Welcome to riceboyler.com!

You've reached the online home of Jason Clark (aka riceboyler) and my personal web site. I wear many different hats and have a few different titles:

• Son (to two sets of parents)
• Husband (to one, only one (Zoni))
• Father (to three (Owen, Zander, Lauralynn))
• Front-End Web Lead (for Chatbooks)
• Freelance Web Developer for Hidden Ocean
• Occasional Open Source Contributor
• Boost Junkie (because I love turbocharged cars)
• Boomer. Yeah. Kids...

Plans for this site

Like most full-time employed web developers, my personal site always seems to come last. It was the same when I was a car audio installer, my car was always the worst looking install (though I did make it sound good!).

Initially, I'll work on the responsive side of things, as I know this isn't mobile friendly yet. Then, I'll probably only get the Resume/CV page built, because I plan to use this as a bit of a portfolio in and of itself. Eventually, I'll add a blog, a portfolio, a contact page, my car history, and the pretty crazy story of my finding my biological family.

How It's Made ©

I used a bunch of modern technology (as of late 2021, updating in late 2023) to build this site. Here goes:

• Next.js - a React based application platform that is absolutely KILLER for building websites and apps.
• TypeScript - I used to hate it. Now I don't know how to ever go back to plain JavaScript again!
• Chakra UI - a library for building UI components with a focus on accessibility and performance.

  Some thoughts about UI Libraries (click to expand)

• Vercel - I figure if they're good enough to create Next.js, they're good enough to be the main host for Next.js apps.
• ContentLayer (new for 2023) - Adding this to better deal with Markdown and MDX. ContentLayer converts Markdown and MDX files into JSON which can easily be queried. It's pretty slick.