Derrick Hammer
CTO at Hammer Technologies LLC
Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerrick Hammer is a pragmatic CTO and founder with 15 years of hands-on experience building web and backend systems, from server control panels to WordPress frameworks. Based in Jacksonville, NC, he runs Hammer Technologies and leads the Web3-focused startup lumeweb.com while also freelancing through Codeable. His contributions to open-source projects like Webmin, Vesta, and the Pods Framework show a focus on backend robustness, UI maintainability, and operational tooling—including LetsEncrypt and cross-module link improvements. A decade-long interest in Web3 and crypto informs his current mission to make decentralized tech accessible to mainstream users and reshape its public perception. He combines entrepreneurial grit from running hosting and services businesses with deep technical craftsmanship that traces back to hacking and tinkering as a teenager.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Web Technologies, Associate's degree, Web Technologies at Davidson County Community CollegeHigh School, High School at East Davidson High
English
Github Skills (26)
webconfig10
wordpress10
linux10
bash10
perl10
php10
custom-fields10
control-panel10
webmin10
content-type10
system-administration10
webserver10
rest-api10
server10
letsencrypt9
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
outroll/vesta
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
VESTA Control Panel
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:46 commits, 22 PRs, 44 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Derrick's contributions primarily focus on modifying the Vesta Control Panel's backend functionality. They implemented changes to the domain configuration, including deleting configurations if a domain is not in the user's web.conf. The user also refactored the installation scripts to use a global VESTA variable and updated cron job configurations. Furthermore, the user added support for LetsEncrypt functionality and integrated the related UI elements.
panelvestacontrol-panel
pods-framework/pods
Dec 2015 - Jan 2020
The Pods Framework is a Content Development Framework for WordPress - It lets you create and extend content types that can be used for any project. Add fields of various types we've built in, or add your own with custom inputs, you have total control.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 29 PRs, 60 comments in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Derrick primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the Pods Framework, focusing on enhancing content type management. They added new labels for various featured image functionalities and other item-related configurations within the WordPress plugin. Furthermore, the user fixed an issue, making a REST handler static and addressed other bugs related to display and duplication.
custom-fieldstotalpjaxcontent-typeswordpress
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