I am a semi-independent coder that pursues programming both as a practical hobby (not as an art) and career. I have spent the most time in C and Java, but several years of studying programming language structures have made me comfortable with most C-based and Perl-based imperative languages, LISP-based functional languages, Python, APL and Fortran. Since my formal education I have also picked up Rust, which has become one of my favorites.

I put emphasis on the design stage well before the implementation if possible; my work must be as elegant as possible with ample documentation and scalability. As an educated engineer, I am continuously aware of the potential harm that comes from poor design, lack of documentation and overall negligence. I am not prepared to release a project until I am certain of its integrity.

To best help people with their programming, I hesitate to give complete code as an answer and instead try to make it clear what needs to be written and why. Good design prior to implementation makes clear the purpose, ensuring the code is more sustainable and less like an improvised mess that will need to be rewritten later.