Hello! I'm Devin Hayes. I'm a programmer, occasional sysadmin, reluctant designer, inventor, technology strategist, trends analyst, digital media consultant and social media crackerjack. »
I'm an insatiable analyst and consequent info junkie (INTJ). My favorite topics are: technology, ecology, business, economics and politics. I obsess with understanding and solving problems. »
On the tech side, I focus and excel in application and database architecture, application and server security, optimization and scalability. Everything must be fast and secure. »
In my spare time, I'm an avid nature lover who enjoys camping, hiking, fishing and spending time on the river or beach. I also have a penchant for photography. »
Recent work:
Liftopia.com
ChirpAt.Me
JPGMag.com
EverywhereMag.com
More projects: Freempt.com - Free, trade, share. Locally.
Recommendations:
Devin is a rare find, a technologist that 'gets' business. He's a strategist that is equally comfortable rapidly prototyping web sites and applications or developing scalable systems. He operates without ego and understands that, in business, every day, you have to go out and earn your way. He is a hands-on, do-what-it-takes player and doesn't complain about the effort or sacrifice. It was a pleasure to work with Devin and I was sorry to see him go. I would undoubtedly and enthusiastically work with him again and recommend him to anyone considering working with him.
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Skills acquired:
More: Linux, Free & OpenBSD, NGINX, CouchDB, Smarty, Xapian Search Engine, Lucene Search, Postfix, Amazon EC2 & S3, OAuth, JSON, JSONP, SOAP, Various API's (including my own), XML, XMLRPC, REST, XSS, SQL Injection, SVN, CVS, Mercurial, SSH, and more.
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Free code:
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HTMLPurifier Wrapper »
Simple wrapper class for the invaluable HTMLPurifier library. Makes general purpose use a breeze. Provides options for recursing multi-dimensional arrays as well as short-cuts for advanced usage.
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MySQL Wrapper »
Simple wrapper class for MySQL. Provides access to all sorts of helpful helper methods. The Singleton Method makes this simple library pain free just as DB access should be. It was built to be light, fast and easy to use.
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Cookie Sessions »
This class enables you to store session data statelessly in client cookies. Preventing the need to store session data on your servers. I recommend you encrypt the cookie data if you use this class. Download »
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Mr. T Mohawk Test »
Someone gave me this test as part of an interview. It's an unrealistic problem and a far from perfect solution, but it was fun to do. I guess it serves to show how well I solved a particular problem 3+ years ago.
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APE HMVC »
This is a light, fast, flexible and easy to use modular HMVC framework I tinker on from time to time (it's rough). It's focus is in application architecture and flexibility. It provides the basics allowing you to use the libraries you're used to.