I’m Brian P. Hogan, a software developer, teacher, author, editor, and musician
living in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. I develop web applications like
Codecaster using HTML5, Elixir, JavaScript, and Ruby.
I also coach and mentor aspiring developers. I am the author of several books,
including Small, Sharp Software Tools, tmux 2 - Productive Mouse-Free
Development, and Exercises For
Programmers.
I am always looking for interesting opportunities to help people succeed.
From the blog...
When I was in college, I spent hundreds of hours using ReBirth, a music-making app that emulated two Roland 303 bassline synths, an 808 drum machine, and a 909 drum machine. Rebirth also had a number of effects and filters included. Unfortunately, support for ReBirth died many years ago. It doesn’t even run on macOS. If you were lucky enough to buy an iPad version a few years ago, you can still use that, but it’s no longer supported since Roland threatened to sue them so they took it off the store.
About seven months ago, I began moving this site from a WordPress setup to a static site using Hugo, which I’m writing a book on right now.
There’s still a ton of work to do, but it was bugging me that I didn’t have my own place to write. I’d been delaying writing a ton of content because my site wasn’t “ready”. But “ready” is a relative term anyway, so I pulled the trigger and made the swap.
In celebration of Hacktoberfest, which has a pretty great 80s theme, I composed a 5 song EP of synthwave tunes. I limited myself to virtual recreations of classic synths like the Roland 707 drum machine, the Yamaha DX-7 synth, and the Roland Jupiter-8.
Give it a listen!
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