Hello world!

I'm Sam!

whois Sam

Heya! I'm Sam, a 21 year old developer from Wisconsin, USA. I'm currently studying Computer Science at UW-Madison. When I'm not programming, you'll find me hiking, mountain biking, reading, tinkering with my old-PC-turned-server, or playing video games. I'm always looking out for new projects that excite me, so feel free to reach out!

Here's a quick peek at what I'm up to right now:

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Introduction to Docker
A step-by-step guide to deploying your first container and beyond.
Build Your Own Portfolio Website For Free
A step-by-step guide to creating a portfolio and blog using Astro, GitHub, and Markdown.
Things I Use
My favorite tools, software, and other things that I use on a daily basis
See more posts on my blog :)

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2026

The Defense

Featured Interactive School

A game of absurd courtroom drama, once again heavily inspired by Jackbox party games. Built as a final project for a theatre improvisation class. The README.md has the rules.

The Defense

A game of absurd courtroom drama, once again heavily inspired by Jackbox party games. Built as a final project for a theatre improvisation class. The README.md has the rules.

2026

Strong Towns Tax Explorer

Featured School Client work

A map of property tax data for the city of Madison, built with DSSD for Strong Towns' Madison chapter. I led the team of the maps and statistics pages, learning from my past work on DSSD's Red CORAL project.

Strong Towns Tax Explorer

A map of property tax data for the city of Madison, built with DSSD for Strong Towns' Madison chapter. I led the team of the maps and statistics pages, learning from my past work on DSSD's Red CORAL project.

2026

Minecraft Fractal

Experiments Interactive

A zoomable experiment where Minecraft textures recursively replace pixels for an infinite fractal effect.

Minecraft Fractal

A zoomable experiment where Minecraft textures recursively replace pixels for an infinite fractal effect.

2026

Paintball

Featured Tools

An alternative frontend for multiple image generation models where you can bring your own API keys.

Paintball

An alternative frontend for multiple image generation models where you can bring your own API keys.

2026

Restaurant Receipt Splitter

Tools

Scans a restaurant receipt, lets you assign entrees to people, then calculates tip and tax for a clean split.

Restaurant Receipt Splitter

Scans a restaurant receipt, lets you assign entrees to people, then calculates tip and tax for a clean split.

2026

SimpleGIF

Tools

A streamlined tool for creating, converting, cropping, and compressing GIFs.

SimpleGIF

A streamlined tool for creating, converting, cropping, and compressing GIFs.

2026

Super Brothers Reader

Tools

A lightweight reader for the Super Brothers webcomic designed to avoid the friction of using DeviantArt.

Super Brothers Reader

A lightweight reader for the Super Brothers webcomic designed to avoid the friction of using DeviantArt.

2026

Trakt iCal Generator

Tools

Generates an iCal feed from your Trakt calendar so you can track movie and show release dates.

Trakt iCal Generator

Generates an iCal feed from your Trakt calendar so you can track movie and show release dates.

2026

Lia for La Crosse

Client work

A site for a local political campaign, built with Astro and Tailwind CSS. I built the site and continue to maintain it, making updates as needed and helping with hosting and email setup.

Lia for La Crosse

A site for a local political campaign, built with Astro and Tailwind CSS. I built the site and continue to maintain it, making updates as needed and helping with hosting and email setup.

2026

PJ and the Flamingos

Client work

A site for a local jazz band, built with Astro, Tailwind CSS, and Contentful.

PJ and the Flamingos

A site for a local jazz band, built with Astro, Tailwind CSS, and Contentful.

2025

Bucky's Buzzer Beater

Hackathons Interactive

Kahoot, but Jeopardy. A real-time trivia game built with websockets and Rust(!?) for MadHacks 2025.

Bucky's Buzzer Beater

Kahoot, but Jeopardy. A real-time trivia game built with websockets and Rust(!?) for MadHacks 2025.

2025

WebLabs Operation Weave

School Interactive

The second workshop event site for WebLabs' WebFest series, teaching participants SQL, REST APIs, and LLM tool calls through hands-on challenges.

