I do contract programming assignments. I’m flexible about rates, as long as I think I’m not treated unfairly. I’ve even done some assignments pretty much for free for good causes. I like to be paid, as I think what I offer is valuable, but I’m not doing it to live on. I enjoy programming. I enjoy the challenge, the problem solving. It is like solving a puzzle. And I like to keep learning new things. So, I keep programming.<\/p>\n
Almost all the programming I do now involves websites. I can provide some references upon request. I build sites with PHP<\/strong>, Javascript<\/strong> and MySQL<\/strong> mostly. Though I have done some with Java<\/strong> (JSP<\/strong>, Applets<\/strong> and Servlets<\/strong>), and I have done one with Ruby on Rails<\/strong>, my skills in those are out of date. For MVC sites I have used the Zend Framework<\/strong> a number of times, and explored converting to Symfony, but never did it.<\/p>\n I write a fair amount of javascript<\/strong>, and I’ve used Prototype<\/strong> and Dojo<\/strong>, but now mostly use JQuery<\/strong> and JQueryUI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Of course I am thoroughly familiar with HTML<\/strong> and CSS<\/strong>. Sites I build these days are all HTML5<\/strong> and CSS3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I have Windows<\/strong>, Mac<\/strong>, and Linux<\/strong> boxes and am expert in using all three. I do all my work in Eclipse\u00a0<\/strong>or more recently\u00a0PHPStorm<\/strong> and I keep _everything_ in Subversion<\/strong> and\/or Git<\/strong> repositories.<\/p>\n I write C <\/strong>and C++<\/strong>. I used to teach C++<\/strong> at the University level. I write a lot of bash<\/strong>. I written a few things in Python<\/strong>. I have written a little Perl<\/strong>, a little TCL\/TK<\/strong>. By the time you’ve used as many languages as I have, another language isn’t very scary.<\/p>\n Though I have done little experimental apps for Win32<\/strong>, for the Mac<\/strong>, and for Android<\/strong> I don’t consider myself up to speed in any of those areas.<\/p>\n I am a competent linux<\/strong> system administrator and currently manage\u00a0Arch, Centos,<\/strong> Debian, <\/strong>Fedora<\/strong> and Ubuntu<\/strong> systems. I operate my own server on the internet, now running “in the cloud” using Amazon EC2, write my own firewalls<\/strong>, handle my own mail (postfix<\/strong> and\u00a0 Dovecot<\/strong>), with\u00a0DKIM, SPF and DMARC,<\/strong> and directory (ldap<\/strong>) services, as well as all the incidental stuff (apache, mysqld, sshd, amavisd and clamav, dhcpd, openssl<\/strong>). My servers use\u00a0mdadm,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0dmcrypt,\u00a0<\/strong>and a lot of\u00a0btrfs and ZFS.<\/strong> I have a good understanding of the technology of digital certificates<\/strong> and ssl<\/strong>. I also got myself certified as a security guru at one time (CISSP<\/strong>), but became very disillusioned with the organization and have not keep the certification up.<\/p>\n I have built several sites using WordPress<\/strong>, including learning enough about the WordPress internals to do some plugin customization, and build some integration between a front end WordPress site and a back-end PHP\/MySql MVC app. I have done a few patches on a big Drupal site, but am still a Drupal novice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I do contract programming assignments. I’m flexible about rates, as long as I think I’m not treated unfairly. I’ve even done some assignments pretty much for free for good causes. I like to be paid, as I think what I offer is valuable, but I’m not doing it to live on. I enjoy programming. I … Continue reading Contract Programming<\/span>