Summary
Ryan Huffaker is a self-taught web developer and founder with 11 years of hands-on experience building data-driven web apps and automations from concept to deployment. He launched CrystAIball, an AI-powered creative tool for TTRPG players, using Vite, React, TypeScript, Firebase and a fine-tuned GPT-3.5-Turbo integration, and handles both frontend and backend development. His background in sales, technical support, and SEO gives him a user-focused, metrics-driven approach to product and growth work. He has practical expertise visualizing large customer datasets (including a 7,000-client Google Maps routing app) and automating repetitive workflows with advanced userscripts. Comfortable leading solo projects and client engagements, he blends curiosity, creativity, and a knack for turning messy operational problems into elegant technical solutions. Based in Boise, Idaho, he pairs formal creative-writing study with modern web engineering to craft engaging, usable products.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Creative Writing, Bachelor's degree, Creative Writing at Boise State University
Complete Web Developer, Complete React Developer, Complete Web Developer, Complete React Developer at Zero To Mastery Academy