About me

I’m Samuel Bartels, software developer and technical writer.

I started this website as a place to document everything I learned while going through a career change. I learn in public and write about everything I know.

I aim to create a beautiful corner of the web free of ads, sponsored posts, newsletter pop-ups, affiliate links, and the rest of the annoying noise we're so accustomed to seeing on the internet these days.

Newsletter

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Music

Sometimes I sing and play accordion/piano. I like to listen to music in my spare time. Here are some.

• Such Great Heights (duet)
• Night Nurse (duet)
• El Pasadiscos
• Mad World
• You And I
• Just Like Heaven
• The Winner Takes It All
• Wicked Game
• Truce
• Something Wild
• Bridge Over Troubled Water
• Rainy Monday
• Saloon

Technical Skills

Languages

JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, SQL, PHP, Bash, Java(Springboot), Scala, Python, Golang, Ruby

Tools/Environment

React, Vue, Node, Express, Git, VSC, Jest, Selenium, Webpack, DevTools, Jira, AWS, Bootstrap, Sass, GraphQL, Django, Angular

Concepts

RESTful API Design, CI/CD, Agile Methodology, MVC Architecture, Secure Authentication, ADA, Testing (unit, integration, end-to-end) Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL), TDD

Portfolio

A few sites I designed.

• Personal website
• Talk Tales - 2019
• Todo App - 2018
• clock - 2018
• Management system - 2018
• Calculator - 2018
• overproductive - 2018
• Jose Manuel Gallego - 2018

Currently Using

• Computer: Lenovo ThinkPad
• Hosting: Netlify (blog)
• Editor: Visual Studio Code
• Static site generator: Gatsby

• Syntax highlighting: PrismJS

• Email newsletter: Substack
• Notes: SimpleNote