I also have a wife, a french bulldog, and an obsession with pragmatism.
I develop websites, iOS applications, and play far too much Tennis.
What does Matt Waler do?
Oh, you want to talk shop? Let's get right to it.
Whether it's a static website or a full-blown iOS application, I'm all about taking ideas and turning them into something tangible. I pride myself on keeping my code simple, practical, and easy to maintain, resorting to complexity only when absolutely necessary.
Alpine
Astro
Claude
Git
Laravel
Next.js
Node
Statamic
Swift
Tailwind
TypeScript
VS Code
Xcode
Who is Matt Waler?
They always say to show, not tell. I'll do both.
I'm Matt Waler, a web and iOS developer from Ohio who's been building stuff since 2016. I like simple tools, fast sites, and apps that do one thing well. When I'm not building something, I'm most likely on a tennis court or hanging out with my wife and our french bulldog, Klaus.
What is Matt Waler building?
Take a gander at my most recent projects.
TrendyMinds
An Indiana-based marketing agency focused on delivering digital experiences to clients that improve lives.
Completed while employed at TrendyMinds.
Repeaters
Repeaters is a recurring task tracker. You can create repeating items, custom groups, and unscheduled items, get completion history and push notifications when things are due, and back everything up to CSV.
Kings Court Landscaping
A fully static marketing website for a local landscaping company that provides lots of different services.
Hamilton Exhibits
A website highlighting Hamilton Exhibits innovative brand spaces and how they can make an impact.
Completed while employed at TrendyMinds.
Cakewalk Development
Cakewalk Development is a two-man development agency that aims to make web development easier for individuals and small businesses that have a lot on their plates.
Rev Indy
A modular marketing website to bring awareness to the Rev Indy fundraising event that takes place every year.
Completed while employed at TrendyMinds.What is Matt Waler thinking?
Thoughts, tutorials, and the occasional rant.
Changing my crosshair
My friends gave me endless grief for constantly tweaking my Counter-Strike crosshair. Turns out that habit was the perfect training for a career in web development.
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Using GoatCounter with Astro's ClientRouter
GoatCounter only counts the first page of a visit when Astro's ClientRouter handles navigation. Here's the three-line fix, and why the referrer needs blanking too.
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Fixing Safari's toolbar flash with Astro's ClientRouter
Safari repaints the white page background under its toolbars during view transitions. Here's how I opted Safari out of view transitions while keeping Astro's client-side navigation.
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My Life Systems
A detailed breakdown of the five tools I use to manage tasks, chores, plans, and ideas. Each one has exactly one job, and that's what keeps me sane.
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I Ditched 7 Mac Utilities for Vorssaint and Spotlight
How I swapped a pile of menu bar applications for Vorssaint and Spotlight, and why Spotlight is still missing a few things that might send me back to Raycast.
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Using Lit to create cross-language components
On projects that mix server-side and client-side templating languages, Lit custom elements give you one component that works in every one of them.
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