Hi, I'm Devon.

I'm a solutions architect interested in application integration, data engineering, event-driven architecture, and software design. I live in Lorain, Ohio with my wife Chrissie and our dog Banjo. We're the proud parents of Nick and Leilani.

I grew up in Cincinnati where I had the incredible good luck to attend the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA). I studied Music Education at Ohio State and still love to write and arrange music when I get time, although my few pro credits are long behind me.

Random Bits

  • I love to learn. I always have a book in my hands or a podcast in my earbuds.
  • When I was a kid, my dream jobs were typist, animator, astronaut, ILM special effects artist, and film music composer. If my 7-year-old self could see me now, spending 90% of my day typing, he would be ecstatic.
  • My favorite non-fiction book is A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
  • My name is pronounced DEH-vin bee-AIR.

Contact / Follow

Github - dbiere
LinkedIn - Devon Biere
Medium - @dbiere
Bluesky - @dbiere.com

What's Up?

  • Recently composed my first orchestral piece (Adventures with Boo) as a college graduation gift for my daughter.
  • Wrote my first original choral piece (Come to Me) since college.
  • Completed my B.S. of Data Management/Data Analytics at WGU in June 2021.
  • Diving back into Python and Django. The source code for this site is shared on Github.
  • Recently read...
    • Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker (2020)
    • The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon (2024)
    • On Freedom by Timothy Snyder (2024)
    • The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li (2023)
    • Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery (2019)
    • Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer (2024)
    • More...
  • Recently watched...
    • My Old Ass (2024)
    • Klaus (2019)
    • Wicked (2024)
    • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
    • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
    • Music by John Williams (2024)
    • More...