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Greg Rickaby

Building for the web since 1997

Morning Mist – Lake Frank Jackson20mm · f/4 · 1/800s · ISO 200

About

Hello there

Hello there! I'm a software engineer, self-taught photographer, and author of Creating a Website for Dummies Jr. (Wiley Global, 2017), based in Alabama.

I've been building websites since 1997. First came Geocities pages, then my first real job: radio station websites running on a custom CMS written in classic ASP. WordPress took over in 2006 and kept me busy for 17 years. React showed up in 2019, and in 2023 I moved to Next.js for good.

These days I build with AI tools. Nearly 30 years on the web has taught me how to adapt to ever-changing tech. And when a teammate gets stuck, I'm often the one they ask (my favorite part of the job, honestly).

When I'm not at a keyboard or looking through a camera, there's a good chance I'm reading a book, cheering for my kids at their sporting events, or planning our next trip to Walt Disney World, where we've been Annual Passholders and Disney Vacation Club members for years.

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