About Brian
Maker, photographer, and hand-coding web craftsman in Colorado Springs.
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I've been building things on computers most of my life.
I started young and never really stopped. I've been designing and developing websites since 2000, taking photographs since 2012, and engraving since 2015. Different crafts, same instinct: take care of the details, and make something that lasts.
The web work: hand-coded, and built to last.
I write my sites by hand — PHP, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap — rather than leaning on page-builders that hide the important parts behind paywalls. That means the people I build for actually own their websites, the code stays lean and fast, and when something needs changing, a real person can change it. I've maintained some of these sites for years, and I treat that responsibility seriously.
The engraving: handmade, one at a time.
Through LaserEtchingArt, I make personalized and memorial pieces with a Celtic, Irish, and Norse flavor — the kind of keepsakes people hold onto. Every piece is made by hand here in Colorado Springs, and the same care that goes into a clean codebase goes into the grain of the wood.
Why Celtic, Norse, and a little sci-fi?
The knotwork, the runes, the ravens — and yes, a soft spot for Star Trek and Stargate — have been with me a long time. They show up in my engraving designs and in the small details around this site. They're not decoration for its own sake; they're the things I genuinely love, and I think work is better when it's made by someone who cares about it.