My name is Alexander.

A full-stack engineer with over twelve years of experience, I currently lead the FinOps Software and Tooling team, working across Atlassian to reduce cloud spend through performance-focused improvements and developer tooling.

I previously ran an app development agency, leading teams across Australia and Europe in web, backend, and native mobile development. Working closely with clients inspired me to co-found a startup that helped schools and businesses track and reduce their carbon footprint, delivering both real climate impact and significant cost savings.

Outside my day job, I am a core member of the E18E community, helping to clean up and speed up the JavaScript ecosystem. I also have a strong passion for API design and run the APIs You Won’t Hate newsletter and OpenAPI.tools.

My strengths are systems architecture and communicating complicated technical concepts to everyday people. Having helped scale technology at numerous startups and worked at enterprise scale, I understand the importance of delivering excellent user experiences and robust systems.

You can follow me on BlueSky for JavaScript, APIs and climate content

I am part of the core team at e18e helping to improve the performance of the JavaScript ecosystem.

If you're into APIs, I also write the regular newsletter over on APIs You Won't Hate

Check out some of my latest talks on privacy, edge computing and more.

TedX	Web3: The Great Con	Edge Computing

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