Custom Development & Coding
I build practical solutions in Python, JavaScript, PHP, HTML, and CSS. That can mean utilities, internal tools, web apps, scripts, feature enhancements, troubleshooting, or entirely new workflows that reduce manual work.
IT Services
Experienced IT help for systems, software, data, and websites.
I’m John Minkle, an IT generalist with nearly 40 years of experience working across technology, operations, websites, and data systems. I help organizations solve practical problems, build better tools, integrate disconnected platforms, and keep important systems working. I still love coding, and I increasingly use AI as a force multiplier to design and deliver elegant solutions faster than traditional development alone would allow.
My background spans nonprofits, mission-driven organizations, and federal government work. I’m especially useful when a project sits between departments, platforms, or skill sets and needs someone who can understand the big picture and also implement the details.
Custom coding, automation, and software problem-solving
WordPress development, plugins, features, and content systems
Data migration, cleanup, reporting, and system integrations
Hands-on support for small teams that need broad technical coverage
Services
I can step in as a flexible technical partner for one-off projects, ongoing support, system cleanup, website improvements, integrations, or hard-to-define problems that need thoughtful investigation and implementation.
WordPress Development
I create and improve WordPress sites, themes, templates, blocks, plugins, custom post types, taxonomies, forms, user workflows, and site features. I’m comfortable extending existing sites rather than forcing a rebuild.
Data Migration & Cleanup
I enjoy moving data between systems, cleaning messy exports, restructuring information, deduplicating records, and helping organizations get more value from the data they already have.
Systems Integration
I connect platforms and workflows so information moves where it needs to go. This includes forms, CRMs, spreadsheets, websites, event tools, automation platforms, analytics, and custom middleware.
IT Generalist Support
I’m well suited to organizations that need someone who can handle a wide mix of technical needs: accounts, access, troubleshooting, process design, desktop and server issues, documentation, and technical decision-making.
Automation & AI-Enabled Solutions
AI has expanded what is practical to build quickly. I use it thoughtfully alongside deep technical judgment to prototype, code, document, analyze, and refine solutions that would otherwise take much longer to produce.
Core strengths
The value I bring is not just technical knowledge. It’s the ability to connect systems thinking, hands-on implementation, and clear judgment about what is actually worth building.
Broad technical perspective
I understand how websites, databases, servers, user needs, workflows, and organizational constraints interact. That makes me effective on projects where the real issue spans multiple systems.
Elegant problem-solving
I like complex problems, especially when they require creative thinking. I look for solutions that are robust, maintainable, and proportionate to the actual need rather than overengineered.
Data fluency
Reporting, exports, spreadsheets, APIs, migrations, transformations, imports, and integrations are all areas where I’m comfortable. I can often see patterns and process improvements that make future work easier.
Communication with nontechnical teams
I have worked extensively with staff, stakeholders, and teams who need technology explained clearly. I can translate between technical details and practical business or mission needs.
Fast adaptation
Because I’m a generalist, I can get productive quickly in unfamiliar systems. I’m often at my best when dropped into a messy situation that needs structure, repair, or forward motion.
Mission-aware technology work
Much of my career has been in nonprofits and public-serving environments. I understand constrained budgets, staff bandwidth realities, and the importance of building technology that actually supports the mission.
Python
JavaScript
PHP
WordPress
HTML/CSS
APIs
Automation
Data migration
CRM integrations
Analytics
Systems documentation
Technical troubleshooting
Where I’m especially useful
Organizations often reach out when they need more than a narrow specialist. These are the kinds of situations where I can bring the most value.
Your website works, but it needs real capabilities.
I can add features, custom workflows, plugins, search tools, structured content systems, forms, dashboards, and automation rather than just adjusting appearance.
Your systems don’t talk to each other cleanly.
I can help map data flows, connect platforms, reduce duplicate work, and make reporting and operations more reliable.
Your data is messy or trapped.
I can work with imports, exports, cleanup, normalization, migration planning, and transformation so your organization can actually use its information.
You need a technically capable generalist.
I can cover a wide range of needs and help prioritize what matters, which is often more useful than hiring separate specialists too early.
You want faster progress without losing technical rigor.
I use AI to accelerate research, prototyping, coding, and documentation, but I rely on long experience to evaluate results and turn them into dependable deliverables.
Tools, platforms, and kinds of work
I’m not limited to one stack. I work across the tools organizations already use and can often help connect them rather than replace them.
Websites & CMS
WordPress development, custom features, plugin development, theme work, content architecture, landing pages, forms, and user-facing functionality.
Data & Reporting
CSV cleanup, spreadsheet workflows, database-friendly transformations, exports, imports, dashboards, analytics interpretation, and reporting support.
Integrations
CRM connections, event systems, email platforms, automation tools, APIs, webhook-style workflows, and custom code to bridge gaps between platforms.
General IT
Account access planning, process documentation, workstation and server troubleshooting, technical onboarding support, and practical systems administration.
Software & Scripts
Small apps, internal tools, command-line utilities, automation scripts, data processors, and lightweight tools tailored to real operational needs.
AI-Assisted Delivery
Using AI to expand what can be built efficiently while applying human judgment, technical review, and real-world implementation discipline.
Why clients hire me
People usually come to me because they need someone who can see the whole system, work independently, and produce concrete results without needing a lot of hand-holding.
I bridge strategy and implementation
I can help think through the right approach and then do the technical work to make it real.
I’m comfortable with complexity
Messy systems, partial documentation, overlapping tools, unusual requirements, and evolving goals do not scare me.
I care about maintainability
I look for solutions that will still make sense later, not just something that barely works today.
I have long-range perspective
Decades in IT means I’ve seen technologies come and go, which helps me choose tools and approaches with a steadier hand.
Need a technical generalist who can actually build things?
I’m available for IT services, software and website projects, integrations, data work, troubleshooting, and ongoing technical support. Whether you need a custom solution, help untangling existing systems, or someone who can move between code, content, data, and infrastructure, I’d be glad to hear about it.
Serving nonprofits, small organizations, and teams that need experienced technical problem-solving.