I’m Devan, a passionate leader, developer, and designer based in sunny Orlando, Florida.

• 12+ years software development experience, with 7+ years in leadership and management roles
• Strong communication skills, with experience hiring, directing, and mentoring international distributed engineering teams
• Experience overseeing managers, leaders, and individual contributors as well as budgets up-to $2 million.
• Husband, cat dad, beekeeper, tea snob, private pilot, HAM radio operator, language enthusiast

Currently, I'm building two applications and (continuing) to learn a foreign language:

• LucidLog is an innovative journaling tool designed to unlock the mysteries of your dreams. Built on Ruby on Rails, Inertia, and React, the app is a passion project born from my wife's enjoyment of analyzing her dreams. The goal is to use AI to analyze, summarize, and provide further details on a dream that a user has journaled. Even if the AI hallucinates, who cares! It is just your dreams after all; the mind is exploring itself.
• HiveTool (name TBD) empowers beekeeper's who are growing apiaries through smart management and passionate care! The application is build on Laravel, Inertia, and React and is a dogfooding application for myself and my apiary. Honey bees are the backbone of American agriculture in many ways, so an application that supports these tiny powerhouses is a win. The application has several features including an inspection scheduler, hive health metrics and monitoring, weather and task notifications, and general beekeeping guides.
• xstate-examples showcases practical examples of statechart-based solutions, using Xstate. The goal is to show how statecharts and finite-state machines are not as complicated as one might think. xstate-examples does this by showcasing how to build solutions to common web and mobile app problems within React, Vue, and Svelte.
• Mandarin Chinese may sound crazy, but my goal is to be fluent in the three main business languages: English (native proficiency), Spanish (working fluency), and Mandarin Chinese (elementary proficiency). I took Mandarin while in college, and have resolved that 2025 is the "Year of Chinese Learning". I'm hoping to pass the HSK-1 this year.

I'm passionate about all things tech, and I enjoy writing about various topics such as leadership, design, accessibility, and many more random things! I'd love for you to check out my recent articles. If you want to read more, check out the full archive.

• Perfection Slows You Down
• Should MBAs be involved in software planning?
• Nuclear Power Deep Dive Series

I'm always eager to connect with fellow developers, collaborate on exciting projects, or discuss the latest trends in technology. Feel free to reach out to me via a few locations:

Take a look at my resume and reach out via email or LinkedIn if you are interested in chatting about a role.