Hello, I'm Alex. I'm a full-stack developer with 4 years of experience. I especially love developing engaging UIs. My focus is React (Next.js) with React-Redux.
About Me
As a professional audio engineer, I've always loved technology and problem solving. When the pandemic shut down my entire industry for few months, I took the opportunity to learn how to code. Since then, I've used my skills to build web pages and automation workflows for my own business. I'm passionate about coding because, like audio engineering, it's a perfect three-way intersection of creativity, problem-solving, and technology. I love writing code that creatively solves a real-world problem, as well as solving the logic puzzle of debugging my code. My core stack is React, Next.js, Node.js, and MongoDB, and I'm always looking to learn new things.
When I'm not coding, you can find me running sound at live shows or mentoring live audio students. I enjoy playing classical guitar and reading books in both English and Spanish. My wife and I enjoy playing board games and video games, traveling, and going on adventures with our two dogs.
Some of My Projects
Full Stack Tic-Tac-Toe
Postgres or EDN database? Terminal, desktop, or web? Easy, medium, or hard? 3x3, 4x4, or 3x3x3? It's the most fully-architected Tic-Tac-Toe you've ever seen.
- Clojure
- Speclj
- TDD
- SQL
Gift Exchange Generator
Secret Santa for the digital age. Framework-free; I built my own state-centered, event-driven architecture. Over 70,000 gift exchange participants to date.
- JS
- MongoDB
- PostMark
- Serverless
- Vitest
Sound Roots Productions
Website for my production company. Includes engaging scrolling effects and a custom scrollbar that resembles an audio console fader.
- JavaScript
- lax.js
- Netlify
Some of My Projects
Full Stack Tic-Tac-Toe
Postgres or EDN database? Terminal, desktop, or web? Easy, medium, or hard? 3x3, 4x4, or 3x3x3? It's the most fully-architected Tic-Tac-Toe you've ever seen.
- Clojure
- Speclj
- TDD
- SQL
Gift Exchange Generator
Secret Santa for the digital age. Framework-free; I built my own state-centered, event-driven architecture. Over 70,000 gift exchange participants to date.
- JS
- MongoDB
- PostMark
- Serverless
- Vitest
Sound Roots Productions
Website for my production company. Includes engaging scrolling effects and a custom scrollbar that resembles an audio console fader.
- JavaScript
- lax.js
- Netlify
Hello, I'm Alex. I'm a full-stack developer with 4 years of experience. I especially love developing engaging UIs. My focus is React (Next.js) with React-Redux.
About Me
As a professional audio engineer, I've always loved technology and problem solving. When the pandemic shut down my entire industry for few months, I took the opportunity to learn how to code. Since then, I've used my skills to build web pages and automation workflows for my own business. I'm passionate about coding because, like audio engineering, it's a perfect three-way intersection of creativity, problem-solving, and technology. I love writing code that creatively solves a real-world problem, as well as solving the logic puzzle of debugging my code. My core stack is React, Next.js, Node.js, and MongoDB, and I'm always looking to learn new things.
When I'm not coding, you can find me running sound at live shows or mentoring live audio students. I enjoy playing classical guitar and reading books in both English and Spanish. My wife and I enjoy playing board games and video games, traveling, and going on adventures with our two dogs.
Some of My Projects
Full Stack Tic-Tac-Toe
Postgres or EDN database? Terminal, desktop, or web? Easy, medium, or hard? 3x3, 4x4, or 3x3x3? It's the most fully-architected Tic-Tac-Toe you've ever seen.
- Clojure
- Speclj
- TDD
- SQL
Gift Exchange Generator
Secret Santa for the digital age. Framework-free; I built my own state-centered, event-driven architecture. Over 70,000 gift exchange participants to date.
- JS
- MongoDB
- PostMark
- Serverless
- Vitest
Sound Roots Productions
Website for my production company. Includes engaging scrolling effects and a custom scrollbar that resembles an audio console fader.
- JavaScript
- lax.js
- Netlify
My Skills
- Agentic Development
- AI Integration
- AWS
- CI/CD
- Clojure
- ClojureScript
- Datomic
- Docker
- Express
- Framer Motion
- Git
- GraphQL
- JavaScript
- Kubernetes
- MongoDB
- Next.js
- PostgreSQL
- Pub/Sub
- Python
- React
- Redis
- Redux
- Ruby
- TypeScript
- VBA
My Experience
Began learning how to code
Nashville, TN
- Earned four freeCodeCamp certificates in Responsive Web Design, JavaScript, Front End Frameworks, and Backend Development.
- Built the Sound Roots Productions homepage and the first iteration of the Gift Exchange Generator, hosted on Netlify with continuous integration.
Web Developer
Sound Roots Productions
- Built a dynamic feedback form and job application form encompassing 4 venues across 3 cities.
- Created an internal resources page using NFC tags for quick reference by personnel.
- Built 3 VBA macros that automated invoice and paystub generation and email sending, saving roughly 8 hours of work per month.
Software Craftsman
Clean Coders, LLC
- Built desktop and full-stack web applications in the UAS, payroll, education, and mobile commerce industries, mostly written in Clojure and ClojureScript.
- Maintained internal planning and development tools.
- Managed AWS EC2 and EKS infrastructure with GitHub Actions.
- Integrated AI into applications and leveraged agentic orchestration in development workflows.
- Built a state-management library that increased front end performance by a factor of 6.
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Contact Me
Please contact me directly at arootroatch@gmail.com or through this form