Alice's World

Hello,

You may call me Alice.

I love messing with code and

architecting services on the cloud.

I like to think I make useful things

that ever so slightly change the world.

This site is a glimpse into my passions

and an experiment in user experience.

Here you will find some of my projects

as well as writing about my work

and maybe some fun easter eggs.

P.S.

I like cats.

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Professional Experience

I have 10+ years of experience with

I have 5+ years of experience with

I have 2+ years of experience with

Systems & Software

I stayed in Vermont for my first job out of school.

Exp Gained: Enterprise Java, Oracle, Linux, Python, Web Security, Scrum, Mentoring

Sept 2015 - June 2020

Pranify

I lead development and architected products during this startup's first year.

Exp Gained: AWS, Chrome Extensions, Express, Python, Selenium, Psql, Leading, System Design

June 2020 - January 2022

Amazon

After learning AWS, I went to Amazon to work on it myself. :)

Exp Gained: SQL, Python, TypeScript, Ruby, SRE, Cross-team Collaboration, Steering a team

January 2022 - Present

Hosted Personal Projects

Klotski

Procedurally generated sliding block puzzles with their solutions. Mobile friendly.

Exp Gained: Python, Javscript, Algorithms, UI/UX

Effort: A few weeks

Todo: More types of boards and shapes of pieces. More search algorithms and comparisons between them.

Svadilfari

A powerful all-in-one PDF/Document/Image file building tool I made for personal use.

Exp Gained: Nodejs, NPM Libraries, File Uploading, Security

Effort: A few weeks

Todo: More complex manipulations.

Undergradate Thesis

I found solutions to an NP-hard combinatorics problem with simulated annealing.

Exp Gained: Combinatorics, research, Java

Effort: 1 year

Regrets: It took me longer than I would have liked to discover simulated annealing.

Tetris

A lightweight Javascript Tetris with a SQL hiscore board and some creative liberties.

Exp Gained: Javascript, SQL, Canvas

Effort: A few days

Regrets: The messiest code I ever wrote

Colorkey

A simple Javascript color palette tool where I get a bit creative with UI/UX.

Exp Gained: Javascript, UI/UX

Effort: A few hours

Todo: There is a lot of room for more features but the UI needs to stay simple.

Expanse Clock

A clock dashboard meeting the needs of Earth and Martian politicians in The Expanse.

Exp Gained: Rapid Development

Effort: A few hours

Todo: It would be interesting to expand this to 3+ bodies and all their distances.

Genshin Builds Showcase

A quick way for me to pull up my Genshin Impact characters and their equipment/stats.

Exp Gained: Rapid Development

Effort: A few hours

Todo: More complex Genshin Impact tools could be fun to make.

Genshin Prank Site

A funny site to send Genshin Impact players the link to.

Exp Gained: Sense of Humour

Effort: A few hours

Todo: Continue owning joke domains.

Personal Tech Blog

Implicit and Explicit Office Culture

Alice rambles about office culture.

AWS Office Culture

My thoughts as I approach 4 years in AWS office culture.

Impostor Syndrome

I have many years of experience with imposter syndrome to reflect on.

Docker, Docker, Docker

How I test web applications on my desktop with Docker.

Postgres JSON Magic

Fun with business logic in Postgres queries.

The Skills of Software Engineers

Broadly covering the skills I believe engineers need.

The Solo Development Process

Going over some things that worked for me developing alone.

Other Personal Projects

Decompiled Modified Terraria

I decompiled a version of Terraria with JetBrains dotPeek and modified it.

Exp Gained: C#, dotPeek

Effort: A few weeks

Todo: I have a whole list of changes I would like to make when I circle back to this.

Coming Soon

Hollup... let me cook

Contact Me

Send me a message about anything you want to collaborate on.

I am always looking for new adventures.

Website designed and built by Alice Savard (shocking)