Alex Spaulding
Hire meSystems Software / Apple Platforms / Compositors
Computer Science student at Eastern Washington University. Founder of Wawona, a native Wayland compositor for macOS, iOS, and Android. Also build macOS and iOS runtime tooling, reverse-engineering tools, and Nix infrastructure. Seeking internships or full-time as a Systems Software Engineer, Platform Engineer, or Developer Tools Engineer.
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Eastern Washington University
2022-2027
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Founder and Lead Engineer, Wawona
2025-present
- Native Wayland compositor for macOS, iOS, and Android (200+ stars): Rust core, Metal and Vulkan, UniFFI, Nix toolchain, TestFlight.
- On-device shell and userland, Wayland graphics compatibility (GBM, EGL, ANGLE), Waypipe remote apps.
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Assembly Technician, Sunburst Sensors
2022-2025
- Built and calibrated pCO2 and pH instruments; PCB soldering, firmware updates for 1,000+ microcontrollers, hydrostatic testing.
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Technology Educator and Consultant, University of Montana IT
2024-2025
- Returned to train students and staff on campus accounts, devices, and software. Closed TeamDynamix tickets; wrote guides; Jamf and Windows imaging.
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Technology Educator and Consultant, University of Montana IT
2020
- Walk-in and phone support for students and employees. Closed 200+ TeamDynamix tickets; on-site sprints for hardware and account setup.
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Wawona
2025-present
272 stars
Native Wayland compositor for macOS, iOS, and Android: nested Linux desktops, Waypipe, and on-device shell.
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apple-sharpener
2024-present
308 stars
macOS Ammonia tweak for arbitrary window corner radii (including square and squircles). Widely used after Liquid Glass pushed system radii much larger.
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Whisperer
2024-present
Voice ChatGPT client for Apple Watch: Whisper transcription, streaming replies, TTS, OCR, and image generation.
Also see: ModernOrange Band / Sentinel High School Computer Building Club
Core: Objective-C, Swift, Rust, C, Nix, macOS and iOS internals, Wayland, Metal, reverse engineering, continuous integration
- Symposium poster: Native Wayland Compositing on Apple Ecosystems (Wawona) / Eastern Washington University (2026)
- Vice President, Association for Computing Machinery chapter / Eastern Washington University (2026)
- First place, Gonzaga University Hackathon / Gonzaga University (2025)
- First place, Spring Cyber Capture The Flag / University of Montana Missoula College (2024)
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Pull requests
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Stars
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Repositories
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Followers
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Current streak
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Longest streak
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- Objective-C23.6%
- Rust17.8%
- Swift17%
- Nix9.2%
- C8.7%
- Shell5%
- Python4%
- JavaScript3.3%
- Other11.5%
Language share by bytes across @aspauldingcode public repositories and the Wawona GitHub organization.