Mike Schinkel
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(9 reviews)
US$20.00
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ABOUT ME
Automations / API Integrations Software Engineer
Automations / API Integrations Software Engineer
My current focus is in custom automations with API Integrations on platforms like Microsoft Power Automate and Logic Apps, Zapier, Workato, Make (Integromat), IFTT, Tray.ai, Go High Level, Superblocks, Microsoft, and other similar platforms.
I can help configuring workflows directly in these platforms but I excel at implementing Webhook integrations involving completely CUSTOM/BESPOKE functionality of arbitrary complexity hosted on Heroku, Digital Ocean, Vultr, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure or other cloud platform with my preferred development language being Go (GoLang) with SQL database backends (Postgres, MySQL, Sqlite or MS SQL Server) and I have extensive skills and experience in Docker, Linux, VMware, Github Actions and other CI/CD platforms, and have built Kubernetes Controllers and Operators for clients.
I am also a participating volunteer contributing sevearl houurs of my time to the OpenAPI Initiative each week.
I am US-based and have 30+ years of business experience during which I have been a software developer, a programming trainer, a marketer and an entrepreneur whose startup was recognized by Inc Magazine as #123 on the Inc 500 list of fastest growing startups in the USA one year.
Let me help you make your Automations with API Integrations a success.
English
Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)
Joined March 2014
EXPERTISE
1 year experience
While I have less than a year's experience with Power Automate itself, I have been a professional developer for over 30 years, and have w...
While I have less than a year's experience with Power Automate itself, I have been a professional developer for over 30 years, and have worked with API integration for almost 20 which means I fully understand all the underlying technology and can quickly figure out problems that would stump those with 5+ years experience on Power Automate but who have never worked to actually implement APIs.
So if you have a hard problem with Power Automate, maybe pick me and bypass working with those who simply don't have to experience to solve the problem.
19 years experience | 2 endorsements
I have been working with and developing API integrations since 2006, in the past decade focused on leveraging Swagger/OpenAPI for API int...
I have been working with and developing API integrations since 2006, in the past decade focused on leveraging Swagger/OpenAPI for API integrations in first PHP and then Go, and more recently decided to focus on automation using platforms like Microsoft Power Automate, Zapier, Make (Integromat), Workatoo, IFTT, Tray.io and more.
19 years experience
I have been studying and/or developing RESTful APIs since 2006 wheren I coined the term RESTafarian. I have developed numerous REST-ish A...
I have been studying and/or developing RESTful APIs since 2006 wheren I coined the term RESTafarian. I have developed numerous REST-ish APIs over the years, mostly without HATEOAS. In recent years I have fallen in love with Go and its almost perfect fit for developing HTTP-based APIs. I have both designed and developed as well as used many APIs over the years, the most recent of which was when creating both a API client for a bespoke DNS API backed by InfoBlox and relatedly a Kubernetes External DNS Webhook Provider for using said API client.
30 years experience
In recent years I have used Sqlite extensively, preparing a database for use by contestants in a Data Science contest to help a non-profi...
In recent years I have used Sqlite extensively, preparing a database for use by contestants in a Data Science contest to help a non-profit, and developed several open-source apps that use Sqlite with GoLang. Prior to that I worked as a PHP developer targeting MySQL from 2007 through 2019. Even earlier I worked with other databases for over 20 years, included 12 with Microsoft SQL Server while my earliest databases were dBase II, dBase III and then Clipper which I wrote a book about.
5 years experience
While I have over 25+ years of development experience over 7 years as a professional programming trainer, I have now worked with Go for 5...
While I have over 25+ years of development experience over 7 years as a professional programming trainer, I have now worked with Go for 5+ years on a variety of projects, some targeting all of Mac, Linux and Windows.
I am available to both mentor developers who are brand new to Go and want to get up to speed using it quickly — especially if coming from a PHP background — and also to do development of custom packages for teams using Go, especially if integrating with Docker, VMware, Tart VM, VirtualBox and/or using JSON.
7 years experience
I have worked with a wide swath of CI/CD for almost a decade now and I love getting in and automating development build practices. While ...
I have worked with a wide swath of CI/CD for almost a decade now and I love getting in and automating development build practices. While I have experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins/Groovy and CircleCI — as well as lots and lots of Bash experience on Linux — I am happy to dive in and learn any other CI/CD system out there to add to my expertise.
12 years experience
10 years ago I designed and implemented the Git for workflow for the team on my largest project. It is similar to GitFlow but specific to...
10 years ago I designed and implemented the Git for workflow for the team on my largest project. It is similar to GitFlow but specific to our use-case. Since then I have used Git daily in my professional capacity.
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(9 reviews)
JeremyJalpha
April 2025
Mike's passion for detail is evident and welcome.
Chuck Morrison
April 2025
Mike was very thorough for our first session. Now I have a lot of things to think about.
Bennette Sebastian
March 2025
Mike is very thorough, and has a vast toolkit to help you solve problems. Highly recommend!
Martie McLean
March 2025
Mike does a great job teaching the material. I have such a better understanding after his sessions!
Martie McLean
March 2025
Very patient and has a thorough understanding of the content
JeremyJalpha
March 2025
Mike is very enthusiastic about Go :).
JeremyJalpha
March 2025
Mike clearly has the kind of experience with Go that I'm looking for, Mike's methodical and logical approach made working with him a breeze.
I am looking forward to working further with Mike :)
Travis Campbell
December 2017
Excellent work!
Gian
December 2017
Mike is a IT/PHP/Wordpress professional and I will definitely reach out again when I need assistance.
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Proof-of-concept for a GoLand+Delve-debuggable GoLang app running Kubernetes (K8s) using K3s within K3d
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Scripting what I need installed on my Mac for my use-cases.
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