Dan
Belling

Software Developer, Technology Consultant & Educator

I build things for the web — from fintech and media to edtech and nonprofits. Currently at Slalom. Also a bootcamp instructor, occasional trivia host, and fulfilled pet parent to two dogs with better Instagram followings than mine.

Contact GitHub

Clients Served

Selected projects

B2B Payments · Apruve

Apruve – BigCommerce

Let BigCommerce merchants extend net terms to business buyers while getting paid within 24 hours — no manual tasks required.

Exited · now part of TreviPay

Climate · CleanCounts

CleanCounts

Certificate tracking system for RECs and AECs — delivering environmental and economic benefits to generators across North America.

Edtech · Microsoft

Flipgrid

Short video sharing for classrooms and communities — empowering every student voice. Core features now live in Microsoft Teams for Education.

Sunset Sept 2024 · rolled into Teams for Education

Healthcare · Optum

SilvrLoop

Helps families coordinate caregiving tasks for aging parents. Spun out of Optum's Innovation Garage and relaunched as Reema Health.

Spun out → Reema Health

AI · Independent

Skail AI

Turns teams into thought leaders — generating authentic brand stories and social content at scale while preserving each person's individual voice.

IoT · Trane / Nexia

Trane Home – OpenADR

Partnered to bring OpenADR 2.0b and AHRI-1380 compliance to Trane's smart thermostat app — enabling demand response for connected home devices.

Languages

  • Ruby
  • Javascript & TypeScript
  • Python
  • Go

Frameworks

  • Rails
  • Django
  • Express
  • Fast API

Cloud

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Heroku

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • ElasticSearch
  • Redshift

AI

  • Claude
  • OpenAI
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Gemini / Google Vertex

A programmer's creed

"All programmers are optimists… 'This time it will surely run,' or 'I just found the last bug.'"
— Frederick Brooks, The Mythical Man Month

Find me elsewhere

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