About Alex

Solving problems and building tools.

I enjoy working through a difficult problem until I understand what is causing it and what needs to change. That might mean tracing a distributed workflow or finding a better way to navigate a codebase.

I like staying close to the code, even when my role involves architecture and technical direction. Building and supporting the software helps me test whether a design works.

Building beyond the day job

Outside work, I build open-source and source-available projects. They give me room to try tools and languages I may not use in my day job, and to work on things I want to use myself.