Software Engineer and Entrepreneur
Jay VanOrd
I'm a software engineer and small business owner in the Washington, DC area. This page is a short summary of what I do, a few things I've built, and where else to find me.
What I do
Work
By day I'm a senior software architect at a large tech platform used by major companies and government agencies.
Separately, I founded Tampa Bay Coders, a software development agency in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Tampa Bay Coders makes the Pickaxe Media Platform.
Away from work: married, with a son, two daughters, and two grandsons. Self-taught, East Coast born and raised, and a huge nerd by any measure.
- Based in
- Washington, DC area
- Day job
- Senior software architect
- On the side
- Founder, Tampa Bay Coders
Things I have built
Projects
Web platform
Pickaxe Media Platform
Hosting for podcasts and other media, free to get started.
iOS app
Pickaxe Player
A local-first podcast player for iPhone that builds your listening order from rules you set.
Method and VS Code extension
Kodo Flow
Documentation-driven task management. Tasks are Markdown files in the repo, the folder is the status, and Git is the history.
Where else to find me
Elsewhere
GitHub
github.com/jvanord
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/jay-vanord
Tampa Bay Coders
tampabaycoders.com