Alex Ruheni
Software Engineer at Feather
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolAlex Ruheni is a full-stack software engineer based in Berlin with eight years of experience building developer-friendly web applications and APIs. Currently at Feather after several roles at Prisma, he has deep hands-on experience with GraphQL, Next.js, Prisma integrations, and migrating projects between GraphQL frameworks like Yoga, Apollo Server, and Nexus. He has contributed to well-known Prisma example repos, adding SDL-first Hapi.js examples, upgrading Next.js apps to v13, and integrating AWS S3-backed image workflows—demonstrating both backend API design and pragmatic front-end upgrades. Alex blends developer advocacy and engineering, having written docs and examples that lower the barrier for other engineers to adopt modern stacks. His background in Business & IT and accounting studies gives him a practical, product-minded approach to building reliable, maintainable systems. An underrated strength is his focus on test and tooling improvements that make example projects production-ready for teams.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Business and Information Technology Business and IT, Business and Information Technology Business and IT at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)Sacho High SchoolCPA Accounting and Finance, CPA Accounting and Finance at Strathmore University
Swahili, English
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
typescript10
nextjs10
apollo-server10
wpgraphql10
prisma10
wordpress-graphql10
typescript-types10
graphql10
nodejs10
typescripts10
react10
hapi9
aws-s39
nexus8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
prisma/awesome-links
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Users browse through a list of curated links and bookmark their favorite ones. Code for prisma.io course.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 19 PRs, 33 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily worked on updating the Next.js application's admin interface, including image uploads and form submissions. They added functionality to handle image URLs and integrate with AWS S3 storage. Furthermore, the user addressed import and type errors and upgraded the project to Next.js 13, improving the overall project structure.
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prisma/prisma-examples
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
🚀 Ready-to-run Prisma example projects
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:79 reviews, 95 commits, 407 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on building and integrating GraphQL APIs, specifically within various Prisma example projects. They contributed new Hapi.js examples using SDL-first approach, migrating existing GraphQL examples from GraphQL Yoga to Apollo Server and updating Next.js examples. The user's work involved modifying schemas, resolvers, and server configurations to support the different API implementations and GraphQL frameworks such as Apollo Server and Nexus. They also updated testing configurations and documentation.
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