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I'm an experienced web developer and data scientist passionate about R and Laravel. Data visualization is my specialty.

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Recent Articles

ggplot2 4.0 Ink and Paper: Don’t Forget about Axis Text Contrast

October 2nd, 2025 — ggplot2 4.0.0 has introduced some very useful improvements to themes, but there's at least one color blending and accessibility pitfall you'll want to avoid.

Explosiveness, Special Teams, and the Road to Understanding Clemson’s Football Struggles

September 26th, 2025 — With Clemson's football team again struggling this season, let's look at some data to contextualize the team's trajectory on offense and special teams

Solana vs. Ethereum as Growth/Swing Assets Against Bitcoin

August 1st, 2025 — Can Ethereum and Solana be used to grow one's Bitcoin holdings? Let's take a lot at some data, technical analysis, and political/economic incentives.

Integrating webR with Laravel Livewire: How I made my ggplot2 Gallery with WebAssembly

June 4th, 2025 — Here's how I used Laravel Livewire and a little bit of Javascript to help adapt webR examples to the TALL stack and my Statamic backend

Open Source AI Freedom is a Disability Justice Battle

May 27th, 2025 — AI is doubtlessly an essential tool for accessibility, but what happens when access to those tools is locked behind steep paywalls?