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Hi, I'm Alex Lau.

I'm a full stack web developer who has worked at companies of various stages and sizes, and with technologies just as diverse.

Ask any of my coworkers and they'll tell you that my passion for software development is only matched by my desire to find the perfect meme for each and every occasion.

Side Projects

Boon
This is the marketing website for a card game that I co-created called Boon. The site itself is a simple Sinatra application. Visit website
Bits on Bits on Bits
My (now retired) blog which contained sample code, links to resources, and several code articles. The site is published with Octopress. Visit website

Code Snippets

Elixir Pattern Matching for RubyistsAn explanation of Elixir's pattern matching with examples in both Ruby and Elixir.
Procs, Blocks, and LambdasExploring Procs, blocks, and lambda expressions by example in Ruby.

Stack Overflow Answers

Here are some Stack Overflow answers I am particularly proud of because of how they involved looking deeply into an issue: