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Bill Kerr Software Developer
Bill Kerr
Bill Kerr Software Developer

Hi there!

I'm Bill Kerr, a software developer, @casasoccer player, and home cooking enthusiast. I'm married to an extraordinary epidemiologist and live with two exceptionally needy cats, Scout and Ivan.

I'm passionate about coding custom productivity tools and designing unique solutions to common problems. My projects include solutions like an automated material ticket messenger and PDF generator. I write blog posts about my work here on my personal website.

Outside of work, I enjoying cooking for family and friends and hanging out with my wife and two cats.

My Favorite Things

Technologies

  • TailwindCSS

    My favorite CSS tool. Encourages consistent design, has total flexibility, and no more inventing painful CSS class names.

  • TypeScript

    It's hard to imagine writing an application in plain JavaScript after using TypeScript.

  • Svelte

    Exciting frontend framework that doesn't use a virtual DOM.

  • Netlify

    Web hosting platform that provides a fantastic user experience.

  • Astro

    Static site builder that allows you to bring your own JS framework.

  • Zod

    The best JavaScript validation library out there.

Developers

  • Colin McDonnell

    Creator of Zod and terrific open source contributor for TypeScript.

  • Adam Wathan

    Well-known in the Laravel community, but recently created TailwindCSS. Produces A+ quality content.

  • Rich Harris

    Creator of Svelte. Has unique and big ideas.

Cooking

Podcasts

  • EconTalk

    Running every week since 2006 and touching on much more than just economics, EconTalk is one of the best podcasts for learning something new.

  • Frontend First

    A podcast about modern web development. A great place to learn what the latest web tech is.

  • Lexicon Valley

    A linguistics podcast hosted by John McWhorter of Columbia University.

Cat Section

Because people love cats. Say hi to these good boys.

Ivan the Terrible Ivan
Scout the Gentleman Scout