Creative Technologist | Data Visualization Designer & Developer | Researcher.

Always learning something new. (he/him)

I'm a software engineer, coding since the '80s and building web apps since 2001. I offer fixed quotes with flexible scope and firm deadlines. I still help clients that emailed me decades ago.

I live in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, with my German wife and our two sons.

I enjoy reading, writing, travelling, playing zelda, minecraft, and chess. I try to live according to daoist & buddhist principles.

My interests include decluttering, neurodivergence, burnout, climate, economics, linux & svelte.

Front-end dev dilettante. ½ Japanese. Hawaii born. I have been doing web stuff since late last century. Nowadays, UX & JS. I build the legacy apps of tomorrow.

– MDiv degree. MA interaction design. In progress: MS digital comm analytics.

– Principal software engineer.

– 😍😠 relationship with TypeScript.

– Contributed to O'Reilly book on jQuery years ago. Tech edited a few others.

– Fan of Eleventy. Also into SolidJS & Svelte. Forever chasing an optimal workflow.

Web developer & hobby blogger interested in climate and social justice. Location: Vienna, Austria. Personal transformation from Ossi to Wessi to Piefke.

#OpenSource #GreenWeb #a11y 💚

#Nuxt #SvelteKit #Svelte #JavaScript
#DDEV #CraftCMS #WordPress

Portfolio:

https://mandrasch.dev

Current side project:

https://karenz-wizard.at

Privat hier.

Software engineer working primarily with Python, Django, FastAPI, Flask, Vue, Svelte or Embedded Linux (YoctoProject).

I'm also a board and roleplaying gamer and Dark Electro/Industrial/EBM DJ from Munich. Maybe some day I will have the time to even create my own music again ...