Hey, I'm Alex Brefeld.
This is my home on the internet.
Me
I'm a data scientist, full-stack developer, and quantitative financial analyst.
At various points I've applied my BA in Math and Master's in Finance to:
- Developing full-stack web apps
- Market making in ETFs as a quantitative trader
- Training custom NLP pipelines
- Building an investment firm's cloud based ETL infrastructure
- Solving the Rubik's cube in under 20 seconds
- Climbing the
WillisSears Tower in 20 min 51 sec - Memorizing almost 20 digits of pi
- Climbing Ohio's state high point (and Wyoming's)
I sometimes write about things that interest me on my blog, CuriosityArb.blog. You can find my code on my GitHub, and other things on my etc page.
Contact
You can reach me at
hello at abrefeld.anonaddy.com.
I'd love to connect if we share similar interests. And if you are in the Denver, CO area, let's grab coffee!
Why
I built this site in order to maintain a more personal digital presence, untethered from the plastic solutions offered by standard, "social" platforms. I really enjoy the small, independent web and want to take part in it. This site is primarily a place for me to tinker with minimal web design and secondarily a way to showcase things about myself.
How
This is a static site made with only HTML and CSS. I write each page in vim because I enjoy doing so and it keeps me mindful of the simple aesthetic I'm shooting for. I do not use any trackers or 3rd party resources. The site is hosted on a VPS running OpenBSD and deployed using rsync.
I don't currently use any JavaScript - not because I'm necessarily against it but because there's been no need so far. One fun use case would be embedding some of my p5.js generative art sketches. For now I just include some images on my generative art page.
Special thanks to Derek Sivers for the inspiration and tools in his piece on Tech Independence.