Rick Glatz is a seasoned web developer with 13 years of professional experience, based in Indianapolis, who blends hands-on WordPress, PHP, HTML5 and CSS3 expertise with practical SEO and cross-browser optimization skills. He began coding on an Apple II+ at age nine and progressed through Turbo Pascal and C++ before finding a long-running passion for web development, manual coding, and performance-minded design. As founder of IndyFreelance and long-term contributor at Social Graces and InProgress... Web Designs, he specializes in custom WordPress installs, template/plugin customization, and ongoing technical support for growth-focused clients. Beyond the web, he contributes backend Java fixes and feature work to the popular Slimefun4 Spigot/Paper plugin, demonstrating fluency in Java and item/crafting system mechanics. Known for preferring hand-coded, validated pages and server-side optimizations, he brings both legacy depth and modern CMS integration to practical, SEO-friendly projects.
13 years of coding experience
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Indianapolis
Slimefun 4 - A unique Spigot/Paper plugin that looks and feels like a modpack. We've been giving you backpacks, jetpacks, reactors and much more since 2013.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:29 commits, 6 PRs, 191 comments in 15 days
Contributions summary:Rick primarily contributes to the Slimefun4 plugin, fixing bugs and implementing features related to item interactions, crafting, and the Ancient Altar system. The commits focus on resolving issues with item handling, such as spawner renaming and soulbound item retrieval, and enhancing crafting mechanics, particularly for soulbound backpacks. The contributions involve modifying Java code within the Slimefun plugin structure.
Contributions:27 comments, 5 issues in 3 years 1 month
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