Andy Swick
Andy Swick

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Andy Swick

I write Laravel at Tighten, build an app that runs my house, and I'm still looking for the 1×2 plate missing from my LEGO Titanic.

I'm Andy: queer, nonbinary, neurodivergent, and a big fan of clear code and honest docs. This is where I write things down.

Current Party

6/6

  1. Lead Programmer @ Tighten

    the day job (it's a good one)

  2. Sunny

    runs my life. mostly.

  3. Make Ship Happen

    weekly chats w/ Tilly

  4. Naruto

    episode 10

  5. Lakeside Pride

    next concert Nov. 21st

  6. Diet Coke

    best fuel ever

Lately

The whole log

  1. Moment

    Finished Hunter x Hunter

    Finally finished Hunter x Hunter — my favorite arcs, Killua, and what's next.

  2. Moment

    Finally visiting Alcatraz

    Andy grinning in a backwards cap on the ferry, with the wake behind them and Alcatraz Island in the distance.
    Alcatraz Island from the water: the lighthouse and cellhouse on top of the rocky cliffs under a grey sky.
    A long cellhouse corridor lined with two tiers of barred cells and a skylight running overhead.
    A small cell staged with a paint box, a palette, sketches pinned above a shelf of books, and a coat hanging by the sink.
    The dock building sign, with “Indians Welcome” and “Indian Land” painted in red during the occupation.
    Alcatraz's water tower, painted in red with “Peace and Freedom. Welcome. Home of the Free Indian Land.”
    The roofless, burned-out shell of the warden's house under a cloudy sky.
    The San Francisco skyline across the bay from Alcatraz, with a ferry crossing and plants in the foreground.
    A close-up of a bright pink geranium with raindrops on its petals.

    Finally visiting Alcatraz

    Finally visiting Alcatraz at my own pace, and learning about the occupation whose graffiti is still on the island.

  3. Moment

    Resend Forward

    Dave Kiss on a dark stage beside an open coffin, in front of a giant sketched tombstone that reads “Here lies the Hard way, 1968–2026.”
    A single-line drawing of Andy by the Laravel booth's drawing robot, captioned “From one builder to another.”
    Andy's reflection in the mirrored screen of a giant iPod nano prop that reads “Now Living.”
    An arcade-style Inbox Invaders game on a wall-mounted TV, with a joystick on the wooden counter below.
    Zeno Rocha and Guillermo Rauch sitting in armchairs on stage for a fireside chat, with Guillermo's name in huge letters behind them.
    A speaker on stage in front of a massive slide that reads “Craft is obsession.”
    Conference swag spread out on a hotel bed: stickers, pins, a notebook, a lanyard, and Resend and Laravel goodies.

    Resend Forward

    My second-ever tech conference: Resend Forward in San Francisco, with a eulogy for the software engineer, a drawing robot, and stolen Pop-Tarts.

  4. Make

    3D print

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    TARDIS key hook and Wallet holder

    A 3D-printed blue TARDIS key hook holding keys and a badge reel, next to a red and blue printed AirTag holder on the wall.

    TARDIS key hook and Wallet holder

    finally I don't have a pile of crap on my desk

    A 3D-printed wallet holder to go next to my TARDIS key hook, printed at the Downers Grove library.

  5. Make

    Puzzle

    Finished puzzle

    A finished jigsaw puzzle of an illustrated fantasy city by the sea, on a wooden table.

    Finished puzzle

    The Golden Goose, a Where's Waldo-style Magic Puzzle Company puzzle with a secret second bag of pieces.

Things I build

All projects

  • Sunny Home

    Your household, organized. Recipes, lists, routines, calendars, and everything in storage, shared with your whole family.

  • Make Ship Happen Podcast

    A podcast that Tilly the Coder and I run. We talk about what we're working on, our takes on things going on in the dev community.

  • Card Party

    A game I originally built during Covid to play cards with my family, resurected thanks to Claude.

  • Bracket Box

    Community brackets decided one matchup at a time.

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