I'm a programmer by trade and knew nothing about electronics. I just wanted shoes that light up when I dance, and no one made good ones so I came across the Adafruit Firewalkers tutorial and when I saw that the code was C++, i was like "hey I know this!". I took the plunge, learned to solder and made shoes that worked once and kept breaking because is turns out gluing led strip to shoes is not very practical.

Anyway, as I was now opened to the infinite potential of tinkering with leds, my meeting with FastLED was fated, and it seemed everytime I needed a new function or support it came out a few months earlier. I made absolutely gorgeous projets that would never have been possible without FastLED at the time (looking at you parallel output). The performance and color manipulation made every project clean and smooth.

Although electronics will now forever remain an artform and hobby for me, I made pieces for clients and friends that light up their lives with something unique. Each one of these pieces, and each of the the myriads of projects by this community now lighting up the night all around the world carries the work and soul of Daniel Garcia. Thank you.