Alex Barry
Senior Software Developer At Vehikl
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAlex Barry is a Senior Software Developer with 14 years of hands-on experience building web and game applications, currently shaping backend and front-end solutions at Vehikl from Waterloo, Ontario. Self-taught and versatile, he combines deep Ruby on Rails and Node.js expertise with modern front-end frameworks like React and Vue, and a functional programming mindset. He co-founded Pair Shaped, shipping full-stack products, and has built everything from gaze-tracking systems and Chromium-based HTML5 game platforms to desktop tooling and PHP/MySQL backends. Known for pragmatic architecture and strong Git hygiene, he pairs engineering rigor with curiosity—whether optimizing application structure or cultivating an impressive beard. His work blends product-focused delivery with experimental projects that bridge web, game, and computer-vision domains.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at West Elgin Secondary SchoolEmmanuel Bible College
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
testing10
nodejs10
zsh10
unit-testing10
frontend10
bash10
ava10
tdd10
lts10
mobile10
websocket10
nvm10
assert10
concurrency10
javascript10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
mobtimeapp/mobtime
Mar 2020 - Sep 2022
A real-time, collaborative mob programming timer. Made with technology from the future, today!
Contributions:25 reviews, 336 commits, 247 PRs in 2 years 6 months
mob-programmingmob-timerrediswebsocketcollaborative
mrozbarry/hyperapp-debug
Feb 2018 - Nov 2021
A debug HOA for hyperapp
Contributions:115 commits, 21 PRs, 70 pushes in 3 years 9 months
hyperappdebug
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