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Open to work
Alex Chen
Full Stack Engineer
Turning ideas into products, one commit at a time.
The Journey
The Climb
Skills earned at altitude, one base camp at a time.
∞·Summit
Always Climbing
The mountain has no ceiling. Neither does curiosity.
AI / LLMsWebAssemblySystem DesignOpen Source
4,800 m·The Ridge
Infrastructure
Keeping systems fast, available, and resilient.
AWSDockerCI/CDTerraformNginxMonitoring
3,600 m·High Camp
Backend
Reliable systems working beneath the surface.
Node.jsPythonPostgreSQLRedisRESTGraphQL
2,400 m·First Ascent
Frontend
Interfaces that feel as good as they look.
ReactNext.jsTailwind CSSMotionFigmaAccessibility
1,200 m·Base Camp
Foundations
The fundamentals every climb depends on.
HTMLCSSJavaScriptTypeScriptGitLinux
Side Trails
Personal Projects
Experiments, tools, and things built for the love of building.
Trailhead
An open-source route planner for alpine hikers. Offline-first PWA with elevation profiles and GPX export.
Next.jsLeafletSupabasePWA
Basecamp UI
A minimal component library inspired by expedition gear — built for clarity under pressure.
ReactTypeScriptStorybookRadix