Alvar Lagerlöf

@alvar
Always curious
Stockholm, Sweden
he/him

Software Engineering

Open Source

Neurodivergent

UI Design

React

A11y

UX Design

Skiing

Photography

Front-end Developer

Mental Health

Coding

Early Adopter

Hey folks, Alvar here! Currently I'm very into React and declarative UIs in general, but I'm also learning design and how to blog.

My story as a developer starts with a $2 computer from a flea market, which you can read more about on my website!

I'm open to

beta testing new products,

mentoring,

writing,

participating in user research,

volunteering,

brainstorming,

speaking at events,

open source contributions,

speaking on podcasts,

activism,

making introductions,

talking to journalists,

and partnering on side projects.

Contact Me

Resume

May 2021 - Present

Frontend Developer, Freelancing

Mar 2019 - Dec 2019

Frontend Web Developer, AASchools

Sep 2016 - Oct 2016

Native iOS + Android Developer, Roboro

Portfolio

Always add "name” to type="radio" https://alvar.dev/blog/always-add-name-to-type-radio

How I Teach Myself to Code https://alvar.dev/blog/how-i-teach-myself-to-code

TypeScript things I wish I knew earlier https://alvar.dev/blog/typescript-things-i-wish-i-knew-earlier

Launched my open graph image generator for Next.js a few days ago. Check it out! https://github.com/alvarlagerlof/next-banner

Blog posts

Wrote about being called smart when you don't feel like you are https://alvar.dev/blog/on-smartness

I wrote about Instagram, photography, and why I'm not doing either anymore on my blog. https://alvar.dev/blog/instagram-ruined-photography

Projects

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Today I’m launching neurodiversity.wiki, a crowdsourced project fighting misconceptions about mental health conditions like ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Autism and more. There are a few reasons for this...

I redesigned my personal website with a fun new font. I also intend to start blogging. Check it out! https://alvar.dev

I published my first React library on npm called "react-haze" that allows you to easily show a fade at edges of lists to indicate scrollability https://github.com/alvarlagerlof/react-haze

Designed and coded a website for the open source game server manager Wilfred. Check it out at https://wilfredproject.org