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

FEATURED PROJECTS
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view the archiveAurora Theme
Aurora is a minimal dark theme inspired by the Northern Lights available for use in VS Code Visual Studio Marketplace.
SmartDeploy
Smart Deploy is a contract management DAO that streamlines smart contract deployment on Soroban by providing a user-friendly and secure platform.
NEAR Nature
The landing page for NEAR Nature NFT collection, built on the NEAR Blockchain. Each NFT minted resulted in 14 trees being planted.
tenk.app
tenk.app serves as the landing page and site for TENK DAO, a design studio building on the NEAR Blockchain.
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.