Hello, I'm Alex!

Tech blogger ✏️

About me🙋‍♂️

Hello 👋 I'm Alex, Cross-platform Mobile Engineer specializing in React and React Native with additional knowledge in web, native iOS, and Android.

Certified Scrum Master 👨‍🏫 Participated in projects ranging from solo to more than 20 people involved. Have leadership experience of carrying agile mobile projects from start to finish while managing the entire process: from planning, designing and communications to publishing and maintaining.

Passionate about Design Systems, dark themes and bringing value to end-users.

Apart from my coding activity I enjoy casual sports 🏃‍♂️, learning new things 📚, cooking 👨‍🍳 and traveling 🌋.

Check my GitHub or LinkedIn for more.

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Projects💻

BlueCall
BlueCall offers mental wellbeing toolbox and anonymous sessions with professional therapists through your smartphone.
BC
React Native
2022
Smartum Pay
SmartumPay is an app for people using electronic Smartum Saldo benefits. With SmartumPay you can pay with your fringe benefits in thousands of different venues all around Finland.
smartum
React Native
2022
S-kaupat
Make your everyday life easier by ordering your shopping from your couch, workplace or anywhere. Order your purchases directly at home or pick up your order at a pick-up point.
s-kauppa
React Native
2021
Yle
With the help of impressive audiovisual narration, you can find the most interesting phenomena and experience the atmosphere of live events together with other users.
yle-live
React Native
2021
ChefsApp
Calculate your catering budgets and create a library of recipes with media support. Search from a vast database of ingredients and customize your cooking experience the way you want it!
chefsapp
React Native
2020
Airport schedule handler
Developed an internal web app from scratch for optimizing work shifts and personnel with machine learning for a major service company.
finavia
React
2020
Yle.fi
Follow news, opinions, interesting phenomena and much more. Enjoy the topics selected by Finland's largest editorial staff.
yle
React Native
2019
HIIT Tabata Timer
Achieve your cardio and weight loss goals with this interval timer app.
Facebook logo
React Native
2019
Snarveien
Get various bonuses at Shell stations in Norway. Track the nearest station and refill your car with ease.
Logo
React Native
2019
St1 Way
Refill gas and buy car wash coupons with Mastercard that you can get from the app.
Gatsby logo
React Native
2018
St1 Sverige
Similar to the Finnish app, but for the Swedish market with different feature set.
st1se
React Native
2018
My Business
Improve your life by taking active control of your mind and redirecting your focus into things that matter.
mb
React Native
2018
Safety Point
Create safety plans for companies, provide personnel safety training, maintain fire safety and more.
sp
React Native
2018
HC TPS
Follow Turun Palloseura hockey team: news, statistics, players, upcoming and concluded matches and more.
tps
React Native
2018
iqBox
Remote control app for the finalist of Elisa Innovation Challenge 2017 and 50k grant winner.
iqBox
React Native
2017
Sinebrychoff's HHT
New features and bug fixes for Sinebrychoff's vending machine maintenance app.
sineb
Android
2016
Bonus Baltic App
Cross-platform app for Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
Screenshot 2019-10-29 at 19.56.25
React Native
2016
ItFollows
Simple navigation-based game made with React Native utilizing maps and navigation.
Screenshot 2019-10-29 at 19.58.07
React Native
2016
Dataing
Dating web app, uses Bisnode's API to work with Finnish population data.
meteorB
MeteorJS
2015
Dear Diary
Share your deepest thoughts with your friends or strangers :)
androidBK
Android
2015
TakeaCookie Widget
Android widget built with Kotlin. Track your progress towards your goals.
androidBK
Android
2015
DoYouDare
Challenges sharing cross-platform app built with Angular, Ionic and Firebase.
ionicB
Ionic
2015
City Drill
Treasure hunting app, uses Bluetooth low energy beacons(iBeacon) and Apple Maps.
appleB
iOS
2015
Shaper
Stay in shape by shaping shapes. Cross-platform game made with Unity.
unityB
Unity
2015

Blog posts✍️

Reduce React Native application size with WebP image format

Reduce React Native application size with WebP image format
Dozens of new apps appear every day in the App Store and Google Play, and it is our job to help users make the right choice…
Jun 29, 2020 - 4 min

Implementing dark and other themes into your React Native app with Context and hooks

Implementing dark and other themes into your React Native app with Context and hooks
In this article, I’m going to cover the basic setup needed to add a theme support to your React Native app without using any third-party…
Nov 16, 2019 - 4 min

How to setup module resolution and path aliases with React Native and TypeScript

How to setup module resolution and path aliases with React Native and TypeScript
A detailed tutorial on how to enable module resolution in TypeScript to allow path aliases for clean and maintainable imports.
Nov 01, 2019 - 4 min