Profile

Hi, this is Marc. You’re browsing ermshaus.org, my personal website. I hope you’ll find something of interest here.

I work as a web developer (HTML/CSS, JS, PHP, …). Feel free to contact me about freelance work of all sizes. (Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache.)

A more detailed description of what I can offer to you:

I am mainly a back end developer but I know my way around front end technologies. I am a big advocate for web standards, semantics and the KISS principle. I like the approach of progressive enhancement and responsive design. I can explain what the deal with /XML|X?HTML(?:5?)/ is. (I mean, I really can explain. And no, I am not talking about the regex. That one’s a given.) I can explain more complicated things, too. I respect the HTTP. I have opinions about topics like CSS IDs versus classes. I think global state is a code smell. I work with Git and I write unit tests. I do not cheat at phpGolf.

Technologies I like to work with: Zend Framework, Symfony, PHPUnit, Doctrine, Composer, jQuery, Ext JS, Sass/Compass.

I own an Arduino board. I am a GNU/Linux user since 2006. I sometimes use a hex editor for real work (and for play). I use LaTeX as a word processor. I have written code in a dozen different languages. I like teaching. I like learning. If you want to google me, google for „mermshaus“.

Tools I use: Ubuntu, Git, NetBeans, SSH, VirtualBox, Inkscape.

I am an okay designer. I cannot draw.

I like FLOSS. Currently, I work on phpsog, Kaloa and occasionally webdevbuch.

I do other things that do not involve a computer.

People who inspire me: Mark Pilgrim, Matthew Baldwin, Dave Winer, Shaun Inman, Kevin Kelly, Joseph Pearson.

—Take care.