Rust1420
HyperScale Edge Mesh
High-throughput edge routing mesh built with Rust and WebAssembly, delivering sub-5ms request latency and distributed cache invalidation across 300+ edge nodes.
RustTypeScriptWasm
San Francisco, CA (Remote) · Principal Full-Stack Architect & Open-Source Builder
Alex Morgan
is a little boat on a very big sea.
Crafting ultra-performant edge systems, distributed cloud backends, and interactive WebGL experiences. Dedicated to high architectural ergonomics, resilient software design, and delightful developer tooling.
In the studio
We make software the slow way, on purpose.
Crafting ultra-performant edge systems, distributed cloud backends, and interactive WebGL experiences. Dedicated to high architectural ergonomics, resilient software design, and delightful developer tooling.
It means our foxes have real shadows and our seas have real texture. In a digital world of flat templates, we build tactile spaces that feel warm to the touch.
- 01Cut & Sculpt
Clean modular architecture and precision domain models, trimmed from first principles without bloat.
- 02Layer & Elevate
Shapes are stacked with depth so every component throws its own shadow. Motion feels organic, not rigid.
- 03Warm Illumination
A single warm lamp, angled low, turns flat code into a living bedtime evening.
The shelf
4 Little Works, each one cut by hand.
No two copies are exactly the same — the paper decides. Hover or pick one up; it tilts like you just lifted it off the wooden table.
The Journey
Studio Chapters & Guild Years
Every role is a chapter written in ink — seasons spent mastering tools, shipping resilient architectures, and mentoring apprentices.
01
Staff Software Engineer
Mar 2023 — PresentVercel·San Francisco, CA (Remote)
Leading architectural initiatives across edge compute runtime and global application distribution pipelines.
- ✦Architected edge middleware primitives reducing global p99 response latency by 38%.
- ✦Collaborated with open-source ecosystem partners on zero-downtime static generation.
- ✦Mentored 8 senior engineers and authored RFCs for core framework streaming capabilities.
02
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Feb 2021 — Feb 2023Stripe·Seattle, WA
Built high-reliability international payment surfaces and developer integration SDKs.
- ✦Shipped multi-currency checkout flow supporting 135+ payment methods worldwide.
- ✦Maintained 99.999% availability during peak Black Friday transaction spikes.
- ✦Automated integration testing harness improving pull-request merge confidence by 40%.
03
Distributed Systems Engineer
Jun 2019 — Jan 2021Cloudflare·San Francisco, CA
Developed distributed metrics ingestion pipelines and edge observability tooling.
- ✦Scaled telemetry ingestion from 300k to 1.5M events/sec across global PoPs.
- ✦Reduced edge memory footprints by 25% through optimized zero-allocation data serialization.
The Palette
Tool Drawer & Pigment Swatches
A careful assortment of pigments, sharp chisels, frameworks, and runtime environments gathered across voyages.
Frontend & 3D Web
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptThree.jsTailwindCSSWebGLViteZustand
Backend & Systems
Node.jsGoRustPostgreSQLRedisGraphQLREST APIsKafkaClickHouse
Cloud & DevOps
DockerKubernetesAWSTerraformCI/CD PipelinesEdge ComputeGrafana
Language
TypeScriptGo
Framework
ReactNext.jsNode.jsThree.jsTailwindCSS
Database
PostgreSQLRedis
Devops
Docker
Make a wish
Draw a star for the fox to sail by.
He is out there every night, and the sky could use a few more. Click and drag across the dark horizon to leave a star — it stays as long as you do.
0 stars drawn
draw here ✶
Voyage Log
Celestial Activity & Contributions
Tracking lines penned, puzzles unraveled, and repositories charted beneath the midnight moon.
Field Notes
Academies & Scholarly Lore
Foundations of computation, craft theory, and parchment credentials.
Sep 2015 — Jun 2019CGPA: 3.92
Bachelor of Science
Stanford University
Coursework: Distributed Systems, Advanced Computer Graphics, Database Systems, Computer Networking.
- ✦Lead Developer – Stanford ACM Student Chapter
- ✦Published research on low-latency memory caching for multicore architectures
2023-09-01
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services
Validated expertise in complex distributed cloud systems and resilient infrastructure.
Rosettes & Honours
Seals of Accomplishment
Distinctions earned in open challenges, hackathons, and published works.
1st Place Winner – Global Open Source Hackathon 2024
Open Source Collective
Awarded top honor among 1,200 international developer teams for decentralized edge mesh.
2024-04-15AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Amazon Web Services
Validated expertise in complex distributed cloud systems and resilient infrastructure.
2023-09-01GitHub Global Top 1% Contributor
GitHub
Recognized for consistent high-impact contributions to web ecosystem open source projects.
2023-12-31The departure
Take the whole little library home.
Whether you want to commission a handcrafted interface, discuss systems architecture, or share a story over warm tea — the lantern is always lit on the shore.