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👋Hi, I'm Alex.

I'm a product engineer currently working at Croissant as a founding engineer.

Here are a few things I've been working on recently.

  • Croissant iOS App

    Track and claim Guaranteed Buybacks with the Croissant iOS App.

    Croissant iOS App

  • Croissant Chrome Extension

    Get Guaranteed Buybacks for 1 year when you shop at favorite brands.

    Croissant Chrome Extension

I also write about things I build. Check out some of my recent posts.

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    • Introducing Guaranteed Buybacks with the Croissant Chrome Extension
      11/12/2023•70 views•4 min read•10 likes
      web development
      startups
      About 18 months ago I joined Croissant as Director of Engineering to help change the way we think about shopping. The stuff you buy has value beyond the point of purchase and Croissant's Guaranteed Buybacks ensure that your purchases retain their wor...
    • Server-Side Rendering (SSR) with Bun and React
      9/9/2023•5,525 views•8 min read•111 likes
      bun
      react
      typescript
      The much-awaited JavaScript Swiss Army knife, Bun, has finally released its 1.0 version, and it's a game-changer. If you're new to the scene, Bun serves as an all-in-one JavaScript runtime and toolkit, engineered for blazing speed. It comes complete ...
    • How We Scaled the Credit Genie Platform with AWS Serverless
      2/26/2022•1,396 views•7 min read•43 likes
      startups
      aws
      I was recently interviewed by Elise Greve of AWS about how we scaled Credit Genie from MVP to a full-scale platform with over 20 AWS Amplify applications. You can find the original article here. In this post I want to expand on some of the topics cov...
    • How to Trigger an AWS CloudWatch Alarm from a Lambda Function
      5/10/2022•3,631 views•4 min read•37 likes
      aws
      typescript
      aws-cdk
      In this post, we are going to use the AWS CDK and TypeScript to build a Lambda Function that triggers a CloudWatch Alarm that sends an email when an invocation error occurs. All of the code can be found in this repository. Setup We need to run a few ...