about
Daniel A. Gallegos, also known as โtacoโ, is a Full-Stack Software Developer and Site Reliability Engineer who works with businesses, governments, educators, non-profits, and startups to create digital solutions for your real-world problems, ranging from ๐ฅ๏ธ developing government enterprise applications, to ๐จ creating graphic assets for professional digital portfolios, to ๐ ๏ธ administering servers for a harm reduction coalition.
After spending a decade working with a variety of frontends, backends, deadends, software, hardware, various operating systems and more, Daniel is more than capable of handling whatever software or hardware problem you need solved.
Daniel has contributed to projects around the world, including developing enterprise software applications for the ๐ต๐ช Peruvian government, creating on-brand graphic assets for multiple offices at ๐ West Virginia University, redesigning an entire technical instituteโs website, working as a HIPPA-compliant system administrator for a ๐งโโ๏ธ harm reduction coalition and managing hundreds of ๐ง Linux servers in the cloud daily. In addition to his extensive software development and system operations experience, Daniel is a skilled technical writer, copywriter, graphic designer, and definitely doesnโt feel weird writing about himself in the third person. Heโs a pro! ๐
Daniel holds a Bachelors in Multidisciplinary Studies (BMdS) from West Virginia University, which includes areas of study such as:
- ๐ป Computer Science
- ๐บ๐ธ English
- ๐ช๐ธ Spanish
- ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ด๐ป๐ช Latin American Studies
- ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ LGBTQ+ Studies
- and other classes he took and just enjoyed, tbh
He currently works as a Site Reliability Engineer for some big healthcare corporation and as a Webmaster for a harm reduction coalition. In his free time, Daniel likes tinkering with Linux server administration and self-hosting technologies to better his life and the lives of those around him. As it is with most folks, Danielโs opinions are his own and do not represent the views of his employer(s).