Hi, my name is Alex!

Software Engineer, Linux Enthusiast, Lightweight Systems Advocate

I am a privacy-first software engineer passionate about building web applications that are efficient, user-friendly, and respectful of your data.

I help clients design and develop sleek, standards-compliant web solutions, always prioritizing usability over visual clutter. With hands-on experience in Rust, Node.js and many more, I believe in using the best tools and technologies for each project, ensuring scalable and long-term maintainable results.

Ready to collaborate? Get in touch here!

What I Love

🦀 Rust

🐧 Linux

📚 Books

🎨 Clean UI

🤝 OpenSource

What I Can Do

Core Stack

Rust TypeScript Node.js SQL HTML CSS

Frontend

Next.js SvelteKit Astro Tailwind

DevOps

Prometheus Docker Kubernetes AWS GitHub Actions GitLab Actions

Tools & Methods

Git Agile REST GraphQL Web Performance Linux Sysadmin Vitest

Languages

German (native) English

Software I developed

VideoVault
2025 - Present

A private, self-hosted video vault for your personal use. Supports multiple video transcodes, search, and is blazingly fast thanks to a backend written in Rust and a zero-js (vanilla) frontend.

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HLS Streaming of videos
Video Scrubbing
Aspect Ratio Awareness
Multiple Video Transcodes
External Transcoding Workers
Responsive, lightweight design
User Accounts via local, LDAP or OIDC
Sharing with timestamps
Quick and simple deployment (Docker)

Live Repo

Discretize: Gear Optimizer
2021 - Present

A gear optimizer for the popular MMORPG Guild Wars 2. The optimizer is used by thousands of players daily to find the best gear combinations for their characters.

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