Byron Alley
Senior Elixir developer at Loblaw Digital and part-time technical co-founder of Prosp3r. Before that I founded and ran two profitable companies, so I build software with the business case in view.
Now
Backend systems that run online grocery across Canada for the Loblaw family of brands.
Architecture, engineering leadership and hands-on development for an Elixir-based startup.
Selected work
Copia Wealth Studios
Elixir backend for a wealth platform. Cut remote API query time by up to 75% and doubled the speed of financial calculations in the GraphQL API.
Popkernel ↗
Open source. Experimental monadic macros and custom operators for the Elixir Kernel, inspired by Haskell and Rust.
Ari Kinarthy ↗
Website and graphic design for a musical composer.
Business
Founder & President, Swing Dynamite
Zero to profitable in under a year. Clients included the National Arts Centre, major casinos and Canada Day on Parliament Hill.
Co-founder, Groupe SAF
Montreal entertainment company, still operating. VP Marketing, then President.
Independent consulting
Software and business work for clients, including the competitive research behind the Gift Card Zen acquisition.
Site Leader, Internet.com
Led an international remote team of technical writers.
Based in Toronto. I work in English / Français / Español / 中文 / עברית.
- Elixir
- Phoenix
- LiveView
- Ecto
- Oban
- Absinthe / GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- TypeScript
- Rust
- Docker