About me

Hey, I’m Alvin Bryan, I’m a developer advocate and front-end developer/engineer. A few tidbits about me:

• I worked for a fully remote company before most people did.
• I love listening to podcasts and audio drama.
• I love learning things on the Internet.
• My favourite TV show is Billions, especially season 2 to 4. You can watch it on NowTV in the UK and Showtime in the US.
• I like privacy and owning my data.

More info

🎈 What am I doing now? See my “now” page.
👨‍💻 What apps/hardware do I use? See my “uses” page.
🏗 Find out how this website works.

As a coder

I’m a developer advocate at at Contentful. Before that, I worked on design systems, charts and editorial tools at Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal. Previously, I worked on games, maps and data visualisations.

I’m very UX-driven, happiest when collaborating with designers and pushing boundaries as a team. I believe that working as a developer is more than writing code. There’s a lot to be said about a person’s work ethic and collaboration style.

I have years of experience helping people install Sourcetree.

A friendly reminder that the views expressed here are just my own and don’t represent any of my current or former employers.

Cheers,
Alvin