Who I Am

Hi, I'm Dan. I like to make stuff. Mostly full-stack JavaScript web apps using up-to-date tech and a focus on user experience and accessibility. Also soups.


In previous endeavors I've been a financial advisor, a Realtor, a real estate investor, a youth soccer coach, a legislative staffer, a candidate for public office, a scuba diver, a bass player in a very amateur Metallica cover band, a farmer, and a baby.

What I've Made Professionally

PLCTexas.com

plc texas desktop version

A new website for an existing government relations firm in Austin, TX. It was built with Gatsby, React, and Sass with a focus on performance and accessibility. The development was made easier with the use of both ESLint and Stylelint. This was also the first project where I was able to dive into React Hooks with some good use cases. The production build is handled with Netlify.

Reelect Carlos Lopez

reelect carlos lopez desktop version

This project was a new website for a local constable's reelection campaign. It was built with Gatsby, React, and Sass. Its focus was a clean, easy to read site. Developement utilized both ESLint and Stylelint for readable code, and production is run through Netlify for a super easy experience.

What I've Made for Fun

Texas Legislature Countdown Clock

legislature countdown clock desktop version

I made this for practical, self-serving purposes as a legislative staffer at the Texas Capitol. A JavaScript-heavy site that provides for a real-time countdown clock for both the beginning and end of Texas legislative sessions, helped by the date-fns library. It also includes a custom calendar showing all legislative dates and related holidays (with a few extra things thrown in). The design uses Sass and some heavy doses of Flexbox and CSS Grid. It's all put together with a homemade Gulp framework.

Buda Fooda

Buda Fooda project desktop version

I hated having all my family and favorite recipes stores as PDFs uploaded to my Google Drive. I always had to manually zoom in when looking them up on my phone. This front end project, built with React and Sass on a custom Webpack framework, allows me to have easy access to my recipes wherever I am. Uses React Router to navigate and includes functionality to search recipes by filtering for courses.

What I've Also Made

investment calculator project

Property Calculators

Project Link GitHub
gulp framework project

Gulp Framework

GitHub
webpack framework project

Webpack Framework

GitHub

What I Use