Rowland Rose

VP of TechnologyEngineering LeaderFull-Stack Developer

Profile

Developer turned VP of Technology, with 13+ years at RealClearPolitics. Sets technology strategy and oversees delivery for 17+ websites. Leads a team of five full-time in-house developers. Stays close enough to the code to make sound technical calls. Manages AI developer tool adoption.

Get in Touch

For inquiries of any kind, please email me.

rowland@rose.codes

Technical Skills

Languages & Frameworks
TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP, Next.js / React, Laravel, CodeIgniter, Vue.js, HTML/CSS
Platforms & Infrastructure
Payload CMS, custom in-house PHP framework & CMS, Vercel, Cloudflare, AWS CloudFront, Docker, GitHub
Data
PostgreSQL, MySQL; polling and election-results data
AI
Claude Code, Cursor, custom Claude skills, working with MCP servers and connectors (Google Analytics, email, Slack, project boards), OpenAI API
Quality & Operations
Core Web Vitals and front-end performance, automated end-to-end testing, SSL certificate monitoring, CDN caching and security configuration, preview deployments

Side Projects

Rose Family Devotions

PHP

Scans church bulletins with regular expressions and turns them into a step-by-step daily devotion plan for our family.

rose.codes

MIDIRen

JavaScript

A generative multi-track pattern sequencer for live use, running on a Raspberry Pi with a USB-to-MIDI interface and a MIDI controller.

GitHub

Old School JRPG Map Generator

Rust

Generates random overworld maps in an 8-bit / 16-bit style and saves them as PNGs.

GitHub

Create.World

JavaScript

Browser-based map generation tools, including an old-school RPG map generator.

GitHub

Education

Purdue University  B.S., Computer Graphics TechnologyWest Lafayette, IN

Experiments

Chord Progression Experiment

JavaScript

Pick a chord, a major or minor scale, and a step range, and get back a chord progression built from common pop progressions.

Melody Grid

JavaScript

A simple step sequencer built with timbre.js.

Random Terrain Experiment

JavaScript

Generates a heightmap and draws terrain from it based on your settings.

Flash Music Maker

ActionScript

Make music with bouncing balls. The precursor to the Music Bounce Flash game, now running through the Ruffle emulator.