PRJ-07 / current
Spritz
Beautiful invitations. RSVPs that answer themselves.
Wedding websites guests open with one tap (no apps, no accounts), with invitations and RSVP chasing handled automatically on WhatsApp.
Rails 8PostgreSQLReact 19TypeScript
Personal Primer · Rev 2026.07
Alex
Bradner
Engineering leader. Founder. Skill collector.
A decade on from the first edition of this primer: I lead engineering teams at Optus by day, and build Spritz (my third venture) the rest of the time. The years in between: co-founding Foogi, five years scaling Airtasker, and principal engineering roles at Cheddar, AirRobe and Atlassian.
Drawn
A. Bradner
Scale
Full Stack
Status
Actively Building
Rev
2026.07
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Parameters
Current Roles
Engineering Manager
@ Optus
Founder @ Simplytics
@ Optus
Founder @ Simplytics
Fresh Stack
TypeScript · Node · React
Kotlin / JVM · Ruby / Rails
Python · ML · Generative AI
Kotlin / JVM · Ruby / Rails
Python · ML · Generative AI
Platforms
AWS · Azure
Docker · Kubernetes
Terraform · CI/CD
Docker · Kubernetes
Terraform · CI/CD
Languages Spoken
English
中文 · Mandarin (HSK 4)
Español
中文 · Mandarin (HSK 4)
Español
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Philosophy
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Always ask ‘Why?’, and don't stop until there is a satisfying explanation. Hypothesize, validate and iterate, ideally before any code is written.In Business, from About