Since I discovered you could edit WordPress themes I've been tinkering in the digital world. This was back in 2009 and well fast forward to now I've been designing and developing websites full-time for close to 6 years. Here's my personal website.

A few years back I received a calling (I'm a Christian) to make something only I knew how to make. This would become Harvous, my version of a Bible notes app without a Bible reader. Then came a random text from one of my best friends with an idea to make a better church finder. So in a night I spun something up. Big dopamine hit—especially for one who has that ADHD superpower. This became Here's My Church and improves through crowd-sourcing/community contributions. And then most recently I had the idea to make my first Mac app. You see, the app I used for my image compression for some reason wasn't working. This app is one I use almost week for my full-time work making websites. Again, in a night I'd have a new compression tool that I called Dinky.

Harvous, Here's My Church, and Dinky are all open-sourced with various specific licenses.

Again, I just like to make new things that are more useful than anything that already exists. If you'd like to sponsor me I'd be very grateful. Gotta support the coffee fund, AI subscriptions (team Cursor and Claude), or maybe even treat myself to a weekend getaway to avoid burnout haha. Either way, thank you so much in advance if you decide to sponsor!

-Derek

P.S. when I'm not online making things I spend time watching F1, building with Legos, or playing Cities:Skylines all in my little zoo consisting of my wife, 2 dogs, and 2 cats.