Steampunk Webwerks

Steampunk Webwerks was founded early 2007 by a couple of enthusiastic software developers with a desire to leave the cubicle farm behind and pursue a dream of becoming self-employed while embracing the open source community. We are two freelance software developers working out of virtual offices in Mukilteo, WA, just north of Seattle. We don't have employees or big office expenses. The bottom line is that we offer our clients more value for their dollars. With Steampunk Webwerks you get the knowledge and experience of two freelance developers for the price of one.

We are geeks with a passion for open source web technologies and have worked together since 1991 for a handful of small to mid-sized start-ups and a couple of not-so-small corporations. Our experience goes far beyond the development of simple websites. Here is just a sample of some of the systems and technologies we have worked with:

• enterprise financial accounting system
• client/server enterprise distribution solution
• b2b e-commerce (remember that buzz word) web-enabled enterprise supply chain management system
• exposure to multiple database programming environments: MySQL, Oracle, Informix, Derby, Cloudscape
• J2EE and JSP architectures
• a variety of code generation and report writing tools
• Swing based GUI applications
• SWT based GUI applications
• java/xml based client/server web services
• Eclipse IDE based plugins
• java based identity server and supporting ajax enabled web applications

We are seasoned software developers with years of experience building enterprise grade applications and have recently directed our experience at crafting cutting edge web sites.Through the years we have been exposed to a number of technologies including Java, Javascript, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Apache, XML, XSLT, AJAX, jQuery, Prototype, Dojo, J2EE, JSP, Eclipse, SWT, Swing, Ant, Maven, JBuilder, shell scripting, several flavors of Linux/Unix, MySQL, Oracle, Informix and brushes with many more. We have tried several different software development methodologies including the monolithic and formal Rational Unified Process (RUPS) down to an evolved version of Extreme Programming (XP) and are strong believers in iterative development and nightly builds.

We are driven to find that next new tool that will help us to do our jobs more quickly and efficiently.

So who are we?

David Hanses - David has been in the software industry since 1990 and has worked as a software developer, technical writer, documentation manager, and software support. He is familiar with a variety of tools, technologies and languages. David considers himself a rabid technophile, avid audiophile and gadget geek. He is the goto guy for all things tech in his circle of friends and has been building and overclocking PCs for friends and family for over 15 years. He is also obsessed with riding his motorcycle really really fast on the racetrack.

Perry Dillard - With 19 years of programming experience, Perry can often be found with his nose in a trade magazine searching for the hot new programming trend. Where David is a master of none, Perry is master of everything, exhibiting astounding feats of mental agility and physical prowess. Not only is Perry a gifted problem solver but he is also a Photoshop and Illustrator guru. Perry is a fanatical hockey player and Guitar Hero hero. Go here to read Perry's blog.