David Herrera
Software Developer at Alley
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Herrera is a seasoned software developer based in Philadelphia with 14 years of experience building intuitive, content-focused CMS solutions for digital publishers and news organizations. At Alley since 2014 he combines front-end and back-end skills to craft editorial tools that streamline publishing workflows, drawing on earlier web development roles at Religion News LLC and the Religion Newswriters Association. His background in journalism (MA from University of Missouri-Columbia) gives him a rare product perspective: he designs developer-friendly systems with deep empathy for newsroom needs. Comfortable in fast-moving editorial environments, he has a proven track record of turning complex editorial requirements into pragmatic, user-centered software.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bowling Green State UniversityUniversity of Missouri
Github Skills (85)
subversion10
gutenberg10
seo10
wordpress10
apple-news10
git10
plugin10
wordpress-plugin10
phpcs9
wordpress-block9
opengraph9
gutenberg-blocks9
coding-conventions9
wordpress-database9
yoast9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
alleyinteractive/laminas-validator-extensions
Jul 2022 - Nov 2025
Additional validation classes for the laminas-validator framework.
Contributions:5 releases, 5 reviews, 28 PRs in 3 years 5 months
validatoradditionalvalidationlaminas
dlh01/wp-utility-belt
Jan 2015 - May 2020
A WordPress theme for exploring WordPress
Contributions:2 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 4 months
wordpresswordpress-theme
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