Cal Freitas has been based in North Idaho since 2020 and previously lived in the front-range of Colorado and the Seattle area. By trade, he's a software engineer and has been building websites for nearly as long as the World Wide Web has been around (that's what the www in URLs means if you're wondering).
Cal has served in roles including Principal Front-End Engineer, Staff Engineer, and Engineering Manager.
Cal owns and operates Swarzy and provides his website consulting, contracting, and optimization skills to startups, SMBs, and enterprises. He worked at Amazon for ~9 years on Seller Central, Amazon UI, and the Amazon Detail Page.
When I was most recently in the process of interviewing at the start of 2025, it became useful to have an up-to-date and efficient front-end stack for coding interviews. This came in handy both for coding assessment projects as well as live coding
evaluations.
I have huge affinity for Next.js and use it for most of my website projects (aside from this blog which has been using WordPress since...
I recently spent time updating a few Swarzy websites including Psalmlist and Swarzy.com. (Yes, this is how I spent my time off for Veteran's Day Observed.) I've always found that having and working on...
Today, I started a full-time position as Lead Front-End Engineer at PublicSquare - America's Marketplace. I'm excited!
I'm the first full-time front-end engineer on a new team and will have the...
The new Verses for Life website is live! Memorize Bible verses from the Topical Memory System, Roman Road, and about Prayer.
The new website features a modern website built using Next.js, React.js...
The Swarzy website has been revamped with updated information about the services provided, a showcase of projects for recent clients, and links to apps Swarzy has built.
Swarzy is built using...