Dustin Coates is from small-town Texas, lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Favorite foods are breakfast tacos, chicken fried steak, and shawarma—not necessarily in that order.
He enjoys JavaScript, Ruby, and Rails. In a past life, he was a full-time SEO and Analytics specialist. Find more code on github.
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Networking events are always tough. Either you don't know anyone and don't know who to talk to, or you're blatantly glancing at name tags all night. I decided there was a better way. Meetster allows attendees to check in and displays their photo and information on a second screen. Best part? No Flash necessary. Developed with Zahra Jabini.
A mock dating website for hipsters. To connect with a user, you must answer one of their questions correctly. Don't get it right? Too bad, there's no second chances. Developed as part of a group of five at General Assembly.
Have a giant wrench you no longer want? Trade it for a giant pencil (or anything else) at Barterville. Developed as part of a group of two at General Assembly.
A simple lorem ipsum generator. Provided a number of words to use and the actual words themselves, it will return sentences of varying word-length and paragraphs of varying sentence-length.