Alex Smyntyna

Building Innovative & Reliable Solutions

I craft seamless digital experiences by merging clean code, modern design, and efficient data management into high-performance solutions.

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Featured Projects

Alex Smyntyna Photography

Next.js • DigitalOcean

A professional photography portfolio showcasing event coverage, weddings, and creative work with intelligent subdomain-based organization for targeted client viewing.

Royal Custom Design Website

Next.js • Tailwind

A professional portfolio site for Royal Custom Design, showcasing high-quality woodworking and custom cabinetry.

Lightroom AI Metadata Plugin

Python • Lua

A Lightroom Classic plugin that uses Python and Lua to integrate AI models for automatic generation of photo keywords, titles, and captions via the Adobe Lightroom SDK.

Clock Out — Time & Earnings Tracker

SwiftUI • iOS

An iOS app for hourly workers to clock in/out, track shifts, calculate earnings, view summaries, and export data as CSV.

IFCN Code of Principles

Next.js • Express

A modern rebuild of the IFCN Code of Principles platform for fact-checking organizations worldwide.

Poynter.org

PHP • JavaScript

Ongoing maintenance and feature development for Poynter.org, including frontend enhancements, PHP template updates, and custom UI improvements.

Experience & Education

Freelance Full-Stack Developer @ Self-Employed

Port Charlotte, FL | Dec 2024 – Present

Built and shipped Clock Out, an iOS app for hourly workers to track shifts and earnings, published to the App Store.
Developed a professional portfolio site for Royal Custom Design, a woodworking business, featuring CMS integration for client-managed content updates.
Created a photography portfolio with multi-subdomain architecture and CDN-optimized image delivery for different client segments.
Built a Lightroom Classic plugin integrating local AI models via Ollama for automated photo metadata generation.

Full-Stack Developer @ Poynter Institute

St. Petersburg, FL | Aug 2022 – Dec 2024

Led the rebuild of the IFCN Code of Principles platform, designing and implementing both the Express/MongoDB backend and Next.js frontend from the ground up.
Built RESTful API endpoints with secure authentication and role-based access control for managing fact-checking organization applications worldwide.
Maintained and enhanced Poynter.org, implementing new frontend templates and improving legacy PHP templates.
Conducted regular code reviews and collaborated with non-technical stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable development tasks.

Full-Stack Software Developer @ Productive Cloud Solutions

Atlanta, GA | Oct 2020 – Aug 2022

Built multiple responsive WordPress sites for clients, translating mockups and wireframes into functional websites.
Collaborated with designers and copywriters to manage concurrent projects across multiple clients with varying technical requirements.
Developed React and Express coding examples and project materials for use in college courses and coding bootcamps.