Spike’s Consulting Services
TL;DR
With 25+ years of experience as a Software Developer and a UNIX Sysadmin, I will solve your problem and leave you wishing you could hire me on full-time.
Senior Rails Developer
I have been working with Rails since 2006, have built tiny sites on my own, sites used by hundreds of thousands as part of big teams, and everything in between. Whether you need a new site architected from ground up or minor updates to an existing one, I will get it done.
Front-End Coding
I have extensive experience with Javascript and associated tools such as jQuery, Coffeescript, and AngularJS. I have a solid understand of HTML, CSS, and frameworks like Bootstrap. I let me say upfront, I am not a designer and I don’t play one on the net. However, when it comes to implementation, I’ve got you covered.
Senior System Administrator
I first touched UNIX (4.2 BSD) in 1985 and I haven’t put it down since. I have extensive experience with usual Linux subject and long term relationship with FreeBSD. Whether it’s the old stand by LAMP, the new hotness Docker, or something in between (MongoDB anyone?), I know your stack. Whatever your needs, fresh installs, new architectures, updates, or problems solved, I can provide.
Rescue Projects
Who you gonna call? Spike.
25 years as both a developer and a sysadmin means I’ve seen it all and I can bring that experience to your problem. I specialize in:
- Unbreaking Rails apps
- Untangling custom PHP Code
- Fixing that Perl
- Upgrading outdated servers
- Getting the damn thing to boot one more time
- Migrating existing code bases to modern techniques and technologies: test, automated deploys, revision control
iOS Developer
I have two years of iOS development experience, a solid understanding of Objective-C, and an App in the App Store.