Hi, I'm Mike

Front-End Developer out of Northern Utah.

About Me

Always up for a challenge, I have been working as a web developer almost 7 years now. Currently, I'm a software engineer at Clearlink. My team is currently building a custom CMS that will increase production in creating new websites and pages for all our brands. The project we are working on uses React, GatsbyJS, Next-JS, Emotion, GraphQL, Cloudinary, and Contentful. Utilizing modern practices and technologies like yarn workspaces, webpack bundling, cypress (for testing), and storybook. We were able to significantly increase our site's speeds and performance and overall process in getting a site created and deployed.

Blog

I think that a great way to learn is to try and explain the how and why when it comes to how certain things were built and the decisions behind them. I wanna try and explain the decisions and thoughts I have while creating / coding something. I find myself in tutorial hell a lot and think this could help me solidify that information by explaining on it further. I am not the best developer out there, but I want to always try and improve my skills and get better.

How to make animated sprites using CSS

I'm a big fan old indie games and specifically game with great pixel art. Let's try and recreate Madeline from one of my favorite games Celeste.

How I made my code answers hidden.

Let's look at how I created the blurred effect on the code box's that are used in my other posts.

Stitches + Next-JS

A theme builder for using Stitches with Next-JS Visit Site

React + Chart.js

Wanted to give Chart.js a try and decided to build a cool demo. Visit Site

Mikes Meme Generator

While learning Gatsby, I thought it would be cool to test my knowledge with promises and api calls to make a Meme Generator.Visit Site

Tic Tac Toe

Using JavaScript / CSS, I made a Tic-Tac-Toe game.Visit Site

Jim Harvey

In 2016, I built this website using Gatsby + Netlify and learning a lot more about seo and analytics. It was one of the first Gatsby projects I did.Visit Site

My soundcloud music

I've always loved singing and making music, here's a couple songs I've released.Visit Site

Carousel

Early in my career I was asked to white board a carousel during a job interview and totally bombed it. After knowing I failed I spent the weekend making one to prove to myself I could.Visit Site

For the future

When learning gatsby, my team was individually tasked to build this amazing site to test our ability. Even though the test ended up being a waste of time. I think the site turned out cool.Visit Site

Establish Design

A site we helped create for a client to show off architectural and interior designs. Visit Site

Catan Board Generator

I love catan and thought this would be easier to set up a board every time we decided to play a game. Visit Site

.csv Uploader

Using Nuxt / Vue / Tailwind, This lets you upload only CSV files and are displayed and stored locally.Visit Site