I'm James Keezer, a full-stack developer building stuff for the web.
I made my first websites on Geocities and Angelfire back in the late 90s, and built my own photo-sharing website for my group of friends before Facebook existed.
I've been a bike messenger, worked with people with disabilities, a bike store manager, a stay-at-home dad. Until 8 years ago, I didn't think of myself as a web developer - more of a hobbyist. That is, until I started building web projects for my wife's growing business.
Fast-forward to today, I've built websites and applications that host:
- Platforms for creating custom websites & embeddable AI tools
- A private membership website that has had 1000+ members over its lifetime, still going strong
- A 3-day virtual summit with 7000+ attendees
- Subscription-based online practice test libraries
- Personal Portfolios that generate leads for commissioned work
Education
- Since 1997: Working with HTML, CSS and Javascript
- 2025: Back-end Developer Career Path with Boot.dev
- 2023: Front-End Engineer Professional Certification with Codecademy
Skills
Frontend
HTMLCSSJavascriptReactReduxNextJSAstro
Backend
Go / GolangNode.jsExpress.js
Database
SQLPostgreSQLDrizzle ORMPrisma ORM
AI & Development Tools
Cursor AIClaude CodeGitHub CopilotGit