Alexander Grattan
I create playful experiences.
Alexander Grattan / Software Developer
About Me
Hi there! My name is Alexander Grattan and I'm a software developer at Actual Size, a branding and digital design agency located in Pittsburgh, PA.
My current software development skills primarily focus around web development, but I also enjoy experimenting with app development, creative coding, data visualization, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and UX.
My Blog
My Projects
Artificial Unintelligence
Online multiplayer game where players compete against each other to create the funniest AI-generated images.
Personal Project
Alcohol101+
An innovative, interactive program which helps students make safe and responsible decisions about alcohol.
with Actual Size for Responsibility.org
Hayden AI Marketing Website
Hayden AI creates cutting-edge AI for smarter cities and this website highlights its various platforms and technologies.
with Actual Size for Hayden AI
Responsibility Works
An online alcohol responsibility course that assists employers and employees in training and maintaining safe and responsible workplaces.
with Actual Size for Responsibility.org
SAFE Marketing Website
SAFE drives change by educating on the importance of ignition interlocks, a technology that encourages a responsible life after DUI.
with Actual Size for SAFE
Virtual Bar App
A iOS, Android, and web app that allows users to gain a better understanding of how different factors affect their blood-alcohol concentration – or BAC.
with Actual Size for Responsibility.org
Vesper AI Marketing Website
Vesper AI, a subsiduary of Hayden AI, turns crowdsourced data into operational intelligence that saves lives, at Actual Size I created this website to tell this story.
with Actual Size for Hayden AI
Food Phantoms
Web app to find if a restaurant on Doordash or Uber Eats is a ghost kitchen or a virtual kitchen where the food served originates from an unexpected establishment.
Personal Project
Big Burgh Redesign
A new design and construction of the Big Burgh app (not an official redesign) used to help Pittsburgh natives find resources such as food and shelter.
Personal Project
Secret Pittsburgh
Website for the Secret Pittsburgh class at the University of Pittsburgh (ENGLIT 1412) dedicated to uncovering hidden spaces and unusual places in the city of Pittsburgh.
Personal Project
Grademyaid
Application that allows students to grade their college financial aid packages using data from the US Department of Education.
This was built for Pitt CSC Hacks, a competition sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh's Computer Science Club.
Personal Project
Grosseries
A mobile app that helps individuals to track expiration dates and the inventory of their food, a group project for the University of Pittsburgh's CS1635 created with the app development framework, Flutter.
Personal Project
Pollock Is Sh!t
Web app that manipulates image data to create a Pollock-like painting (because literally anyone could've been Pollock).
Personal Project
Belly Button Chrome Extension
Browser extension that helps developers and accessibility engineers inspect a website's buttons and determine if they follow HTML standards and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
Personal Project
Virtual Safari
A recreation of Timon and Pumbaa's Virtual Safari, a choose-your-own adventure from The Lion King DVD.
I edited the choices into individual clips using the video editor, DaVinci Resolve, and used JavaScript to develop the site interaction.
Personal Project