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...
    • The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield (2012)
    • Understanding Distributed Systems, Second Edition: What Every Developer Should Know about Large Distributed Applications by Roberto Vitillo (2022)
    • Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks (2020)
    • Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green (2025)
    • What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (2024)
    • Post Captain: Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 2 by Patrick O'Brian (1972)
    • More...
  • Recently watched...
    • Once (2006)
    • The Goodbye Girl (1977)
    • In Bruges (2008)
    • Run (2020)
    • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
    • Civil War (2024)
    • More...