Hi, Wes here! 👋
I've been a self-taught programmer since the 90s, a professional since 2006, and a consultant/freelancer since 2009. Ruby has been my main language for 16+ years, and I still love it. I've done some Elixir projects as well. Like every web developer I speak Javascript, Typescript, HTML, CSS, etc. As a fullstack developer who strongly focused on the backend, it's my preference to stay away from them when possible. 🙃
Most of my code is hidden away in (clients') private repositories, but when possible I make open source contributions.
I'm available as consultant via my website and offer Ruby on Rails maintenance services via RoRMaaS.
Things I'm interested in (as a person, so a mix of personal and professional):
- Software quality, testing, maintenance/maintainability, stability, documentation
- Gaming, Artificial Intelligence, simulations, system dynamics
- Entrepreneurship, ethical business principles, work/life balance, sustainability, pragmatic ethics
You can reach me by email or in context in other places.
Recent contributions I've made:
- Barcodevalidation Ruby gem to handle barcode parsing and validation:
My own active projects:
- Groupie Ruby gem to handle Bayesian classification of text: