Welcome to Vilepickle.com

Portfolio and commentary of a West Michigan web developer.

This website serves multiple purposes.  It is my personal portfolio.  It also provides content for the web including web development blog posts and maps for online PC games created by me.

Latest Blog Post

Reflections on My First (Real) Ruby on Rails App

I have completed my first real Ruby on Rails app and it's in production.  The app answers a problem I have at work: individuals ask me to format newsletter templates all the time and it breaks up my day too often.  It's called Newsletter Maker.

Latest Creation

Batka's Cleaning Service

Local Business

January 2012

This was a simple site designed for a local business.  Their old site was outdated and unattractive and this site fits their image better.  I used CSS3, SASS, Compass, Photoshop and Drupal to do this site with a custom-built theme.