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NOTICE & REWARD

Full-Stack Developer

Ray Solomon

ALIAS: THE WEB WRANGLER

I build honest, fast web software. From the front porch of the UI all the way back to the data corrals.

REWARD: OPEN FOR HIRE: freelance or full-time, remote or on-site

By order of the Territorial Guild of Web Engineers, Mesa, A.T.

The Proprietor

As told by the Gazette's editorial desk

Sepia studio portrait of a weathered frontiersman in a dark wool coat, gazing calmly at the camera (placeholder portrait for the site owner).
The proprietor, as the poster artist imagined him

Ten years on the digital frontier will teach a person a thing or two. It teaches you that a fast page beats a fancy one, that a database that wakes up cranky will eventually kick over the lantern, and that the only code worth shipping is code somebody can still read after the dust settles.

I design and build complete web products by hand: semantic front ends, PHP back ends, database schemas, scraping pipelines, and the little brass fittings in between: accessibility, performance, and tests. No frameworks for fashion's sake, no plugin roulette. A website should be built like a good wagon: every part chosen because it earns its place.

When I'm not wiring up a client's storefront, I'm automating the tedious parts of running a business on the web: audit engines, monitoring trails, and telegraph machines that never sleep.

Wanted for Outstanding Work

Three jobs worth the bounty. Open a poster to read the full case study.

The Tool Belt

Not a wall of progress bars. These are the brands I've actually worked cattle with. Hover a stamp to press it into the leather.

A worn leather tool belt laid flat, loops holding a hammer, pliers, awl, file, chisel and brass wrench.
Fig. 1: The working kit. Every tool here has been carried, used, and resoled at least twice.

The Trail So Far

Every stop marked the way a drover marks a river crossing.

Aged hand-drawn cattle-trail map on sepia parchment: a dotted barn-red route line climbing past hatched buttes and a winding river, marked with star-shaped stop markers and a compass rose.
Chart of the trail. The starred crossing marks the present position.

Send a Wire

Words per rate: keep it plain and include how to reach you. Wires usually answered same day, weather permitting.

An antique telegraph office desk with a blank telegram form, brass telegraph key, sounder box and inkwell.
Wire by post (email)
contact@onlinetechsupport.biz
Home station
Mesa, Arizona
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