Alex Hersler
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer at Wiser Solutions, Inc.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Hersler is a Senior Software Engineer based in Los Angeles with four years of professional engineering experience and a strong full-stack focus on the SERN stack, Next.js, and TypeScript. He co-created Nexus, a trending VS Code extension for visualizing Next.js component trees, demonstrating a knack for practical developer tools and frontend developer experience. Comfortable stretching across backend (Node/Express, RESTful APIs, SQL, Mongo) and frontend (React/Redux, Next.js), he pairs rapid feature delivery with thoughtful architecture. Alex’s background spans startups, open-source projects, and creative roles in production and theatre, which contributes to his collaborative, design-minded approach to engineering. Outside work he sharpens strategic thinking through chess and creative rhythm as a drummer—habits that show up in his disciplined, iterative coding style.
4 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at CodesmithBachelor of Science - BS (with honors), Bachelor of Science - BS (with honors) at Northwestern University
French
Github Skills (6)
vscode-extension9
webview8
webpack7
nextjs6
developer-tools5
vercel4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
oslabs-beta/Nexus
Feb 2022 - Sep 2022
NextJS VScode extension to visualize component tree.
Contributions:8 reviews, 10 commits, 11 PRs in 7 months
nextjsvscode-extensionreactjscomponent-architecturedeveloper-tools
FoxEight/brain-consomme
Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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