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Well Hello There, Adventurer!

I'm Rick Knowlton:

Reverse Engineer|

I'm a software engineer, designer, and dreamer just trying to make the web a better place.

ABOUT ME

Hello! My name is Rick and I’ve had a curiosity for how things work for as long as I can remember. While I’m very good at breaking things, I’m a little better at putting them back together, making them work faster and more efficient than before.

If there is one thing that drives me as a developer, it’s design; the user experience is paramount. Some may call me a bit of a perfectionist, but I wear that as a badge of honor. I feel a little bit of extra effort and elbow grease goes a long way.

This portfolio site is perhaps a good example of that. I built it from scratch and used a blend of technologies to get to the end result. React, Redux, Node, JSX, SASS and a variety of packages were all used in production, but also plain old vanilla JavaScript and HTML (which can’t go unmentioned). I am a constant learner and am always experimenting and tinkering with the newest technologies and frameworks. It’s not just a hobby - it’s a passion.

Here are a few technologies I’ve been working with recently:

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Firebase
  • Node.js
  • WordPress
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FEATURED PROJECTS

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  • Aurora Theme

    Aurora is a minimal dark theme inspired by the Northern Lights available for use in VS Code Visual Studio Marketplace.

    • VS Code
  • Newsy

    Newsy is a React Next.js SPA that fetches the news from News API, using a custom internal API to act as a buffer between the endpoint and the application.

    • React
    • Next.js
    • MUI
    • Axios
    • News API
    • Google Analytics
  • SmartDeploy

    Smart Deploy is a contract management DAO that streamlines smart contract deployment on Soroban by providing a user-friendly and secure platform.

    • React
    • Next.js
    • Node
    • UIkit
  • NEAR Nature

    The landing page for NEAR Nature NFT collection, built on the NEAR Blockchain. Each NFT minted resulted in 14 trees being planted.

    • React
    • Gatsby
    • TypeScript
    • NEAR Protocol
  • tenk.app

    tenk.app serves as the landing page and site for TENK DAO, a design studio building on the NEAR Blockchain.

    • Wordpress
    • Three.js
  • tiny.

    tiny is an "unagency" made up of like-minded, hardworking individuals that work both solo and together to tackle big and small projects. Check us out at wearetiny.io.

    • React
    • Next.js
    • SCSS

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