David B Hayes

@davidbhayes — Developer, Entrepeneur, Writer — Grand Rapids, MI

Summary

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

• I’m a PHP/web-developer contractor. You can hire me for help with your Laravel/Symfony/etc projects.
• I also write about PHP and software development at Thoughtful Code.
• I occasionally write (with my wife Megan) about my favorite things about coffee at Low-Key Coffee Snobs.
• 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.

You Can Find Me on Social Networks

• GitHub, where I sometimes release open-source software
• Mastodon, where I sometimes toot
• BoardGameGeek, where I do game things
• Letterboxd, where I sometimes write words about movies I rate
• Reddit, where I sometimes vote or comment
• LinkedIn, where I sometime maintain a professional profle
• WordPress.org, where I have some (old) plugins
• Instagram, where I post photos of things I think look nice

Projects Not Yet Mentioned

• I’m a somewhat regular 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!
• MarkdownToHtml.co — My go-to Markdown-converting site disappeared. I hadn’t found an adequate replacement. So I made one. It uses Commonmark.
• Require Featured Image — A WordPress plugin I wrote, does what it says on the tin without a lot of complication.
• I believe that meditation is a great thing. To serve the goal of helping others realize that and do it more, I own a meditation tracking service called Medivate.

Some Random Facts about Me

• Megan and I have two cats, which she named Tuna and Luna.
• I think that “marshmallow” is quite possibly the best word in the entire English language. (Though I don’t much like them as a food.)
• I believe in the Four Noble Truths, the wisdom of compassion, and many other Buddhist things. Whether or not that means I’m a Buddhist is still an open question for me.
• I’ve long believed that fiction never got better than The Little Prince.
• Some assorted hobbies not yet covered: cycling, board games, Turmoil, YouTube, mountain biking, hiking.
• I’m currently migrating from my custom JSON resume format to the ResumeJSON.org one.