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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

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?

Lawson wasn't Quick Enough for Red Bull—F1 Data Analysis

March 31st, 2025 — When I heard that Red Bull Racing had dropped F1 driver Liam Lawson after just 2 weekends, I was shocked but not surprised. What will we see in a data analysis?

My Favorite Packages So Far for Building AI Apps with Laravel

March 26th, 2025 — I like PHP as an glue, orchestration, and delivery layer for AI apps. Here are the packages that have worked well for me so far.

DeepSeek R1 Distilled: Usable Local AI or Ban-Worthy Threat?

February 13th, 2025 — Released with an MIT license, DeepSeek-R1 is truly a breakthrough and a gift to the world. Curious about trying it locally?