Alex Radu
full stack web dev and hardware specialist 😎 (from nj!)
i build pipelines, robots, and scouting apps, like curator, my frc team's scouting app, and more! i also run ysws programs at hack club, where teens ship real projects and get prizes in the mail.
about
junior at pascack hills high school, from nj. i lead infotech for frc team 1676, interned in the shah lab at memorial sloan kettering on genomics pipelines, and run hack club things on the side (phhshack.club, cont.d). off the clock: fusion 360, 3d printing, music, and drone photos.
- nowleading infotech for frc 1676running cont.d and tagless at hack clubgrowing quizzr toward 250 usersbuilding out curator
- 2026HackMIT Blueprintbuilt mappetite
- summer 2026shah lab @ memorial sloan ketteringwrote the DATAC nextflow pipeline
- ongoingfounder, phhs hack clubrunning ysws programs for teens: tagless, cont.d
hack club
i founded my school's chapter and i run ysws ("you ship, we ship") programs where teens build and ship real projects, then get something in the mail.
areas of expertise
web development
full-stack with React, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and some python.
robotics & frc
scouting apps and internal tools for FIRST robotics teams.
3D modeling
custom parts in Fusion 360, printed through Bambu Studio (btw i have a p2s)
infrastructure
a home server running dokploy and traefik, docker containers, nginx proxies, PM2, and general system management.
things i've built click one
DATAC pipeline
a nextflow pipeline for demultiplexing ATAC and WGS reads from the DATAC single-cell co-assay. built during my summer internship in the Shah lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering (mskcc).
Curator
an AI chatbot and assistant for FIRST Robotics teams, built to help teams get quick, reliable answers during build season without stifling innovation. this tool is specifically designed to work alongside students, not do the work for them.
tagless
a Hack Club YSWS i run: build a website without using a single HTML tag, ship it, and we mail you a luggage tag as a prize.
cont.d
a Hack Club YSWS i run: remake your old project (or someone else's), ship it, and get prizes from the shop.
Pioneer Scouting
full rebuild of the scouting web app for the Pascack Pioneers (frc 1676). React and Express under the hood, with offline storage so it still works in a scouting stand with no signal, and a Google OAuth role system for pit scouts, drive teams, and leads.
Mappetite
ai travel meal planning app built at HackMIT Blueprint 2026! (the deployment is no longer functional)
Home server
a home server running dokploy with traefik in front of docker containers. it hosts my robotics team's scouting app and a handful of side projects across a few domains, all on hardware and networks i manage myself.
tools & gear
my home server runs dokploy, with traefik handling routing and certs in front of docker containers. it hosts my team's scouting app and a handful of side projects, on hardware and a network i manage myself.
photos
personal goals
2026hours shipped to my yswses this year
167/350 hours48% complete
grow Quizzr users
211/250 users84% complete
attend hackathons
1/250% complete