About me

Currently, I’m a Software Engineer working at Celonis in Munich.

My driving forces:

• become an expert in (complex) systems-thinking
• master the art of programming (which is a tool for engineering systems)
• write along the journey
• enjoy the beauty of CS

During my university days, I was obsessed with theory, especially the fundamentals of CS: theory of computation (formal languages, automata, Turing Machines and Lambda Calculus) and theory of programming languages (semantics, types).

Yet I spent little time building things. To compensate for this tragic oversight, I’ve made the conscious decision to not spend a second learning any theory without writing code at the same time.

In the next five years I want to implement, on a small scale, a little bit of everything. Among other things, the following:

• a compiler
• parts of libc
• common data structures & algorithms in several languages (at least: C, Haskell, C++)
• an ISA simulator
• a graphics engine
• parts of an OS
• a web server
• parts of the TCP/IP stack

Will I succeed? No. Is it worth trying? Yes.

Right now, I’m actively interested in:

• automation with quick&dirty scripts (even when it costs more time)
• writing
• creating better development experiences
• radically new ways of doing computer-based work, e.g. Dynamicland