Dan Buda
Farmer at Laughing Buddha Farm LLC
Brodhead, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Buda is a multidisciplinary founder and full-stack JavaScript developer who runs Laughing Buddha Farm LLC in Wisconsin while building accessible, user-focused web apps as a self-employed developer. He combines a decade of real estate investing and brokerage experience with policy and finance roles in the Texas Senate—including Chief of Staff and Finance Policy Analyst—bringing uncommon fluency in regulatory, tax, and transactional issues. Dan recently advised SaaS platform Transistor.fm on online sales tax compliance, reflecting a practical bridge between product, finance, and legal considerations. A University of Michigan economics graduate and Iron Yard-trained front-end engineer, he pairs analytical rigor with hands-on craftsmanship—whether coding an app, renovating a home, or brewing a good soup.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Economics, Bachelor's degree, Economics at University of MichiganFront-End Engineering, Web Development, Front-End Engineering, Web Development at The Iron Yard
German, Spanish
Stackoverflow
348reputation
32kreached
10answers
2questions
Github Skills (31)
navbar9
nodejs9
react9
gulp7
html7
dropdown6
webp6
flexbox6
development-environment6
css6
webpack6
asynchronous6
gulp-watch6
javascript6
microsoft-edge6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
DanBuda11/swapi
Aug 2016 - Dec 2020
Playing around with the Star Wars API and async/await.
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
async
DanBuda11/react-nav-component
Nov 2016 - Jun 2023
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 8 months
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