About me

Hi! My name is Velentzas Alexandros or fractalbit on the internet. I am a 43 years old full stack web developer based in Nafplio, Greece. I love to create things from start to finish. I mainly work with PHP/MySQL and Javascript (vanilla & Svelte/Sapper). I am also proficient in HTML/CSS.

I am currently finishing my master's degree in computer science at the University of Peloponnese.

You can find me at fractalbit@gmail.com and twitter @fractalbit.

Take a look at some of my projects.

Technologies and tools I love

Svelte

This is my favorite by far! It is a javascript framework (or more correctly, compiler) that empowers you to write reactive apps that are highly efficient and performant while keeping a small filesize. It is no accident I built this very site with Svelte and Sapper. You may want to check out the terminal mini web app to see some of it's possibilities.

Firebase

Firebase is an amazing BaaS (Backend as a Service) that is easy to use and with countless options. It provides hosting, storage, NoSQL databases, user authentication, analytics and so much more. The basic plan is completely free and has generous limits (you basically don't need to pay unless your app becomes very popular). This site is hosted on it. I love that i can push the latest changes by just writing "firebase deploy".

Laravel

Laravel is one of the most popular PHP frameworks but I was sceptical at first. I thought there was too much "magic" going on. But if you embrace the (mostly optional) conventions that "magic" is beautiful and it all just works. The fact that there is a thriving community of developers and a huge amount of useful packages helps to build web applications quickly.

VS Code

Visual Studio Code is a free text editor from Microsoft. Although this does not sound very good :D it is in fact the best free editor that i know. Easy to use, inifinitely customizable with settings and extensions and free. What more to ask?

Figma

Figma is a great design app. It is web based so you can access your files from anywhere. You can prototype your application and share it with your coworkers and clients. It also supports plugins for added functionality.