'sup!

My name is Alexandre but you can call me Alex. You're probably here because you want to learn more about me so let's cut to the chase. I'm passionate about making stuff. I grew up in the 90s and started making websites by copying and pasting code from everywhere. I went on to study design and swore I'd never touch the web again because the typography support was horrible (no, kids, we didn't always have @font-face - Lucida Grande was readable and all but got a bit repetitive at times). After dabbling in graphic & motion design for a while I renewed with my first love and embraced web development more and more. From front-end to back-end (judge it all you want, my PHP works), I started building out projects for fun. I built a game, a bunch of somewhat useful apps and a bunch of completely useless ones. For me, nothing beats the thrill of seeing some use a thing you built.

When I build something, I always try to do the most with what I have. I'm a curious person that has absolutely no respect for rules. In my mind, they're meant to be broken. Broken rules is where creativity lies most of the time. The secret to breaking rules the right way is to understand the canvas/medium/subject matter perfectly.

Anyhow. Nowadays I make stuff at Shopify with the help of my awesome team. 

If you'd like to connect and talk more about one of the above, or anything else, please connect with me on LinkedIn. 

JUST KIDDING. Here's my email: des.alexandre@gmail.com (hello robots, please don't abuse)