I create playful experiences.

Alexander Grattan / Software Developer

Allegory of the Cave

Audiovisual experience with an interactive 3D sun.

Tools used:

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Three.js

Conor Lamb for Senate

Website for a congressman entering the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate Race.

Tools used:

Gatsby
Twin.Macro/Tailwind
Locomotive Scroll
Framer Motion

Pitt CSC

Redesigned and developed the website for the Pitt Computer Science Club that helps advertise its efforts to support computer science and technology-related initiatives.

Tools used:

Gatsby
Tailwind CSS
Notion API
Framer Motion

Resu.me

Steelhacks hackathon winning website that acts as a resume repository for students and employers.

Built the website and app in 24 hours with three other teammates.

Tools used:

React
Express
Sass
Heroku

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.

Tools used:

React
Framer Motion
Sass

Green Pages

Cooperated with another developer and two pharmacy students to create a website that tracks cannabis strain availability in the Pennsylvania area. Helped create the REST API and backend with Django Rest Framework.

Tools used:

React
Django
Sass
Redux
Framer Motion
Heroku

The New York Times Critic's Picks

A website that showcases movies that The New York Times considers critic's picks. Uses the newspaper's REST API in order to gather the data.

The cards can be sorted in multiple ways and each link to the corresponding review on The New York Time's website.

Tools used:

React
Framer Motion
The New York Times API

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.

Tools used:

HTML
CSS
JavaScript