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Hi, I'm Alex Kates 👋

I'm a product engineer currently working at Croissant as Director of Engineering.

I'm addicted to writing about building, and building things worth writing about.

Some extracurriculars

Here are some Hashnode badges that I've earned
  • https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1696319757778/s7nOYDsve.png?auto=compress

    Word Warrior

    11/27/2023

    Wrote an in-depth blog post with more than 2K words
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    Hasura Hackathon

    5/19/2022

    Badge assigned to the author for participating in Hashnode + Hasura Hackathon in March 2022
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    Netlify Hackathon

    5/19/2022

    Badge assigned to the author for participating in Hashnode + Netlify Hackathon in February 2022
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    #2Articles1Week Bronze Badge

    3/28/2022

    Maintained Writing Streak for 2 weeks
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    Featured On Hashnode

    1/19/2022

    Wrote a Post That Was Featured On Hashnode
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    Self Starter

    1/15/2022

    Wrote a blog post after joining Hashnode