Don Tilleman | djt Consulting

Code with scars. Write with honesty. Stay clean one day at a time.

This is not a startup brochure and it sure as hell is not a template pretending to be a person.

I build useful web things, write what life and recovery have taught me the hard way, and try to keep my footing in a world increasingly run by polished nonsense. Strong coffee helps. A good cigar does not hurt.

Useful code. Real perspective. No synthetic cheerleading.

Same site. Better bones. More personality. Less sleepy brochure energy.

Code

Useful web work that earns its keep

PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, accessibility, and practical systems built to do the job instead of merely looking impressive in a sales deck.

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My Blog

🧱 building real 🧱 : 368 words : Thu Jun 25, 2026 09:43:07 AM

and enduring connections with other members, takes time and effort it is much more than acknowledging that similarities outweigh differences. as i sit here this morning, having the desire to

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Just For Today

Recovery is not a sidebar here

Clean time matters, practice matters, and the daily work of living awake matters. That belongs up front, not buried in some utility page.

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Headquarters

Part workshop, part journal, part mile-high lookout post.

This site is where the code, the writing, the recovery practice, the Colorado weather, and the rest of the human mess all live under one roof.

“Personal, but not messy. Warm, blunt, seasoned, and unmistakably mine.”

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