Sean Houlihan · Web Developer
I build fast, dependable websites for public media.
Based in Southern California, building with Laravel and Inertia + React.
Services
Everything a site needs, from one developer.
I've spent the last decade building and maintaining sites for public media stations.
A lot of that work is wiring up external partner APIs. Traffic and program-guide feeds, syndication partners, donor and CMS platforms, so editors publish once and it shows up everywhere it needs to.
CMS builds
Custom CMS builds on Laravel and Inertia, tuned to the stations' publishing workflow.
Performance & SEO
Speed and search fundamentals so stories and pages get found and read.
Ongoing maintenance
Reliable upkeep, updates, and support after the site ships.
Public Media API Integrations
Connecting sites to network databases so they can publish once, and appear everywhere.
Work
Recent projects
kvcr.org
KVCR Public Media is a television and radio station in the Inland Empire. The website is built on Laravel and integrates with several partner APIs.
fnx.org
FNX | First Nations Experience is the first and only national broadcast television network in the United States exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content.
twitchtts.net
Not affiliated or endorsed by twitch, a TTS tool that allows streamers to have their chat read out loud by the browser.
Built for Public Media.
Blog
Technical notes
How I Reduced the Cost of Running a 24/7 EC2 Web Server
Reducing the cost of an EC2 instance by measuring performance and removing unnecessary compute.
Twitch Chat TTS
I decided to create a web page that parses a specific channel's twitch chat, and then reads it out loud.
Installing a Minecraft Server on AWS and Automating Processes - Windows Server
How to install a minecraft server on a windows AMI and automate tasks.