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
- America's Test Kitchen
My source of truth for all things cooking. Amazingly consistent and terrific results.
- J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
Fantastic chef with a facts-based approach to 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
Scout