Software Engineer · Creative · Berlin-Curious
Coder. DJ. Builder.
I'm Herbert Brown — aka Satch. Software Engineer at Hope Enterprise, self-taught dev, creator of Groovist, vinyl collector, published poet and lot's of other things. I build things on the web and in the world.
Selected Work
All Projects ↗
Groovist
A vinyl record collection and social platform – think Discogs meets Instagram for collectors.
About
Not just one thing.
I'm Herbert Brown — you can call me Satch. Software Engineer I at Hope Enterprise, where I build things that matter. Self-taught coder who picked up a Python book and never looked back.
I launched my first app, Groovist, a tool for anyone in the vinyl community.
My philosophy: it's not enough to make something work — I want to understand why. That curiosity drives everything I build, whether it's a physics game, a CSS tutorial, or an all-vinyl DJ set.
I also serve on the Board of Directors (and as Treasurer since 2013) for The Algebra Project — a math literacy nonprofit. Former teacher there. Published poet and essayist too.
Engineer
Software Engineer I @ Hope Enterprise
DJ
All-vinyl. DJ Daddy Bug.
Writer
Published poet & essayist
Educator
The Algebra Project, since 2013
Stack
Technical Skills
- HTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Python
- React
- React Native
- Next.js
- Three.js
- Bootstrap
- Node.js
- Express
- GraphQL
- MySQL
- GitHub
- Azure
- CLI
- Claude AI
- AWS
Blog
All Posts ↗“Technological Homosapien” by Yusef Lateef
“Does a computer chip have an astrology? And when it f@ck up, could it give you an apology?” Wise words from Styles P. I’ve made it no secret my stance on this current iteration of Artificial Intelligence. It has proven to be an extremely useful tool. Through AI, humankind is able to achieve so many […]
“I’ve Had a Little Talk With Myself” by Horace Silver
How are you doing today? No, really. How are you? This is such a rhetorical question now. So much so, that we immediately refer to our default responses, “I’m fine”, “I’m good”, or it’s grammatically correct neighbor, “I am well”. The sincerity in that question has lost itself in the microwave nature of our day-to-day […]
Welcome to Satchwerk!
It’s been a long time coming! Well, kinda sorta… I’ve been a developer for nine years now. And through it all, I must say that I’ve enjoyed it. Programming has been fulfilling in ways I would have never imagined! I think back to my college days. I bounced around from major to major (when I […]
Contact
Let's build something real.
Open to collaborations, freelance work, and interesting conversations. I respond promptly.