About

Hey, I'm Alex. I'm 23 years old and come from Germany. I live in NRW and spend my free time playing piano, do sports or enjoying time with friends and family.

I started working with computers when I was young and started programming in school. After I graduated I began my dual study at Netgo GmbH where I work and Westfälische Hochschule where I study.

I'm currently learning .NET Core and Angular but my favourite framework is NextJs. In the future I want to build my own Kubernetes cluster with backend services, database integration and a solid frontend combined by Nginx.

Timeline

August 2021
Dual study at netgo / Westfälische Hochschule
I started my first job as a software engineer trainee at netgo. In combination I studied software systems (Informatics, B. SC.).
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July 2021
Graduation from school
I finished my school :D

Tools

Those are the tools I almost use daily. I really enjoy finding new technologies improving my workflow.

TailwindCSS

When it comes to CSS, I always use TailwindCSS. It is a great tool for styling your website really fast.

Next.js

My go-to framework for building web applications. The quality of the codebase is fantastic.

Vercel

The most seamless way to deploy your website. I use it for all of my projects.

PlanetScale

The MySQL-compatible serverless database platform. My go-to database host.

VS Code

VS Code is the text editor I reach for most often, given it's range of extensions.

My Gear

Here's what tech I'm currently using for coding. Most of have been accumulated over the past few years.

Computer / Office

14" MacBook Pro (2021)
Logitech MX Master 3 Mouse
Keychron K2 Keyboard (RGB Backlight, Gateron G Pro Brown Switches)

Coding

Editor: VSCode, Neovim and JetBrains Rider (Configuration)
Terminal: ITerm2 / zsh

Software

Raycast
Rectagle
Spotify
Alt-tab
Postman
Docker

Other tech

Apple Airpods Pro
Apple Watch
Apple iPhone