Intro ☝️

I'm a generalist software developer from Finland with a penchant for dry, sarcastic, even cynically witty humor and a passion for all things fantasy. A life-long nerd long before it became cool to be so. A somewhat of a kitchen philosopher and all around thinker. Obscure pop-culture reference often season my speech. A stoic by nature though expect some dad jokes and bad puns.

As a developer 🖮

In my profession I prefer tried and true over latest hype and lean towards practicability. That can make me a somewhat boring developer. But with boring comes reliability. I'm a rock solid companion to any development team in any role. As a generalist I am comfortable in backend, frontend, database, devops, and even a little bit of design. I'm not a master of any of those, but I can hold my own in all of them. What I don't already know, I'll learn.

I try to keep fancy labels and titles out of my vocabulary. I am simply a developer. Perhaps of the senior variety. Suffice it to say, I solve problems and usually the tool for that is code though that can also mean answering support tickets, documenting, testing, research, managing a meeting or writing specs for someone else to implement.

As far as technology stack is concerned, .NET in both Framework and the latest incarnations (aka Core) are how I currently earn my keep. I am no stranger to working with legacy code and integrating new with old. Various frontend frameworks from React to Angular and even a touch of Blazor are not foreign to me. I've dabbled in Rust and spent the first few years of my career in php. Mainly I operate in the web sphere but I've done my share of desktop and a little bit of mobile development as well.

On the ops side I am a great proponent of self-hosting and controlling as much of the stack as possible. Hence you can throw me at a Linux or windows server and I'll be right at home. That being said I am not averse to cloud services and have worked mainly in the Azure sphere to that effect. Needless to say, CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Github Actions, TFS and the like are constant companions.

Personal traits 🤔

I am your typical introverted nerd with all the good and bad that comes with it. You'll find me more likely at home with a good book or a movie, working on some pet project or writing rather than the local haunts throwing back a few. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy a good outing. I just might need some convincing first. During the summer months you might spot me hiking in various national parks we have.

My cynical nature often makes me seem unfriendly and on occasion downright rude, but I prefer to see it as being direct and indicative of no-nonsense and professional attitude. Beneath this rough exterior lies a deep and passionate heart.

Were I to express a creed or a motto, it would probably be "live and let live". I try to be respectful of different views and opinions and hope the same in return.