October 18, 2018

Estimated Time to Read: 7 minutes

I’ve been a multi-hyphenate for several years now. It makes for a bit of a long email signature, but “Theater Artist & Software Engineer” is how I’ve been signing-off ever since I graduated college and decided to pursue dual careers. For the past three years I maintained full-time positions with software companies while rehearsing a few shows a…

September 02, 2016

Estimated Time to Read: 4 minutes

There are few visitors to my website who are interested in both sides of what I do. Even I have, historically, not been interested in both software engineering and theater in the same sentence. The closest I’ve come to a synthesis of the two disciplines is making websites for [redacted] and being asked jokingly to act out my favorite JavaScript…

January 29, 2016

Estimated Time to Read: 3 minutes

Three years since building the original joshuamclucas.com, it's exciting to now be at the point where a portfolio redesign feels necessary. The site first went live in June 2013. In building it, I resolved to follow best practices to a T, ensuring that every line of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript was standards-compliant. It was responsive and featured a…