alexv.lv

Hi, I'm Alex, an experienced software engineer. I specialize in Android app development. I've been programming for the past 7 years, and for 8 years before that I was a product / engineering manager. Email me or check out my LinkedIn and GitHub.

Projects

• wt is a CLI app to translate trickier names or terminology using Wikipedia's search + language switching feature.

  > wt naked mole-rat
  en: Naked mole-rat                 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_mole-rat
  es: Heterocephalus glaber          https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterocephalus_glaber
  fr: Rat-taupe nu                   https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat-taupe_nu
  lt: Plikasis smėlrausis            https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plikasis_sm%C4%97lrausis
  lv: ???
  ru: Голый землекоп                 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF
  

• tiny is a CLI tool to compress images.

  > tiny receipt.jpg
  Shrinking "receipt.jpg"... OK, saved 20%!
                          

Posts

• 2021 Make a QR code wallpaper
• 2021 Programming as a coping mechanism

Referrals

Links to things I like and use. Most of these will grant more goodness to both you and me.

• Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive* (@ 8.12/16GB)
• Workflowy - infinitely nested list of lists ∞