Alek Petuskey
Cofounder at Reflex
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlek Petuskey is a cofounder and full‑stack engineer with seven years of experience building developer-focused web apps and ML infrastructure from research labs to startup scale. Based in San Francisco, he leads frontend and component work for Reflex (a Y Combinator‑backed project) and has driven UX, documentation, and API additions that make pure‑Python web development more approachable. His background includes machine learning infrastructure at Ancestry and applied ML research at UCSF, plus engineering stints at NASA Ames and Dropbox, reflecting a blend of production rigor and research curiosity. Notably, Alek’s open‑source contributions to reflex-dev expand the component library and developer resources—helping bridge polished UI design with pragmatic hosting and navigation patterns.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Physics, Computer Science Physics at University of California, BerkeleyW23, W23 at Y Combinator
Github Skills (16)
html10
web-framework10
web-development10
windows-gui10
front-end-development10
python10
documentation10
ui-components10
web-content9
webpages9
javascript9
css9
application-framework9
app-framework9
fastapi6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
reflex-dev/reflex-web
Dec 2022 - Mar 2023
A public repo of the reflex.dev website.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:546 reviews, 11 commits, 707 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alek contributed significantly to the `reflex-web` repository, primarily focusing on front-end development and documentation. Their work includes updating the landing page, adding and modifying UI elements. Moreover, they also worked on integrating the recipes and resource pages into the main application. Furthermore, the user added documentation, including examples related to hosting, navigation bars, and sidebars.
pythonpublic-repowebdevelopment
reflex-dev/reflex
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
🕸️ Web apps in pure Python 🐍
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:28 releases, 421 reviews, 42 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Alek primarily contributed to the frontend development of the Reflex web application. They updated and improved the base template and implemented features like meta tags for pages and the inclusion of visually hidden elements. Further enhancements involved adding the data table API and HTML components. The user's work demonstrates a focus on expanding the component library and enhancing the overall user experience.
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