About
I’m Caleb Evans, a web developer based in Carlsbad, California. My professional career spans the past nine years, although I’ve been creating for the web since 2010. During that time, I’ve delivered large e-commerce platforms serving tens of thousands of users, as well as sophisticated enterprise rebate systems for customers like Pfizer and Novartis. Outside of my professional work, you’ll still find me contributing to open source and exploring the boundaries of generative AI in software. I also enjoy spending time with family and friends, whether it’s over a pizza lunch or a thought-provoking sci-fi thriller.
From Curiosity to Craft
My journey began with the simple thrill of taking my ideas and making them real. That curiosity matured into a discipline: more than 60 personal projects—some earning hundreds of GitHub stars and active users—helped me develop a versatility to tackle technical and UX challenges across a wide variety of domains.
Faith & Purpose
I code for Christ—my Lord, Friend, and Savior—through the conviction that my expression of creativity can be an act of worship. If an application I build reduces friction, empowers a team, or lightens a user’s cognitive load, then I have glorified Him by creating an experience that is enjoyable and useful.
Languages & Tools
By far, I am most fluent in the languages of modern web development: TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Node. I’ve spent significant time with React, although I greatly enjoy working with Svelte+SvelteKit for my more recent projects (including this website!). Besides the web, I enjoy programming in Python for productivity scripts and Alfred workflows.
Preferences
Editor
My editor of choice is unsurprisingly VS Code for its performance, rich extension ecosystem, and TypeScript ergonomics (my full setup lives in dotfiles). I used Atom for many years, but when its future became uncertain, I spent a few months of concerted effort to migrate my workflow to VS Code. Years later, I couldn’t be happier with my setup, especially with the integration of GitHub Copilot for more productive development and conceptualization.
Tabs vs. Spaces
Regarding the question of tabs vs. spaces, I lean toward clarity over dogma—VS Code’s “Sticky Tab Stops” setting enables predictable behavior for spaces, so I tend to follow the indentation convention for whichever language I’m writing.
AI
When I need to tackle, for example, massive and unwieldy refactors, I reach for GitHub Copilot with GPT-5 Codex. After much experimentation—and some disheartening experiences with Sonnet 4.5—I’ve found Codex to be the most consistently effective model with an impressive understanding of intent. Of course, I’m eager to test the future models that emerge from this nascent, volatile AI-driven market.