Our Team

Adam Hake

Lead Developer

At a Glance

Adam is a full-stack developer with a special interest in MACH and composable tech.

/ Professional Bio

Adam has spent his entire career at agencies. He is drawn to the diversity of work, the rapid pace, and the need for a mixed skill set that agency life brings. He has a wide range of development experience, including building apps for Richmond healthcare startups and a career development platform for a national food company supporting tens of thousands of employees. He enjoys collaborating with developers, designers, and user researchers and has managed and mentored a team of developers in his prior role.

 
/ At Foster Made

Adam plays an important role in shaping Foster Made’s technical strategy. He contributes to various client projects and internal initiatives, spanning front-end and back-end technology stacks. Adam has a special interest in deconstructing complex monoliths into composable applications based on MACH principles.

 
/ Core Expertise
  • Algolia
  • Netlify
  • API design
  • React
  • Ruby
  • PHP
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • CMS development
  • Authentication and Authorization

Beyond Introductions

More about Adam in his own words.

01

Likes

Woodworking, Liverpool F.C., hiking

02

Lives

In the Church Hill neighborhood in Richmond, VA with his wife, two kids, and dog

03

Favorite Books

The Three-Body Problem trilogy, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Richard Feynman’s lectures on physics, and Lord of the Rings

What do you love about your role?

"I believe we do our best work when we’re invested in the underlying strategy and understand the link between what we are building and how it’s helping end users and our clients’ businesses. "

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