Alex Spaulding

• Eastern Washington University

  2022-2027

  Bachelor of Science (expected 2027), Computer Science

• Founder and Lead Engineer, Wawona

  2025-present

  • Native Wayland compositor for macOS, iOS, and Android (200+ stars): Rust core, Metal and Vulkan, UniFFI, Nix toolchain, TestFlight.
  • On-device shell and userland, Wayland graphics compatibility (GBM, EGL, ANGLE), Waypipe remote apps.

• Assembly Technician, Sunburst Sensors

  2022-2025

  • Built and calibrated pCO2 and pH instruments; PCB soldering, firmware updates for 1,000+ microcontrollers, hydrostatic testing.

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  Wawona

  2025-present

  231 stars

  Native Wayland compositor for macOS, iOS, and Android: nested Linux desktops, Waypipe, and on-device shell.

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  apple-sharpener

  2024-present

  305 stars

  macOS Ammonia tweak for arbitrary window corner radii (including square and squircles). Widely used after Liquid Glass pushed system radii much larger.

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  Whisperer

  2024-present

  Voice ChatGPT client for Apple Watch: Whisper transcription, streaming replies, TTS, OCR, and image generation.

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Also see: ModernOrange Band / Sentinel High School Computer Building Club

• Symposium poster: Native Wayland Compositing on Apple Ecosystems (Wawona) / Eastern Washington University (2026)
• Vice President, Association for Computing Machinery chapter / Eastern Washington University (2026)
• First place, Gonzaga University Hackathon / Gonzaga University (2025)
• First place, Cyber Capture The Flag / The University of Montana (2024)

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