Inspiration
A map of what shaped the work.
Every builder is shaped by the people, ideas and work that challenge them to grow.
The inspiration tree: presence, roots and three inspirations
Where it begins
Curiosity · Learning · Building
Mr Bayo
Craft, creativity and design
Adebayo Musturpha builds and teaches with a level of finish that is obvious from a single screen. His work is why I keep improving my craft and try to make digital experiences feel considered rather than assembled.
mrbayo.devPortrait from mrbayo.dev
Elon Musk
Ambition and innovation
His approach to ambitious ideas, and to building things that challenge conventional thinking, is what I return to when a problem looks too large to start. It changed how I judge what is actually worth attempting.
tesla.com/elon-muskU.S. Air Force photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Addy Osmani
Engineering excellence
His work in web engineering, performance, developer experience and JavaScript education is the clearest example I know of caring about both the code and the person who has to read it. It is why I want to become a better engineer, not just a faster one.
addyosmani.comPortrait from github.com/addyosmani
Tap a portrait to read why that person is on the tree. They are here for their work, not because they know me.
What I look for.
Work that is edited. A page with three things on it, each one necessary, says more than a page with thirty. The same is true of code: the best version of a component is usually the smaller one.
People who stay in their lane and go deep. A developer who has shipped one hard thing properly is more interesting to me than a résumé of twelve shallow ones.
None of the three people above knows me. They are here because their work set a standard I am still working towards, not because of any relationship or endorsement.
Still learning. Still building. Still growing.