I'm a software developer based in Northern California. I enjoy writing about software, design, dad jokes, and cheap beer. I like building for the web, open source, learning new things, and professional wrestling. I enjoy writing about my adventures in software and the things I'm currently working on, exploring new technologies, and convincing people that PHP is, in fact, not completely dead yet.

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Yeah, I'm not a temp anymore. I got Jim's old job. Which means at my 10-year high school reunion, it will not say 'Ryan Howard is a temp.' It will say, 'Ryan Howard is a junior sales associate at a mid-range paper supply firm.' That'll show 'em.

– Ryan Howard

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Joey McKenzie's avatar
It almost feels like a right of passage working with code that’s as old as you.