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Alex Chen

Software Engineer · Writer · Open Source Contributor

I'm a software engineer based in San Francisco with 7+ years of experience building web applications, APIs, and developer tools. I care deeply about performance, reliability, and code that humans can actually understand.

This blog is where I think out loud about engineering problems I've wrestled with — mostly Rust, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and distributed systems. I write to learn, and I publish because someone else might find it useful.

When I'm not coding, I'm probably rock climbing, making coffee too carefully, or reading about compilers I'll never write.

Skills & Stack

Languages
RustTypeScriptGoPythonSQL
Databases
PostgreSQLRedisSQLiteClickHouse
Web
Next.jsReactNode.jsHonotRPC
Infra
DockerKubernetesCloudflareAWSGitHub Actions

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Acme Corp2023 – Present

Building distributed systems that process millions of events per second. Led the migration from a monolith to event-driven microservices.

Full-Stack Engineer

StartupXYZ2021 – 2023

Full product ownership from database schema to React UI. Shipped 5 major features used by 50k+ daily active users.

Backend Engineer

Agency Co.2019 – 2021

Built APIs and integrations for e-commerce clients. Introduced automated testing that cut regression bugs by 80%.