Alex
Wohlbruck
I create software for the web. Maps, tools, games, and interfaces designed to delight.
Alsoa web developer
Things I've made
Ten years of side projects, experimentation, and one cat facts API that refuses to die.
Recent writings
Dev logs, ideas, and shower thoughts that I felt like writing down.
Parchment devlog · Part 5
Where Parchment is today
Parchment is in closed alpha with a small group of testers. Here's what's working so far, and what I want to finish before opening up a beta.
Parchment devlog · Part 4
How Barrelman spun out of Parchment
The APIs I depended on couldn't do a lot of what I wanted, so I started building my own backend for search, routing and map tiles. It ended up becoming a separate product with its own business model.
Parchment devlog · Part 3
Making map providers swappable
Parchment's code used to reference every map service by name, which made changing anything painful. I borrowed the way Home Assistant handles devices, and now switching providers doesn't mean rewriting features.
Got something worth building?
I like talking about maps, side projects, and front-end work that needs real care.