A little bit more about me.
I'm Kaleb Garner: a software developer and content creator passionate about building tools and ideas that push the boundaries of healthcare.
In my development, I take a holistic approach: UX/UI, accessibility, full-stack engineering, infrastructure, security, data, and more. Great tools are built when the full picture is accounted for, because every layer impacts the users.
Outside of engineering, I create content through videos, talks, and writing. I share what I'm building, the problems I'm solving, and the patterns I see across HealthTech. I love mentoring early-career developers and helping them become the best developers they can be.
In high school, I saw two clear options for my future: professional baseball or becoming a doctor.
When I graduated high school, I moved 200 miles to go play college baseball and study biology... and within a single semester, everything changed. A knee surgery ended my baseball career, and failing my first biology class forced me to reevaluate my future.
So, I moved back home, worked at a local optometry office, enrolled in community college, and I went back to the drawing board.
One afternoon, my stepdad sent me a link to a Reddit post about an online coding community run by a developer named Leon Noel. I joined out of curiosity, but quickly found out that this is what I was meant to be doing.
Within months, I was writing code every day, building projects from scratch, engaging in the tech space, and at 19, I landed my first job in tech.
Because healthcare deserves better.
Growing up around medical professionals, working in medical offices, and hearing the struggles of clinicans first hand, I've seen how poor software impacts the daily lives of the providers and the patients.
These tools are slow, fragmented, they burn out practitioners, and too often, they are built without considering the medical professionals who are using them.
I believe healthcare deserves tools that are ethical, usable, and thoughtful. I want to build tools that help providers, not hinder them. I want to build a community of developers who care about the same things. I want to help shape HealthTech into an industry that uplifts the people who are saving lives, one line of code at a time.
Outside of tech, I am happily married to the love of my life as of September 20th, 2024. In my free time, I love keeping up with all kinds of sports (especially baseball), grilling, watching movies, staying active, and still managing to do nerdy things (don't ask about my Pokemon cards).