Nice to meet you
Hello, I'm Alex
Software Developer & Problem Solver
I've been experimenting with NotebookLM for podcast production, even publishing several short episodes on YouTube, including:
The Death of Meaning: The Language Lab of Tyranny George Orwell, “Animal Farm”
Inevitable or Engineered? The Real Murderer in Plain Sight "Blood Brothers" by Willy Russell.
Beyond Good & Bad: The Morality You Can't Afford Shelagh Delaney, "A Taste of Honey"
The Burlings Didn’t Learn. Will You? “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestley
How to Destroy a Life Without Meaning To “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestley
Welcome to my portfolio! With expertise in Python, Django, JavaScript, and a bit of cloud technologies, I build solutions that make an impact. As a glimpse into my journey and skills, please explore this featured projects:
Project Management System
A simple yet powerful app to manage and visualise tasks with intuitive views. Built with Django to ensure robustness and future scalability.
A new version of PMS MVP incorporates a robust API for enhanced flexibility and integration, now deployed within a Docker container on an AWS EC2 instance.
Recent Developments
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AI Agents (June 2025): Produced a 5 minutes' podcast exploring the transformative shift from AI assistants to more autonomous AI agents.
For strategists and thought leaders:
Enterprise leaders can find practical insights and concrete examples of current AI agent applications (from Google's report) in the other podcast version:
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Cloud Essentials Podcasts (June 2025): Produced two deep dive podcasts focusing on the essentials of AWS and Azure.
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Exploring Compact LLMs: In 2024, compact LLMs emerged as a promising area of research. I'm currently dedicating my spare time to fine-tuning compact LLMs, on a consumer-grade laptop with decent RAM, memory, and GPU power ("a resource-constrained environment").
This work aligns with a broader strategic shift in the AI industry: market consolidation among AI access providers is driving clients toward proprietary models. The "Train or Die!" trend reflects a stark reality - as major players increasingly control access to AI interfaces, developing and understanding custom models becomes crucial for businesses looking to build competitive, AI-driven applications.