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.
"A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large"— Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby
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
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Zettelkasten in Obsidian: A Practical Guide to Atomic Thinking
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WCAG 2.2: What Frontend Developers Actually Need to Fix
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financeJun 17, 2026
How ETFs Work: The Mechanics Behind the Market's Favorite Fund
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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