Hello!
My name is Mike and I love solving problems. I've been doing web UI development, UX strategy, and various aspects of web design and development for 28 years. I'm currently employed as a Senior Front-end Developer with IBM Consulting. In the past I've led teams and been an agile facilitator.Mission
My latest projects at work
I recently participated in building a Proof-of-Concept application to bid on a project. This was my first time using data from watsonx.ai and my first time making a front-end for a chatbot/document library. The UI was built using Carbon Design System and React.
Prior to that, I had been working on various projects that build social-care network sites and infrastructure. The common front-end is svelte/sveltekit, svelte superforms, sass/scss, and Carbon Design System components (and plenty of custom-built components/molecules). Data comes from a combination of PostgreSQL, fhir, and IBM's Connect360 Platform.
And, if you're reading this, and you know of an opening on a diverse team of kind people who will be solving important problems, feel free to reach out. While I consider myself an IBMer, I am also always looking to build things that help people.
Recent training
- Lightning Web Components
Learning about Salesforce components and design system.
- GitHub Foundations
Getting into all the different ways to use GitHub besides the repository.
Latest from my blog:
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My adventures with moving to(ward) automated self-hosting.
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How we got to the AI present.
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The Web that was, how we lost our way, and how to fulfill our promise to The Future.
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Why we don't do the things we should do.
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Now that my site platform of choice has stabilized, I turned my attention to design. This draws much inspiration from my local development environment and visual aesthetic.