Alex Vance

San Francisco / Remote

Staff Software Engineer & Systems Architect

Specializing in distributed systems, high-efficiency web architecture, and clean product design. Currently consulting for venture-backed founders and shipping self-hosted developer tools.

·GitHub·X / Twitter

Selected Works2024 — Present

Brandez Hotel Engine2026

Commission-free direct booking engine and front-desk operational manager for boutique hotels.

Next.js 14FastAPI

Local Vector Studio2025

Air-gapped private RAG document intelligence runner powered by Ollama and pgvector.

Ollamapgvector

Kernel Cache Router2025

High-throughput in-memory Redis replication layer reducing edge latency from 120ms to 8ms.

GoRedis

Autonomous Workflows Hub2024

15 enterprise-grade n8n failure-recovery event graphs orchestrating async webhooks.

n8nDocker

Essays & NotesWriting Archive

Replacing $4,000/mo SaaS dependencies with a single $20 VPS

7 min·Oct 2026

Why small, commission-free hospitality software wins over aggregators

5 min·Aug 2026

Zero-latency UI: streaming edge tokens without layout shift

9 min·May 2026