About Me

If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm a software developer (and software coach) named Devin! I enjoy writing backends, dev tools, and libraries. Although I enjoy backend work more, I don't mind writing frontend code either (just don't ask me to make things pretty 😅). I also enjoy learning new languages and the ecosystems that surround them: I believe the strength of a language's ecosystems and developer experience is a major driving force behind the languages I work with.

Speaking of languages, I (mostly) enjoy Typescript for backend projects. I have been exploring Ruby and Rust to find a new backend language. But for some reason I always come back to Typescript. For creating frontends, I'm probably best at React, although I absolutely love using Flutter (the developer experience is top notch 👌). And for those few rare times I want to create simple games or use a graphics renderer, I weirdly enjoy using vanilla HTML with canvas/WebGL: theres something about creating a basic rendering engine that really clicks with me. I have also been known to play around with Godot every now and then too.

I mentioned above that I was a software coach. I have been coaching at Get Coding for a few years now! Get Coding is a company based out of Newfoundland, Canada, that helps people transition into the tech industry. I'm lucky to coach several amazing local people from zero to coding hero! Check it out!

On a more personal level, I enjoy hiking, video games, board games, and reading. Recently I have been pushing myself to cook different recipes, which has mostly been successful! I also have two cats (I promise I'll provide pictures at some point).

And thats basically me. I always thought that naming variables were one of the hardest challenges I can face, but then I realized after trying to write this section three separate times, that naming variables is actually pretty straight forward 😄.