ecosystem and find the actor model and pattern matching to be incredible language features.
However, more recently I've spent most of my time working on Infrastructure as Code
with tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
Since mid-2018, I've developed workflows to run Terraform safely and consistently within QL. There were zero team using Terraform
and now we have over 250 teams using Infrastructure as Code, facilitated by our deployment platform: Hal.