I am a freelance web developer based in Rochester, New York. I have more than 10 years of experience building web applications with tools such as PHP, Ruby, Java, Perl, jQuery, Oracle, MySQL, and frameworks including CodeIgniter, WordPress, Ruby on Rails, and WebObjects.

Even though I love ORM tools, I’m not afraid of raw SQL (my first database used MySQL 3.23, back when there was no GUI, no transactions, and everything ran with autocommit). I love PHP and Perl but know how to use pointers in C. I understand the value of robust well documented frameworks, but I also know the place for a quick and dirty shell script. I use version control and bind variables. I like the command line. My favorite design pattern is generation gap. Though I am color blind and cannot be trusted to design things from scratch, I’ve taken plenty of Photoshop comps and translated them into CSS and HTML.

I am looking for contract, telecommuting opportunies. Please contact me if you are interested.