Hi, I’m Dave. Nice to meet you!
I’m a father of two, maker, and community builder living in Northeast Ohio.
I’m currently working full-time as Sr. Developer Community Lead at Mux.
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Where do meetups go when they die?
August 10, 2025
writing
Work without work
June 11, 2025
writingopinion
Call AI Santa to tell him your Christmas List
November 24, 2024
writingproducts
Cursor invented the 25x engineer
September 15, 2024
opinion
How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40
July 27, 2024
writingjavascriptcontest
12 lessons from 5 years of running a tech meetup
November 29, 2023
learnwriting
Löyly
October 20, 2023
writing
Airbnb is worse than a casino addiction
March 15, 2023
writingopinion
You should be using a cloud development environment
February 15, 2023
opinion
Chunked uploads and the single car-to-house grocery trip
February 5, 2023
learn
Web Components: my awkward high-school friend
February 2, 2023
javascript
Write better without soul-sucking college lectures
February 1, 2023
writing
All my neurodiverse friends
October 18, 2022
writing
On fall
September 21, 2022
Why you should write
September 9, 2022
writing
Retheming a Coors beer fridge
February 2, 2019
Building products in the dark
How to send Ethereum with Web3.js and Node
Create your own Mailchimp clone for $5 a month with Sendy
Develop WordPress sites like a goddamn champion
Adventures with StatusBoard - Pinball
Create your own Heroku clone for $5 a month with Dokku
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Real ID: identity verification for online stores
https://apps.shopify.com/real-id/
September 23, 2024
acquired
Vimeography
https://vimeography.com/
July 1, 2022
acquired
EDD Mailchimp
https://easydigitaldownloads.com/downloads/mailchimp/
April 9, 2017
acquired
EDD PayPal Payments Advanced
April 9, 2017
acquired
EDD Sendy
https://kryptonitewp.com/downloads/easy-digital-downloads-sendy/
April 9, 2017
acquired
EDD Email Reports
https://easydigitaldownloads.com/downloads/email-reports/
April 9, 2017
acquired
retired
We Make the Internet
https://meetup.com/make-the-internet
retired
Santa.live
https://santa.live
retired
Andoto
retired
ConfettiKit
retired
AceBlocks
retired
Twitch Extensions
retired
Lunchbox
retired
Memberbox
retired
Paystats
retired
BurnPost
retired
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