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Michael Connor - Frontend Developer

Currently Located in Westport, Kansas City, MO

Professional Summary

Frontend web and mobile developer with over twenty years of experience building web applications and single-page applications for automotive, pharmaceutical, entertainment, and advertising industries. Specializes in modern development workflows, TypeScript, and scalable monorepo architectures. Currently leveraging AI tools to maximize development efficiency and code quality.

Tools

Astro
Monorepos/pnpm workspac es
- reuseable components
- linting package for typescript, frameworks, markdown
- shared design system
  - tailwindcss
  - DailyUI
  - Web Awesome
  - mise
- Vercel - Serverless deployment
React
Layout Fundamentals
- Box, Stack, Cluster, Switcher…
Supabase

AdTech

It’s been a mintue but VPAID and VAST

Frontend Frameworks

Astro - Static Site Generation
React & React Native with Expo
Next.js - Full-stack React
Svelte & SvelteKit
Vue.js & Nuxt

Development Tools

TypeScript/JavaScript
Vite - Lightning-fast builds
Turborepo - Monorepo management
pnpm workspaces
ESLint & Prettier

Styling & UI

Tailwind CSS
DaisyUI
- Component library
CSS-in-JS solutions
Responsive design
Design systems

Backend & Database

Supabase
- Backend-as-a-Service
PostgreSQL
Serverless functions
API integration

Deployment & DevOps

Vercel - Serverless deployment
GitHub Actions
Docker containers
CI/CD pipelines

Current Monorepo

Turborepo with pnpm
Multiple Astro apps
Shared TypeScript configs
Centralized styling system
Component libraries

Current Mission

Building in Public

Getting this personal site up and running while writing and sharing insights rather than giving it all away for free on social media. Documenting the journey of modern web development.

Professional Journey

Present - Kansas City, MO

Building modern web applications with cutting-edge tech stack

New Orleans Era

Worked at

JazzFest

a 50-year-old music festival, combining technology with culture

Global Adventures

Traveled through Central America, Siberia (Tuva), Morocco - gaining perspective and cultural insights

Beyond Code

Professional Activities

Professional white water rafting guide
Large-scale volunteer art projects
Amateur historian

Personal Interests

Dog and cat rescue volunteer
CrossFit enthusiast
Former KLR 650 rider (RIP stolen bike)

Philosophy

“The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we’d probably go to war.”

— Stanley Crouch, Jazz Critic and Radical Pragmatist

Connect

GitHub