I'm always trying to keep myself motivated and up to date with everyting in the devlopment ecosystem. I'm also trying to build businesses myself, coming up with product ideas to try out and see if they stick. Here are some of the latest things I'm working towards.
FortifyUI is a Laravel package I created to get up and running with Laravel Fortify, without the opinionated frontend that comes with it. With over 10,000 installs, FortifyUI is by far my most popular and successful venture into open source. FortifyUI installs and configures Laravel Fortify, as well as adding in the features that Fortify doesn't come with, out of the box. By default, and by design, FortifyUI has unstyled templates -- just plain ol' HTML -- which gives the developer the ability to style them according to their design.
Pipeline.js is an NPM package I created when I first started using (and completely enjoying) Laravel's Pipeline. Pipeline.js gives you the same API that you're used to on the Laravel side, completely written with vanilla Javascript. This package was also built out of my curiosity to become more familiar with the Javascript Class syntax, like private properties & methods, and using static methods.
Laravel Ads SDK is a wrapper for connecting to the popular online advertising platforms, Google Ads, Bing Ads and Facebook Ads. It provides a cleaner and more consistent integration across each platform
I helped contribute updates to the Facebook Ads integration and keeping the Facebook SDK updated.
Stringable Laravel is Javascripts version of Laravel's String helper class. It provides many of the same functions that you're used to using in PHP, right in your Javascript applications.
I contributed some new methods and fixed a RegEx bug in the snake-case method.
Anvil is a Laravel Forge companion app for iOS, built with the Ionic Framework. Anvil allows you to accomplish many of the things you can do on the web app, in a convenient mobile experience.
I first started Anvil back in 2017, when Forge first released their API. I was able to release it on the App Store and even had an article written about it on Laravel News . I've since rewritten it and I'm considering a re-release or just open sourcing it, this time.
As the Director of Development, I lead a team of full-stack developers that work on in-house software as well as client projects. My primary focus is our custom-built marketing attribution software, called Kudos. Kudos gives our clients the ultimate reporting software so they can see exactly where their marketing dollars are going and the effects of each of their marketing efforts, channel by channel & metric by metric.
At Schematik, our business was about helping people get the most out of their web platforms. Whether it was a new project, starting from the ground up, or an existing project that needed some TLC, we made sure that our clients got the best possible performance out of their codebase.
At McCann, I was brought on board to work with Cisco to assist with a few projects they had for the upcoming Olympics. After that project, I was moved to a Staff Augmentation role and helped with another Cisco project that was used to produce live events and allow users to re-watch previous events.
Fluid Advertising is a full-service digital marketing agency that specializes in creating custom solutions for our clients. As the Director of Development, I was responsible for leading a team of developers to create high-quality websites, web applications, and digital marketing campaigns. I worked closely with our clients to understand their needs and develop solutions that met their goals.
At Allmoxy, I helped lead out the front-end development of our web application. I was responsible for creating new features, fixing bugs, and maintaining the codebase. I worked closely with our back-end developers to ensure that our front-end code was optimized and efficient. My role also include creating instructional videos and tutorials for our users.
April 6, 2022 — Scott Hendrix
Colleague @ Fluid AdvertisingZack is everything you want in a Developer - his expert skill and in-depth development knowledge allows Fluid to build any project thrown our way and answer any curveball questions that we receive. As an Account Manager words cannot express how comforting it is to have a client-facing developer like Zack who can jump on any call, or attend any meeting, and provide answers that show the customer that they can have confidence in Zack and his team. This duel threat of unparalleled skill + client-facing capacity is rare in the development world. Zack is one-of-a-kind.
On top of already possessing in-depth knowledge and having a full 40+ hour work week, Zack finds time outside of work to sharpen his saw and scoop up new development knowledge on his own time. Every time we're looking for new approaches to development or animation Zack has answers and insights into what's possible and he's willing to try anything. Zack never ceases to amaze me.
April 29, 2020 — Kayla LeFevre
Colleague @ Fluid AdvertisingZack is absolutely great to work with! I've worked with a lot of developers who would be very stuck in their ways or make you feel inferior for not understanding their code, but Zack was never like that. Whatever request a client would make, he always gave incredible insight into what it would take to reach that goal with a great "can-do" outlook and using terms that us normal people could understand. If I could work with a "Zack" at every company, I would!
Feb 2024 — Synopsis Standout
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Feb 2024 — Devin Deaton
Partner @ Max Connect DigitalZack is a rare find. You don’t often find developers that are as business smart as Zack, but also know how to develop and write code the way he does. He is also very solution oriented and never focuses on the problem, as a business owner that is all you can ask for and Zack does it better than anybody I’ve met.