Alex Grin
Cofounder And Tech Lead at Cabin
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Grin is a seasoned founder and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building and scaling products from garage startups to global platforms. As Cofounder and Tech Lead at Cabin and former Founder/CTO of LBRY and TopScore, he blends hands-on DevOps and backend engineering with product strategy to deliver reliable build and release workflows. He has deep expertise automating complex build pipelines and packaging across platforms—evidenced by significant contributions to the LBRY SDK and desktop projects that streamlined CI, packaging, and cross-platform distribution. Alex pairs technical rigor with a background in cognitive science, applying human-centered thinking to system design and team processes. Based in Boston, he’s comfortable operating across startups and open-source ecosystems, and has a track record of turning ambitious, user-focused ideas into production systems used worldwide.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science BS Psychology Research in Cognitive Science, BS Computer Science BS Psychology Research in Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteComputer Science, Computer Science at Stuyvesant High School
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Github Skills (33)
git10
website-development10
python10
electron10
scripting10
bash10
cicd10
sc10
php10
script10
scs10
build-automation10
sh10
shell10
teamcity9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
lbryio/lbry.com
Mar 2016 - Dec 2022
lbry.com, the website for the LBRY protocol
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 421 commits, 109 PRs in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alex contributed to the lbry.com website by addressing issues, fixing the update script, creating a Config class, and adding a sass compiler. They also worked on the view/mail/joinList.php file by checking for and displaying errors, and updated the update.php file to ensure Git fetches and resets to origin/master. Furthermore, the user added a redirect to lbry-deck.pdf, which shows they worked on URL related settings.
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lbryio/lbry-sdk
Mar 2016 - Jan 2023
The LBRY SDK for building decentralized, censorship resistant, monetized, digital content apps.
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:8 releases, 15 reviews, 531 commits in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily worked on setting up and automating the build process for the LBRY SDK. They implemented scripts for creating Ubuntu packages, including the addition of a URI handler and desktop integration. Furthermore, the user made changes to the setup configuration and added a tool for version bumping, indicating responsibility for build management and release processes. Their efforts also involved integrating CI builds with Travis CI, which streamlined the build workflow.
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