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        I build custom web applications for small businesses and startups. I handle everything from
        analyzing business requirements to app development and hosting.
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      <h2>Expertise</h2>
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        <li>Turning business requirements into a clean, simple web app</li>
        <li>Ruby + Rails</li>
        <li>CSS / SCSS</li>
        <li>Lightweight front-end JS with jQuery</li>
        <li>Deployment and management of AWS infrastructure</li>
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      <h2>History</h2>
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        I've been writing software since I was in grade school, continually evolving my skills.
        Some stops along the way:
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        <li>Scientific data analysis in Pascal</li>
        <li>Real-time embedded control systems in 68000 assembly, C, and C++</li>
        <li>Desktop application with classic Windows (3.1) API and later MFC</li>
        <li>Banking applications and data analysis in Microsoft Access and Visual Basic</li>
        <li>ASP (pre .NET) web applications</li>
        <li>PHP web applications</li>
        <li>Web-based demos and product prototypes in Javascript</li>
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        The pictures in this blog are scenes from my neighborhood, city, and surrounding
        countryside. I like living in Columbus, OH. It's the best city no one
        knows about.
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      <h2>Get In Touch</h2>
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        Feel free to reach out about a project, a coding question, or anything else that's
        on your mind. Email me at <a href="mailto:wck555@gmail.com?subject=Question for Will Koehler">wck555@gmail.com</a>
        or use this form.
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      <p>
        Most days you can find me at <a href='http://saltmines.us'>The Salt Mines</a>, an
        awesome coworking site in Clintonville. Stop in any time.
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