Software Systems & Visual Storytelling
I am a software engineer and video producer using the same working method across both disciplines: define intent, respect constraints, and execute with discipline. This site is split into Engineering and Production so you can move directly into software systems, architecture, performance, and tooling work or into filming, editing, and visual narrative work. Use this page to orient yourself, then choose the side that best matches what you want to evaluate.
Choose a Side
Start with the discipline you want to evaluate first. Each side expands into project work, process, and the decisions that shape the outcome.
A portfolio split by practice, connected by the same working method
I am Alden Gillespy, a software engineer and video producer working across application systems, architecture decisions, and cinematic storytelling. This site represents both practices in concrete terms so visitors can quickly understand the work, the domains, and the standards behind it.
The structure is simple: Engineering covers systems, tooling, performance, and maintainable delivery; Production covers filming, editing, and visual narrative execution. Start with the side that matches your context, then use the About page when you want the connective tissue between them.
Why the Work Splits in Two
My work is multidisciplinary by necessity, not branding. I build software for real production environments, shape product architecture, and also plan, shoot, and edit visual pieces where timing, coverage, and story have to hold up under constraints.
The overlap matters: engineering sharpens systems thinking, reliability, and tool design; production sharpens judgment, sequencing, and audience awareness. The About page explains the background, the working method, and how those two practices reinforce each other across the projects on this site.