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Austin Lavalley

Designer, developer, etc

I currently split my time between iOS development and discretionary futures trading; both to varying degrees of success.

Recently, I launched an album rating app called Topster
Topster - Album ranking
Popular music sharing method that was only creatable through a wacky website. Tapped into the Last.fm API to create a better and more dynamic mobile version, exportable straight to photos via Swift's ImageRenderer. Reached a few thousand downloads on the App Store within a couple months of release, 100% organically.
2024
that provides a native app for the popular music sharing communities.

Last year, I built a custom cafe discovery & logging app for my girlfriend called cafeboxd
cafeboxd - Cafe finder
The initial goal was to create the letterboxd of coffee shops. Leverages location and Google Places to populate the nearest cafes to the user, as well as search functionality. The logged visit and ratings are then saved to user's Firestore database, accessible and sortable to quickly view highest rated and most frequent visits.
2024
. After lots of specific user feedback and learning the cost of using Google's Places API, this one did not make it out the Testflight.

Previously, I worked at Square
Square Invoices
Worked as one of the primary designers, collaborating heavily with both engineering and product teams to guide, refine and innovate the Invoices product.
2020-22 • Product Designer
building and refining the Invoices product, helping sellers grow and manage their small business.

I worked on and built an interactive brand activation for Hydroflask called Bottled Beats
Bottled Beats
Interactive soundboard created from recording the many sounds made by Hydroflasks and those that drink from them.
2019 • UX & Development
, play at your own risk.

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