Alexandru Rosianu
Alexandru Rosianu

Alexandru Rosianu

Software Engineer @Freetrade

Editor of Futuristico and AR.Blog();
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Running workflows at Freetrade, serverless!

Plus tips on Airflow resource management on Cloud Composer

Feb 12 · 3 min read

Slides from droidcon London 2019

There’s a habit at #droidcon for speakers to share their slides on Twitter. Here’s one place to find the slides from droidcon London 2019!

Oct 25, 2019 · 1 min read

React Native vs Just Native™

I initially wrote this comparison for a friend when he asked me for an opinion on React Native vs. real native apps. I figured I might as…

Sep 14, 2019 · 3 min read

How to use custom DNS on eduroam WiFi

tl;dr Switch to a local proxy server (dnscrypt-proxy) using DNSCrypt.

May 4, 2019 · 2 min read

Building an investment app in 48 hours — #OpenBankHack18

tl;dr Won 3rd place at a hackathon with Liber, a product for people to make automatic investments. In 48h we coded a fully working app…

Dec 8, 2018 · 6 min read

What I learned at UKIEPC 2018 — University of Southampton

Yesterday I participated in UKIEPC (a subregional contest to select teams that should go to ACM International Collegiate Programming…

Oct 21, 2018 · 2 min read

Zenith Portfolio — Privacy And Security Without Compromise

While working on our newest app, we knew we had to make it one-of-a-kind. There are tons of similar apps, but we want to be different…

Feb 14, 2018 · 3 min read

Simple TDD workflow for small Haskell projects

I’m working on my second coursework for the COMP2209 Programming 3 module at University of Southampton, which is all about functional…

Dec 11, 2017 · 2 min read

Chat Bot Skills 101

Back in September, Vlad and I attended MallorcaJS. Vlad spoke about the future of interaction—Conversation Interfaces—while I talked about…

Oct 21, 2017 · 1 min read

Switching from Apple Music to Spotify

Today I decided to give Spotify a try. It ended up being worth it, as I’ve now discovered a better music app and I’m happy listening to…

Sep 11, 2017 · 3 min read

Tomo — From v1 to v2, and the importance of failing fast

We wanted to announce that we’re working on Tomo v2 and what that’s about, but I decided to bring v1 into context as well and showcase what…

May 5, 2017 · 2 min read

SotonHack — Build 2.0 (Day 3)

Good morning! It’s the last day, let’s go!

Feb 28, 2017 · 3 min read

SotonHack — Build 2.0 (Day 2)

Day 2 started right at midnight, because as far as I know, nobody had gone to sleep yet. Here’s the schedule for the weekend:

Feb 28, 2017 · 4 min read

SotonHack — Build 2.0 (Day 1)

Mighty Hackers and Computer Enthusiasts, the time has come to prove your worth in bringing the World to “Build 2.0”. It is the moment that…

Feb 28, 2017 · 4 min read

Taking notes at university with Apple Pencil and the iPad Pro

It’s been my dream to ditch pen and paper since high school, when I used to have tons of notebooks. I didn’t need all of them all the time…

Feb 2, 2017 · 4 min read

What being the victim of a MongoDB ransomware attack feels like

I was in a call with Vlad Stan, getting ready to do a product demo of Tomo. However, something was off… the dashboard wasn’t working; our…

Jan 22, 2017 · 2 min read

Last year I wrote only 3 articles on my blog

This year, it’s going to be different! Ok, it might be a bit late for posting new-year resolutions, but here’s one of mine: write more…

Jan 22, 2017 · 1 min read

Tanenbaum’s comments on computers

I’ve just finished reading “Structured Computer Organization” by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and let me tell you, it was a pleasure to read. I…

Jan 22, 2017 · 3 min read

Legal Concepts for Founders

I’m reading Clerky’s Legal Concepts for Founders handbook and I thought I’d write a summary at the same time to aid me in learning. If…

Jan 14, 2017 · 18 min read

Dropbox CLI: How to whitelist folders for selective sync

A few months ago, after I moved most of my servers to Docker Cloud, I started looking for a backup solution.

Aug 25, 2016 · 2 min read