John Wright
Full-Stack Developer
Hi, I'm John Wright
Full-Stack Developer with a passion for user-experience, innovation, and results.
About Me
Hi! I'm John Wright, a Full-Stack Developer focused on process improvement and user experience. I specialize in building scalable applications for web and mobile using React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript. I also build and maintain WordPress websites, and design AI integrations and workflow automations for businesses and teams.
My backgrounds in product and production management provide me with a unique perspective on the full development lifecycle. I've led teams, managed complex projects, and bridged communication between stakeholders and technical teams - experiences that help me deliver solutions that align with strategic goals while maintaining high standards for code quality and user experience.
When I'm not coding, you can typically find me in the gym, hanging out with my cats, creating music, or exploring the great outdoors.
Featured Work
AI-Powered SEO Optimization Workflow
AI-powered automation workflow that transforms manual SEO content management into a streamlined background process. Conceived and built an end-to-end system that eliminates hours of repetitive work by automatically generating SEO-optimized content across pages, posts, and media libraries. Leverages OpenAI API for image vision and text generation capabilities to create alt text, meta descriptions, and optimized filenames at scale. Designed with flexible prompting architecture to adapt across diverse industries and use cases, freeing teams to focus on strategic work.
Dynamic Blog Content Generator & Scheduler Workflow
Content automation system that transforms manual blog production workflows into scalable, error-free processes. Conceived and built a dynamic content generation platform that creates property-specific blog variants from templates and handles automated scheduling across multiple sites. Replaces time-consuming manual processes like find-and-replace, formatting cleanup, and scheduling with intelligent automation. Built robust Playwright automation to reliably navigate challenging third-party platforms, enabling seamless content deployment at scale.
Navy Pier
Refactored Navy Pier's website to replace their Events Calendar plugin with custom post types for events and locations. Built the frontend from design comps and added features like favorites and trip planning. The site serves nearly 9 million annual visitors, and I continue to handle maintenance and SEO improvements.
Audiotree Discovery
An embedded video repository search tool that helps users explore thousands of live-recorded performances. Built to house and showcase all of Audiotree's video content outside of YouTube, giving them ownership of their video database. The iframe-based widget embeds seamlessly into their existing website with branding-matched styling. A backend admin portal enables content managers to handle large-scale video libraries through CSV imports and advanced search capabilities, scaling to tens of thousands of videos.
Workout Tracker Mobile App
A minimal viable product for tracking workouts, featuring exercise logs, template creation, and progress tracking with a sleek, mobile-friendly design. Focused on simplicity and ease of use, built around custom templates that make logging exercises straightforward. The mobile-first design prioritizes an uncomplicated UI that works well on-the-go. Built with Next.js for unified frontend and backend, with secure authentication and a clean, modern interface.
Order Management App
Full-stack order management app for a BBQ restaurant, featuring a responsive front-end with checkout integration, a robust back-end with API, and an admin dashboard. Transformed a static restaurant system into a dynamic platform. Restructured the database and built new data models and API endpoints. Created frontend functionality for easy menu editing and order management, integrated payment processing, and handled bug fixes and updates on the live site throughout development.
Ticketing Platform
Event ticketing platform with secure payment processing, comprehensive admin controls, and automated ticket delivery system for seamless event management. The admin dashboard enables event creation, sales tracking, and customer management, while the public interface handles secure payments through Stripe integration and ticket download along with email delivery.