Alexander Altman
Modesto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Altman is a versatile software engineer and graduate student at UIUC with 13 years of experience blending functional programming, build automation, and teaching. He contributes to notable open-source projects in Haskell and Scala—extending core lens libraries and implementing advanced functional constructs—while also maintaining and automating Homebrew casks and Nginx modules. His background as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for compilers and programming languages and current California substitute-teaching credential reflect a rare combination of deep technical expertise and classroom experience aimed at bringing CS to learners from preschool through junior college. Comfortable working remotely, he prefers backend and tooling work that improves developer workflows and reproducible builds. Colleagues would note both his attention to core library design and his practical habit of keeping ecosystems up to date through careful package maintenance.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at California State University, StanislausMaster of Computer Science - MCS, Computer Science, Master of Computer Science - MCS, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignTeaching Credential, Elementary Education and Teaching, Teaching Credential, Elementary Education and Teaching at California State University, Fresno
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
3,246reputation
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53answers
8questions
haskell
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Github Skills (36)
formula10
package-management10
scripting10
font-manager10
scalaz10
homebrew-cask10
scala10
homebrew10
script10
font-face10
monads10
lenses10
formulas10
ghc10
cabal10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
typelift/Swiftz
Jun 2014 - Dec 2015
Functional programming in Swift
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:62 commits, 9 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Alexander contributed to the implementation of an indexed continuation monad, including the core data structure, and several related functions such as `map`, `flatMap`, and `join`. Further contributions focused on defining operators within the base and core files, ensuring proper formatting and code style. These changes highlight the user's engagement with functional programming concepts and their application within the Swiftz project.
lensesswiftfunctional-programming
Homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions
Jan 2020 - Nov 2022
💀 Alternate versions of Casks (deprecated)
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:94 commits, 110 PRs, 9 comments in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to updating various software packages within the Homebrew Cask ecosystem. These updates included a wide range of applications like Java distributions (Zulu, AdoptOpenJDK, Corretto), preview versions of software like .NET, Skype, Brave Browser, and others, as well as updating existing casks, and creating new casks. The user demonstrated expertise in managing and maintaining the Homebrew cask definitions. Their work focused on ensuring up-to-date and accurate installation and management of software.
caskscaskhomebrewalternate
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