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An animated systems map converging into a continuous orbit for Alan Szmyt

Alan Szmyt

Software engineer building reliable developer platforms, local-first systems, and AI-assisted workflows.
Platform engineering Β· Developer experience Β· Research software Β· Creative technology

Portfolio Public resume GitHub repositories Ego Hygiene

ORCID 0009-0008-5291-9795 Writing on Medium Music on SoundCloud Visual notes on Pinterest X β€” play__function Threads β€” playfunctionmusic Instagram β€” playfunctionmusic Open Source Initiative member 16Personalities β€” Architect INTJ-T Monkeytype β€” szmyty Steam β€” szmyty

Boston University β€” MS Software Development UMass Lowell β€” BS Computer Science


Selected systems

Reflector
Governed, auditable AI-assisted research software with manuscript and DOI-backed archive workflows.
Renderflow
A Rust document-rendering engine built around explicit specifications and graph-planned transformations.
Relay
Versioned GitHub Actions, reusable workflows, and CI contracts for a multi-repository engineering ecosystem.
Optiflow
A local-first, read-only Rust CLI for media inventory and evidence-backed duplicate planning.

These systems meet inside Ego Hygiene, my public engineering and research lab for developer infrastructure, local-first tools, research software, and reusable automation.


Public engineering, in context

GitHub Engineering dashboard showing trailing-year public contributions, streaks, repository inventory, 6547 publicly starred repositories, releases, and language distribution for @szmyty.

First-party public GitHub data Β· trailing 365 days Β· refreshed 2026-08-29. Starred repositories are shown as an exploration index, not an authorship or proficiency claim.


Live telemetry

These cards are generated first-party from public or explicitly approved API data. Synthetic fixtures are used for tests only and are never presented as live profile data.

Weather where I am

Current weather for Boston, Massachusetts: Clear sky, 66 degrees Fahrenheit.

Location follows my public GitHub profile Β· weather data by Open-Meteo Β· no coordinates are stored.

Gaming

Steam profile snapshot for xqc simp gamer pogchamp with avatar, last-online timestamp, Steam level, player XP, badge count, owned games, recent playtime, and recent games.

Public Steam Web API data Β· availability follows my Steam privacy settings.

Typing

Monkeytype typing statistics for szmyty with completed tests, typing time, and selected time-mode personal bests.

Official Monkeytype API Β· aggregate typing activity and selected time-mode personal bests Β· view profile


Personality & working style

16Personalities assessment snapshot: Architect INTJ-T. Introverted 76%, Intuitive 88%, Thinking 51%, Judging 54%, Turbulent 57%.

Self-described personality-assessment context Β· not a clinical, ability, or professional-fit measure Β· view profile


How I work

I use AI-assisted implementation inside bounded, reviewable workflows. I own the architecture, constraints, review, validation, and release decisions.


Contact

For professional inquiries, use the contact route on my portfolio. For project-specific questions, open an issue in the relevant public repository.

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