Welcome to riceboyler.com!

You've reached the online home of Jason Clark (aka riceboyler) and my personal web site. I wear many different hats and have a few different titles:

  • Son (to two sets of parents)
  • Husband (to one, only one (Zoni))
  • Father (to three (Owen, Zander, Lauralynn))
  • Front-End Web Architect (for Chatbooks )
  • Treasurer/Board Member - Reno Region Sports Car Club of America (Reno SCCA)
  • Occasional Open Source Contributor
  • Boost Junkie (because I love turbocharged cars)
  • Boomer. Yeah. Kids...

Plans for this site

Like most full-time employed web developers, my personal site always seems to come last. It was the same when I was a car audio installer, my car was always the worst looking install (though I did make it sound good!).
Initially, I'll work on the responsive side of things, as I know this isn't mobile friendly yet. Then, I'll probably only get the Resume/CV page built, because I plan to use this as a bit of a portfolio in and of itself. Eventually, I'll add a blog, a portfolio, a contact page, my car history, and the pretty crazy story of my finding my biological family.

How It's Made ©

I used a bunch of modern technology (as of late 2021, updating in mid 2025) to build this site. Here goes:

  • Astro! - I finally made the switch from Next.js to Astro! Astro is a static site generator that allows you to build fast, modern websites with a focus on performance and simplicity. It's been a game changer for my personal projects.
  • TypeScript - I used to hate it. Now I don't know how to ever go back to plain JavaScript again!
  • Panda CSS - a library for building UI components with a focus on accessibility and performance. It provides the best of CSS-in-JS while being precompiled via PostCSS. It's like Tailwind CSS, but without the nasty class names.
  • Vercel - I figure if they're good enough to create Next.js, they're good enough to be the main host for Next.js apps.