Thread App
Design and frontend for a patient communication platform used by orthodontic and dental practices. Appointment reminders, two-way messaging, online booking, and intake forms.
MattSprague
Frontend-focused full-stack developer who designs what he builds.
About
I build for the web, working across design and frontend development. What holds my attention is the layer underneath, the foundations and shared systems that determine what a product feels like to work on a year or two after launch.
I spent sixteen years in the film industry before a coding bootcamp in 2017 led to a career change, and I’ve been building for the web in the Bay Area ever since. What carried over is knowing that a lot of small decisions, made by a lot of different people, either add up to something coherent or they don’t. My job now is making sure they do.
Outside of work, most of my time belongs to my two kids, Jack and Cora. What’s left goes to music, games, movies, books, and a rotating set of side projects.
Engineering
Frontend Foundations
The shared boilerplate, component patterns, and framework decisions behind the department’s sites. Maintained across several years and more than one framework generation.
Client Websites
Production websites for orthodontic and dental practices. Design through deployment, over enough sites to learn which patterns hold up. Most of the real work was accessibility, page speed, and content that non-technical staff maintain themselves.
Leading the Team
Technical direction, hiring, and code review for the frontend department plus the hosting and deploy infrastructure behind the sites. Held the role before moving to product work on the full stack team.