About Me
I’m Sam Storino, a software development engineer for Amazon living in Philadelphia! I’ve always had an interest in computers, more so on the hardware side at first. I fell in love with programming after hours of failure and misery turned into that sweet, sweet satisfaction of having your first application run.
Creating something out of nothing, now that’s pretty cool.
You know what else is pretty cool? Creating something tangible, having a physical real-world result. I’ve been into woodworking ever since I was a kid, something I picked up from my dad. Living in the city has limited my capacity for the craft, but has driven me to find new ways to express that physical creativity.
What's this site for?
For me, I suppose. But also for you! Admittedly selfish, I started this site to document the things I’ve done and the lessons I’ve learned. A so called "digital garden". As a byproduct of that, I’m hopeful some of my words will have hit home with you.
What I'm up to now
Updated Jan 9th, 2025
- Redesigning this website and migrating away from Wordpress to a static site hosted on Netlify.
- Starting a web design company called Mural City Web Design.
- Working for Amazon as a Software Development Engineer.
- Moved back to Philadelphia after a few beautiful years in Seattle.
This section is inspired by Tania Rascia.
What I'm using
Updated Jan 9th, 2025
- MacBook Air 2020 (M1).
- Visual Studio Code for development.
- Git for version control.
- Netlify for static site hosting.
- Eleventy (11ty) for static site generation.
- Spotify for jams.
- Home Assistant for home automation.
- Durgod Taurus K320 Mechanical Keyboard for typing.