Hi I'm Michael! 👋

I'm a highly accomplished Front End Engineer with a proven track record of building scalable, accessible, and visually stunning web applications primarly using React, TypeScript, CSS, and HTML. With experience contributing to world-class websites serving billions of users globally, I excel at crafting seamless user experiences and driving best practices in accessibility, design systems, and front-end innovation.

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Posts

Nov 20, 2024
October Dev Link roundup
Nov 18, 2024
Enhancing Readability with CSS text-wrap: balance
Nov 7, 2024
HTML: hidden until-found
Nov 2, 2024
Top Five Email Newsletters
Nov 1, 2024
New Website

Skillset

Javascript/React:: Building fast, scalable web applications in React ecosystem.
CSS:: Expericence with CSS in all forms, SASS, CSS in JS, Utility, Tailwind
HTML:: Well-versed in semantic HTML for accessible, structured content.
Accessibility:: Design and develop inclusive products.
Design Systems:: Led DS teams and built design systems from scratch.
Testing:: Jest, React Testing Library, Chrome Dev Tools, A11Y tools.
DivOps:: Webpack, Babel, ESLint, Github, Github Actions, DataDog, Sentry, CI/CD.
Web Apps:: Responsive Web Design, Mobile-First, PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse

About this site

This site is a modified version of AstroCactus. It uses TypeScript, ReactJS for components, TailwindCSS for styling, and Markdown for blog content. The code and syntax highlighting are handled by Expressive Code. The icons use Astro Icon. I'm using the Astro.build framework and hosting on Netlify which auto deploys my website based on git commits. Pagefind static search library integration for search.

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As a Front End Developer its my job and goal to build a website that is usable for the widest possible audience regardless of technology or ability.

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