Hi! I'm Alfie: physics graduate, toki pona speaker, and software engineer. I love to make beautiful things with code (mainly using HTML/CSS/JavaScript and Python), including websites, apps, and graphs. With all my work I create good quality, robust, and well-tested code, as well as powerful automation and well-organised git repositories, empowering collaboration. Do check out my website and GitHub!
Co-maintaining gspread, an open-source Python API for Google Sheets with over 8 million downloads per month, demanding a high level of future-planning and project management.
Developed new code and tests in JavaScript for a new expansion for keyteki, an online card game, working in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment ahead of the new expansion's release.
Developed a mod for the video game Factorio in Lua, involving a low-level partner-plugin for the voice chat client Mumble, written in C. Released on Windows and Linux.
Interfaced with an electronic dot-matrix display discarded from a bus station, using C, requiring an involved knowledge of electronics and low-level communication protocols.
Utilised Vue and TypeScript to create an intuitive, user-friendly web application, using robust design patterns and best practices to ensure optimal functionality and user experience.
Designed and developed a responsive, feature-rich web application using Flutter and Dart, incorporating a range of views and user-friendly interfaces for maximum ease of use.
Employed WPF and C# to create a high-performance application, using SQL and an MVC architecture to facilitate the viewing, manipulation, and analysis of data.
Streamlined the deployment process of complex code with multiple dependencies, using Docker and GitLab CI to optimise the development process and improve productivity.
Developed robust code with Python for fabricating and analysing images from a solar telescope.
Performed deep literature review to justify techniques used in the creation of said telescope.
Discussed and acted upon desires and needs of telescope engineers, theorists, and observationalists.
Florence Nightingale Award for Graphical Excellence
Awarded for the optimal presentation of quantitative data to illustrate a Helmholtz coil. Used Python for graphing.
Maintaining an open-source Python library for interacting with Google Sheets, including adding new features, fixing bugs, and responding to user issues.
Testing electrical equipment for sale in charity shops.
MPhys Physics
Grade: 1st (77%)
Masters Project: Using Machine Learning to Optimise Quantum Optics Experiments
A Level, GCSE
Grade: A* A* A* (A Level), 6A*, 4A, 2D* (GCSE)
A* Physics
A* Mathematics
A* Further Mathematics
(GCSE) A* Mathematics, A English
(GCSE) + 5A*, 3A, 2 Dist*
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