Hi, my name is Alex!

Software Engineer in the broadcast industry at Appear in Oslo, Norway

I am a software engineer working in the broadcast industry at Appear in Oslo, Norway. I care about efficient systems, clean interfaces, and software that remains maintainable over time.

I specialize in video compression and NDI workflows, working primarily with Rust and C++ on performance-sensitive software.

What I Love

🦀 Rust

🐧 Linux

📚 Books

🎨 Clean UI

🤝 OpenSource

What I Can Do

Core Stack

Rust Node.js C++

DevOps

Prometheus Docker Kubernetes AWS GitHub Actions GitLab Actions

Tools & Methods

Git Agile REST GraphQL Web Performance Linux Sysadmin Vitest

Languages

German (native) English Norsk

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 - 2026

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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