Hi, I'm Lindsay Wardell

I'm a programmer and writer. I've been working in software since 2015, and I currently work as a Senior Software Engineer at Mangomint. I've worked on projects for individuals and small businesses as well as large organizations. I love talking to people about what they do, what they care about, and what their experiences have been like.

Writing has always been a passion of mine. In elementary school I wrote the heartfelt epic of "The Adventures of Jake" as he quested around the world fighting bad guys and collecting the chaos emeralds (I was a big fan of Sonic the Hedgehog). In middle school I turned to drawing comics (again Sonic themed) and started writing stories for tabletop roleplaying games. In high school I discovered a joy for worldbuilding, and started writing my first novel (which has been regrettably misplaced).

As a young adult, I kept coming back to writing fiction, and later poetry, as a way to explore what I was feeling and seeing around me. Creative expression is something I'm always searching for (I also love singing and playing viola), but in writing I felt like I found a voice and flow. I could create a world, a story, a set of rules. Today, I continue to explore those worlds, drawing them and telling their stories. I'm currently working on a fantasy novel, which I hope to share with the world some time in the next year or so.

Professionally, I've worked on a number of projects ranging from a corporate application to a 5-person startup. I've used common tools (like React or Ruby on Rails) as well as less known ones (such as Elm or Haskell). Personally, I enjoy working with a functional programming lens, because I find it helps me organize what I am doing, but I appreciate the power in object-oriented languages like Kotlin and C#.