St. Louis, MO
Dan
Holloran
Senior Full Stack Developer with 14+ years building performant, scalable web applications. Passionate about architecture, mentorship, and finding the right tool for the job.
"Trust yourself; you know more than you think you do"— Benjamin Spock
Featured Skills
ArchitectureLaravelLeadershipMentorshipMySQLNext.jsNode.jsPhotographyPostgreSQLReact.jsTailwind.cssTypeScriptVue.jsWordPress
Professional
History
view full resume Senior Fullstack Developer current
@Ample · Cincinnati, OH
ArchitectureGatsbyGraphQLJamstackMentorshipNext.jsNode.jsReact.jsRuby
Sep 2025 – Present
Career Sabbatical
@Life · United States
Photography
Mar 2025 – Sep 2025
Senior Frontend Developer
@Tradier · Charlotte, NC
ArchitectureCypressJamstackLeadershipMentorshipNode.jsNuxtRubyTailwind.cssVue.js
Mar 2021 – Mar 2025
Senior Fullstack Developer / Lead Developer
@Ample · Cincinnati, OH
ArchitectureGatsbyGraphQLJamstackLeadershipMentorshipNext.jsNode.jsReact.jsREST APIsRuby
Oct 2019 – Mar 2021
Full Stack Developer / Lead Developer
@Matchbox Design Group · St. Louis, MO
ArchitectureLaravelLeadershipMentorshipMySQLNode.jsPostgreSQLSassTailwind.cssVue.jsWordPress
Nov 2012 – Oct 2019
Web Developer
@Freeman Marketing · St. Louis, MO
MentorshipSassWordPress
May 2012 – Oct 2012
Bachelor of Science in Web Design and Development
@Full Sail University · Winter Park, FL
JavascriptPHPHTMLCSSActionScript 3
Nov 2009 – Mar 2012
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on the road
Where I've Been
Every pin marks somewhere I've stopped along the way — 47 states and counting, mapped automatically as I go.
visited 47/50
states visited
60k+
miles driven
26+
national parks
3×
coast to coast
1.5+
years on the road
// still to come — Louisiana, Alaska, & Hawaiiupdated automatically
Latest Posts
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financeJun 17, 2026 · 5 min
How ETFs Work: The Mechanics Behind the Market's Favorite Fund
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Daily Notes in Obsidian: Build a Workflow That Actually Sticks
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developmentJun 15, 2026
CSS @starting-style: Animate Elements as They Enter the DOM
4 min read
developmentJun 14, 2026
CSS User Preference Media Queries: Build Accessible Experiences Without JavaScript
4 min read
financeJun 13, 2026
FedNow and Real-Time Payments: How Instant Settlement Actually Works
5 min read
obsidianJun 12, 2026
Making Obsidian's Graph View Actually Useful
4 min read
obsidianJun 11, 2026
Templater for Obsidian: Stop Writing the Same Thing Twice
4 min read
developmentJun 10, 2026
Vue 3.6 Vapor Mode: Opt Out of the Virtual DOM
4 min read
obsidianJun 9, 2026
The PARA Method in Obsidian: A Practical Guide to Organizing Your Vault
5 min read
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From the Feed
A visual sketchbook — photography, travel, and the occasional sparkle. Updated whenever the light is right.
// 🦄 snapshots between commits Updated Apr 25, 2026