Summary
Michael Arace is a founder and lead engineer with 17 years of experience building full‑stack web applications and bespoke social platforms, currently running RestlessDev and launching RestlessIDE, a cloud-based web development tool. He has shipped products for clients ranging from large government agencies to two-person startups, with deep experience in LAMP, Node.js, PostgreSQL and social integrations (Facebook/Twitter). Comfortable as both hands-on developer and company owner, he’s built production systems—from the original VSAS medical application to social networking projects—and focuses on scalability and developer-friendly tooling. Based in New Orleans, he blends entrepreneurial grit with a penchant for big ideas and practical execution, often favoring open-source stacks and simple, maintainable architectures.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Government, Computer Science, Bachelors, Government, Computer Science at University of Maryland