Alex Shank

Hi, I'm a Chicago-based Software Engineer named Alex. I build systems that make people more impactful.

Look through my blog posts and web apps if you're interested in what I'm building and learning. My work history, degrees, and certifications are also available.

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Published: May 4, 2026

How the (q, r) coordinate system and linear transformations are used to place tiles, roads, and settlements on a responsive SVG Catan board.

Published: Apr 15, 2025

Testing which LLMs my NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti can run locally through Ollama.

Published: Apr 10, 2026

Is there a good reason Go doesn't support type parameters in method signatures? How does this impact the way we write application code?

First Deployed: Dec 2, 2025

A platform for deploying and browsing experimental web apps. Each app is either a container or a set of static files.

HTMLCSSJavaScriptReactTypeScriptFlaskPythonPodman

First Deployed: Dec 28, 2025

Browser-based SQL analytics with DuckDB and WebAssembly. Share and query datasets without a local setup.

DuckDBWASMSQLData AnalyticsWeb WorkersProgressive Web AppWater CSS

First Deployed: Sep 10, 2025

A collection of recipes without the intrusive ads. Minimally designed to make grocery shopping and cooking easier.

CookingStatic Site GeneratorHaskellHTMLCSSDSL

First Deployed: Nov 1, 2025

Auto-generate your softball lineups using linear programming and PuLP.

PythonPuLPLinear ProgrammingOptimizationFlaskPugHTMXuv