A few months after pitching Poker Friday onstage at Laracon, I got to help Laravel build a page builder for their marketing site in Statamic.
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I make software, start to ship.
I'm Michael LaRoy, a web engineer with over 13 years of experience building production sites and apps. I run Cascadia Digital, my Statamic studio, and I design and ship my own products for iOS, Mac and the web. I also teach at BCIT and host a podcast.
Things I've made
Things I made for myself, and now other people use them too.
Stepglow
A widget app that puts today's step count right on your iPhone Lock Screen and Home Screen. No accounts, no tracking.
Daylight Glow
A widget that shows how much daylight you gained or lost since yesterday, with a countdown to sunset.
Stillread
A calm, native Mac app for reading Markdown, with a folder sidebar and Quick Look previews.
Hat Trick
A gift exchange app with a secret draw that even the organizer can't peek at.
PokerFriday
Scheduling, RSVPs, leaderboards and a blind clock for home poker clubs.
Laracon
I threw my hat in the ring to pitch an app at Laracon in Boston, and got picked to pitch PokerFriday to a panel of “sharks.” A fun little project I built for my poker group, and all of a sudden I was talking about it on stage in front of a thousand people!
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Client work, at production scale
Cascadia Digital is my Statamic studio. I build, migrate and maintain Statamic sites for businesses and agencies, and I'm a listed Statamic Partner. I've built for clients ranging from BC Hydro and Canada Life to smaller teams who needed something that worked and wouldn't break.
That work is where I learned what production means: real traffic, real content teams and real deadlines.
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“Michael is, without a doubt, one of the best hires I've made all year. … The guy is sharp as hell, ridiculously fast, and he makes everyone around him better just by being on the project.”
Aaron Francis VP of Marketing, Laravel “I'd highly recommend working with Michael. It's rare to find someone who acts as a bridge for so many areas, but specifically because of his ability to communicate and lead digital projects well. I deeply appreciate his ability to find the optimal solution considering the bigger picture.”
Zach Bulick Domain7 “Michael is one of those developers with a really high "get it" factor. He just intuitively gets business goals that are tied to the development work he's doing, which allows him to create better solutions. Highly recommend you chat with Michael.”
Paul Zalewski SVP Marketing, Verblio From the blog
Stillread is a calm place to read Markdown on your Mac. Here's why I built it.
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Teaching and talking
I teach React and JavaScript at BCIT in the Front-End Web Developer program. Outside the classroom I make tutorials and host conversations about building with Statamic, which is what Cascadia Digital runs on.
Have a project in mind?
If you're weighing a CMS or web infrastructure decision, I offer independent consulting: a site audit, a written recommendation and a strategy call, for a fixed fee.