David B Hayes

email@davidbhayes.com

@davidbhayes — Developer, Entrepeneur, Writer — Crown Point, IN

Summary

I’m a lucky man who does a lot of stuff. Quick hits:

• Professionally, I’m mostly a “backend” PHP/web-developer. I largely work on Writers.com (of which I am part-owner), but I’m also open to both contract and full-time work.
• I sometimes write about PHP and software development at Thoughtful Code.
• From time to time I write (with my wife Megan) about my favorite things about coffee at Low-Key Coffee Snobs.
• I’m also a father to one charming little boy and two cats.

You Can Find Me on Social Networks

• GitHub, where I work open-source software
• BoardGameGeek, where I do game things
• Letterboxd, where I rate movies
• Reddit, where I vote or comment
• LinkedIn, where I maintain a professional profile
• Mastodon, where I favorite & toot
• WordPress.org, where I have some (old) plugins
• Instagram, where I like photos & reels (and used to post photos of flowers)

Projects Not Yet Mentioned

• I used to be a frequent speaker on PHP, WordPress, and other technology topics. Slides, etc.
• A few years back, I made a class for Skillshare about WordPress Security. Check it out!
• I’ve got a love for potent little phrases. Quotes, they’re often called. I keep a large catalog of them at Quodid. (The name comes from how the word “quoted” sounds when I and many other Americans I know say it.)
• I used to run (2013-2022) a site of free high-quality tutorials for people learning to do WordPress development called WPShout. (New owners have recently revamped it)
• Require Featured Image — A WordPress plugin I wrote, does what it says on the tin without a lot of complication.
• A bit on an inveterate packrat, I keep a few pages online from an old meditation tracking service called Medivate I built in 2012-2014.

Some Random Facts about Me

• The book The Little Prince & the movies About Time and The Princess Bride are some of my favorites, and I think the trio tells you a lot about me.
• Our two cats are named Tuna and Luna.
• I think that “marshmallow” is quite possibly the best word in the entire English language. (Though I’m only a medium-fan of eating them. I always remember the British narrator of one of the James Herriot audiobooks from my childhood saying it with great vigor.)
• A chronic spiritual seeker, these days I make my home in a Unitarian Universalist church.
• Some assorted hobbies not yet covered: walking, YouTube, cycling, podcasts, hiking, PBS, mountain biking, crosswords, deep inquiry groups (aka book clubs, sanghas, men’s groups, etc), and board games.
• Some favorite board games: Castles of Burgundy, 6 nimmt (aka Take 5), Paperback, Viticulture, and my favorite rarely played “epic” game: Twilight Struggle.
• Same favorite podcasts: This American Life, Accidental Tech Podcast, Jordan, Jesse, Go!, This Day in Esoteric Political History, On Being, Tech Won’t Save Us, & the memory palace.