Ryan Carter - Software Engineer
I'm a software engineer who specializes in making messy systems understandable again. I work primarily in modern fullstack applications, but my real strength is untangling ambiguity in any language — production bugs, performance rot, unclear requirements, and "how did we get here?" codebases.
I prefer stable solutions, clear tradeoffs, and shipping things that survive real users. Most of what I know came from fixing problems that weren't in the docs.
This site is how I think about software, debugging, and building systems that are robust. I have a passion for user experience, support, and making users lives better every day.
For a list of technologies I've worked with to date, please see the tech page
Feel free to reach out by email at: ryan@stormcloudy.com
Notable Work
- Automated restaurant menu update system, reducing update time by ~90%
- Built Node.js automation that reduced customer issue research time by 76%
- Developed business travel search engine with viral social marketing campaign
- Designed distributed database system for major healthcare company
- Built archive feature that improved performance by 20%
- Created reusable feature tour system for onboarding users to new features
- Developed advanced search filters that improved user experience
- Top 13% Stack Overflow contributor (14+ years)