Observer. Wanderer. Open-source builder.

I spend a lot of time observing.

People. Software. Strange ideas. Small problems nobody bothers fixing.

Sometimes I wander through codebases. Sometimes through design, tools, experiments, or random questions that keep me awake longer than they should.

When something seems worth building, I build it.

Most of my work belongs in the open.

I like creating free and open-source projects that anyone can use, study, fork, modify, break, repair, or turn into something completely different.

No locked doors.

No unnecessary barriers.

If something I build saves another developer an hour, gives a student somewhere to start, or helps a stranger solve a problem, the project has done its job.

My repositories usually grow from curiosity.

You may find:

• Open-source developer tools
• UI experiments
• Libraries and components
• Small utilities
• Web and app projects
• Strange prototypes
• Ideas that probably started at 2 AM

Some projects will be polished.

Some will be experiments.

Some may sit unfinished until curiosity brings me around again.

That's part of wandering.

I don't think useful code should always end behind a paywall or inside a private repository.

Open source lets an idea travel farther than its original author.

Someone can fork it.

Change it.

Teach with it.

Build something better from it.

That's the part I care about most.

I may write the first line of code, but I don't need to write the last one.

I observe before I build.

I question things before accepting them.

I prefer simple tools over unnecessary machinery.

I leave room for other people to change what I create.

And I try to publish work that gives something useful back.

Software should help people.

Code has little value sitting untouched in a repository. Its value appears when somebody uses it to solve a real problem.

Curiosity is productive.

Not every experiment needs a business plan.

Sometimes a strange idea deserves a repository.

Sharing makes projects better.

A project becomes far more interesting once people I have never met begin changing it.

You don't need permission to build.

See a problem?

Start somewhere.

observe()
wander()
build()
share()
repeat()

Devinjer

Part developer. Part wanderer.

Mostly an observer who likes building things and leaving them open for the next person.

Location: somewhere between an idea and a repository
Mode: observing
Next: unknown

There will always be another problem worth studying.

Another tool worth building.

Another strange idea worth giving away.

Devinjer