About Me
Hello! My name is Luke Peters. I'm a freelance web developer from Boston, Massachusetts.
I specialize in Craft CMS website development and custom web application development using React.js, Python, Flask, and MongoDB, among other technologies.
You can contact me at lukempeters@gmail.com
My Life in 34 Bullet Points
- I was born
- 13 years went by
- I learned how to make an HTML button
- My dad gave me a copy of Macromedia Flash 4 (before Adobe bought them)
- I made dozens of crappy animations and animated websites
- My dad gave me a copy of Adobe Photoshop
- I made dozens of crappy websites with lots of graphics
- I got caught up in the online digital art scene (Deviant Art, Breed Art, Twisted Drain, etc.)
- I stopped making websites for a while
- I turned 18
- I moved out of my parent's house and into my first apartment
- I worked in painting/construction/demolition, security and catering to pay my rent
- I ate tuna fish, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and spaghetti
- I started to learn CSS
- I put an ad up on Craigslist as a web designer looking for work
- I got a $200 gig with a lady who rescues poodles. She hated my awful design and demanded $100 back. I gave it to her.
- I ate more tuna fish
- I got more web design gigs on Craigslist and they went better
- I got a job at a local web agency – Boston Interactive
- I realized how much I had to learn. I learned a ton.
- Almost 2 years went by
- I wanted to get into building web applications / products
- I got a job at a company that made their own SaaS products
- Time went by
- I got a new job at a local social media startup – MarketMeSuite
- I learned a lot of JavaScript
- I learned MongoDB and a lot of PHP
- Time went by
- I got a job at another local startup – CustomMade
- I learned even more JavaScript, as well as some Python
- Time went by
- I left my job and freelanced for 6 months
- I co-founded a web design and development studio with two friends, growing it to a 5-person team over 3 1/2 years
- After many great projects and new experiences, I made a return to independent freelance life in February 2018
About this Website
Built with Flask and uses static Markdown documents for all content, including the blog.