WebLabs Operation Weave

The second workshop event site for WebLabs' WebFest series, teaching participants SQL, REST APIs, and LLM tool calls through hands-on challenges.

2025

Bike Benefits Map

Tools

A map of all businesses in the US that offer Bike Benefits discounts, optimized for mobile.

Bike Benefits Map

A map of all businesses in the US that offer Bike Benefits discounts, optimized for mobile.

2025

Vibe Check

Experiments

Creates an API key that lets an LLM agent share your location and Discord status.

Vibe Check

Creates an API key that lets an LLM agent share your location and Discord status.

2025

CS559 Showcase

School

The class project showcase site for CS559: Computer Graphics at UW-Madison.

CS559 Showcase

The class project showcase site for CS559: Computer Graphics at UW-Madison.

2025

Fishbowl

School

A 3D fishbowl simulation built with pure WebGL. Loads in models and handwritten shaders! My final project for CS559: Computer Graphics at UW-Madison.

Fishbowl

A 3D fishbowl simulation built with pure WebGL. Loads in models and handwritten shaders! My final project for CS559: Computer Graphics at UW-Madison.

2024

DSSD Madison - Red CORAL

Featured School Client work

An open-source club project that I led. A web app for a non-profit in South America that filters, sorts, and visualizes crime data on a map, table, and other charts.

DSSD Madison - Red CORAL

An open-source club project that I led. A web app for a non-profit in South America that filters, sorts, and visualizes crime data on a map, table, and other charts.

2024

LinkLooker

Tools

My first browser extension. Previews links using ChatGPT when you hover over them in Chrome and Firefox.

LinkLooker

My first browser extension. Previews links using ChatGPT when you hover over them in Chrome and Firefox.

2024

GitHub Discord README

Tools Featured

A project that embeds Discord statuses in SVGs that can be easily placed anywhere. Built with a vanilla HTML frontend and React backend(!?)

GitHub Discord README

A project that embeds Discord statuses in SVGs that can be easily placed anywhere. Built with a vanilla HTML frontend and React backend(!?)

2024

ImageHound

Experiments

My interview take-home for Fetch, where I interned during the summer of 2025. A web app that displays dog images from an API and lets you select and search for specfiic breeds, all coded in a handful of hours in Svelte.

ImageHound

My interview take-home for Fetch, where I interned during the summer of 2025. A web app that displays dog images from an API and lets you select and search for specfiic breeds, all coded in a handful of hours in Svelte.

2024

Staff Discord Bot

Backend

A Discord bot that accesses the Splatoon 3 API to get information about the game, like current shop and map rotations. It also let discord members vote for their favorite Splatfest teams.

Staff Discord Bot

A Discord bot that accesses the Splatoon 3 API to get information about the game, like current shop and map rotations. It also let discord members vote for their favorite Splatfest teams.

2023

Back End Development and APIs

Certifications

freeCodeCamp certification in backend development and APIs.

Back End Development and APIs

freeCodeCamp certification in backend development and APIs.

2022

Front End Web Development

Certifications

freeCodeCamp responsive web design certification.

Front End Web Development

freeCodeCamp responsive web design certification.

2022

JS Algorithms and Data Structures

Certifications

freeCodeCamp JavaScript algorithms and data structures certification.

JS Algorithms and Data Structures

freeCodeCamp JavaScript algorithms and data structures certification.

2022

Front End Development Libraries

Certifications

freeCodeCamp front end development libraries certification.

Front End Development Libraries

freeCodeCamp front end development libraries certification.

2022

Data Visualization

Certifications

freeCodeCamp data visualization certification.

Data Visualization

freeCodeCamp data visualization certification.

2022

Mark Neumann for Congress

Client work

A Wordpress site for a local political campaign

Mark Neumann for Congress

A Wordpress site for a local political campaign

2022

Portfolio Website

Personal

The website you're currently on! Built with Astro, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript.

Portfolio Website

The website you're currently on! Built with Astro, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript.

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