My name is Brian Pipa and I'm a code monkey, a geek, a husband, a dad, and a gamer (but not necessarily in that order). Some info about me:

• I have been coding for over 25 years, mostly in Java, but also in Ruby on Rails.
• I'm a huge Douglas Adams fan. I even own https://myvogonpoetry.com where I sometimes write in my blog
• I used to get paid to review PC games. I wrote for Avault, VoodoExtreme,Gamesmania, etc. I had some of my review quotes on PC game boxes and I even went to E3 as a member of the press!
• If you feel the need to email me, my email address is on gmail.com and the user name is my firstnamelastname.

My list of side coding projects/websites:

• My "just for fun" coding projects are tracked at https://pipasoft.com.
• My public github projects: https://github.com/brianpipa?tab=repositories
• In 2023 I launched https://overreader.com to search for books on Overdrive/Libby and on Kindle Unlimited
• In 2022 I created https://customizercorner.com to aggregate action figure customizer sites and products (I have since sold that domain)
• In 2008 I Launched https://geekcrafts.com - a blog about... geek crafts
• in 2006, I co-founded a company called Brainy Atom, LLC where I wrote Ruby on Rails code for our sites like Teenormous. I sold my half of the company in 2012.
• In 2005 I started a candy blog called Candy Addict at https://candyaddict.com and at one point it was ranked on the front page of Google when searching for candy. It's pretty much dead now, but was a fun ride.
• My resume is online at https://brianpipa.com/misc/resume/ . I'm always willing to entertain Java opportunities.