Alex Haas / Software & systems engineer / New York

Software, art,
and things worth figuring out.

I build software around things I care about: understanding our patterns, helping a retreat run, and learning from what other makers have tried. I make art, too.

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A few things I’m making

Background & experience ↗

From the working beta

Filament Friends

A way for 3D-printing enthusiasts to compare actual prints, with the filament, machine, and settings attached.

Community software · Working local beta

One detail I care about: changing a saved printer setup must not change the record of an old print. Each result keeps the configuration it was made with.Inside the project ↗

In Journey

Art · From the collection

DDRC Workbook

I volunteered to help a Buddhist retreat center spend less time coordinating housing, seating, check-in, and paperwork.

Volunteer software · In development

The tricky part isn’t filling a spreadsheet.

It’s keeping the plan consistent when people and assignments change. Staff review a proposed plan before applying it; workbooks and printouts then use those reviewed decisions.

How the pieces fit together ↗

Socraites / a study in connections

Socraites

A personal research project about recording experience and noticing connections without mistaking a plausible story for a fact.

Software & AI experiments · In development

The question underneath it: how do you keep an interpretation connected to the observations—and make it easy to challenge?Notes on the experiment ↗