Hello! 👋
I am Alejandro Martinez - https://github.com/al3mart/ - I have been working with Parity Technologies since December 2020 on various tasks, always with a foot closer to Polkadot's ecosystem and the other one closer to its core technology.
Runtime related
- Adding OpenGov to both, Rococo and Westend. paritytech/polkadot-sdk#1177
- Removing Gov1 from Rococo, unlocking balances and clearning its state. paritytech/polkadot-sdk#1177
- Help shaping a healthy and reliable test network for the ecosystem teams. https://github.com/paritytech/subport/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+assignee%3Aal3mart
Ecosystem related
- I publish a serie of Polkadot Release Analysis showcasing the different breaking changes being rolled out. https://forum.polkadot.network/tag/release-analysis
- Active engagement with ecosystem developers. https://substrate.stackexchange.com/users/165/alejandro-mart%c3%adnez?tab=topactivity
- Contributed a lesson on Polkadot's
pallet-xcmto the third cohort of Polkadot Blockchain Academy. https://github.com/Polkadot-Blockchain-Academy/pba-book/blob/main/content/xcm/pallet/slides.md - Hosted 9 different Polkadot Deep Dive essions. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOyWqupZ-WGsfnlpkk0KWX3uS4yg6ZztG
On the more complex to demonstrate side of this introduction:
- I have spent numerous hours providing support and debugging problems different parachain teams have faced during their development/deployment stages.
IRL contributions:
- I took part at Polkadot World Madrid conference giving a talk about Substrate and Polkadot network. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFgxK_cQPQE
- Hosted a 3h session diving intro Substrate and FRAME development along with Polkadot Prodigy in Madrid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QGX9SQ9mWw
- Hosted Lessons learnt from operating Rococo @ Polkadot Decoded Buenos Aires 2022. Unfortunately it was not recorded.
1A13Vuern2hQMFHFxDP9vngPtfjnpnVyCiXgYpaiTYo8qFb- https://polkadot.subscan.io/account/1A13Vuern2hQMFHFxDP9vngPtfjnpnVyCiXgYpaiTYo8qFb