I’m a Christian and a designer who builds. Home is with my wife, two dogs and two cats.
I’ve made sites like Throne and Care Continuity with Kem Design; Christ Community Church and River Valley Church with Apollos; and Exodus51 and Bowen Design & Print on my own. All 29 sites
I write about what I’m learning, too, like The 48 hour project, I turned 37, and Dogfood or die because of AI. All 79 posts

I’m a designer who can’t help but build things.

These are my apps, made under Testament Made. Pick one from the dock and poke around.

Right now

I’m making sites with Kem Design, looking after 6 apps of my own with 2 more on the way, and reading The Courage to Be Disliked. Available Dec 18.

Kind words

“A crucial, fun partner to work with.”
Barrett Johnson, Former Head of Marketing at Scenery · Barrett was Derek's client
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What it’d cost

of 5 pages, designed and built, with a CMS your team can update, would be about $5,900. I could start Dec 18. The full estimate