Alex Black — Software Engineer

Engineering from core to interface.

I build systems from the core to the interface. Backend, frontend, data, infrastructure.

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Years of experience

30+

Projects shipped

∞

Lines of code

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— Approach

One engineer across the whole stack, not a single layer.

Backend & systems

Server logic, microservices, high-load systems, and low-level system programming.

Python
Node.js
C++
C#
.NET

Frontend

Modern SPA and SSR apps with a focus on performance and motion.

React
TypeScript
Next.js

Data

Relational and NoSQL stores, caching layers, and query optimization.

PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Redis
MySQL

API & infrastructure

API design, containerization, CI/CD, and day-to-day DevOps.

REST
GraphQL
Docker
Git

— Selected work

Things I have built

High-load API service

Production HTTP API built for load: custom sliding-window rate limiter (memory + Redis Lua), pluggable SQLite/PostgreSQL storage, admin dashboard with live load-test console.

TypeScript
Fastify
Redis
PostgreSQL

Real-time system application

Lock-free real-time sample pipeline in C# on .NET 10: SPSC ring buffer, sliding-window statistics, EMA filtering — end-to-end latency measured in microseconds.

C#
.NET 10
Lock-free
Real-time

Real-time broadcast platform

REDLINE live racing terminal: motorsport timing screen with live standings, overtake detection, pit windows and an event ticker — broadcast to every client over WebSocket, race recorded in SQLite.