Daniel Hintz Designs
Engineering A Better World...Visual Store
Online shopping website catering to visual products, such as paintings or digital art.
Main Features: Asynchronous Integration with REST API built in Rails, Dark-mode switch
Backend Techs: Ruby-on-Rails, SQL
Frontend Techs: React, Redux, HTML, Bootstrap, Custom CSS
What's Cookin
Recipe App for people who can’t decide what to cook tonight.
Main Features: Async Integration with REST API built in Rails, JWT-based authentication, server-side integration with 3rd-party API, Push-button email capability
Backend Techs: Ruby-on-Rails, SQL, deployed in Heroku
Frontend Techs: Vanilla JavaScript, HTML, CSS, deployed in GitHub Pages
My Town Tracker
Lightweight web app to help users keep track of interesting places seen or visited.
Main Features: Dynamic picklists to associate data structures, Database filtering accessible from front-end
Backend Techs: Sinatra (Ruby), SQL
Frontend Techs: Sinatra views, HTML, CSS
Stock Stack
Multi-page web application for searching and organizing stock market watchlists.
Main Features: Hierarchical data structure, Aggregate views, Single Sign-on using Oauth, Integration with 3rd-party API
Backend Techs: Ruby-on-Rails, SQL
Frontend Techs: Rails views, HTML, CSS
My Story
Hello World! I'm Dan Hintz.
I got my first glimpse into the Software Development Lifecycle in 2015 when I began working as a business systems analyst on a team designing an enterprise SaaS CRM. Besides designing new features and updates for the in-house CRM, I worked on more than 50 projects with more than 25 top-tier tech companies including several from the Fortune 500.
I've seen how the big guys dominate, but also how the smaller, more nimble companies can get an edge.
Although my roots were in business and technical requirements gathering, in 2017 I began focusing more on designing user experience, or what we called the "Customer Journey". Over the years, I became more and more involved in the product design and architecture. I noticed that as I started getting closer to development, it became a bummer to hand it off to a development team to take it over the finish line.
So, I decided that it’s time for me to start developing products of my own!
In June 2020, I completed a full-stack software development program at the Flatiron School. Here, I gained a solid foundation to start developing my technical skills for the road ahead.
Now, I’m ready and I couldn't be more excited to start a brand new career building software!
Today, I'm searching for a company that prides itself on innovation and champions employees to bring to life software solutions that can change the world for the better.
Currently I'm living in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina. When I'm not working on building software and websites, I'm out enjoying all that this great town has to offer. I prefer to spend my days on the water learning how to sail my first boat, or kayaking around the marshes. When it's time to relax, it's off to the beach for a day in the sun or a backyard seafood boil with good friends and great beer!
