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Hi! I’m Alex. I work as a senior data engineer currently here in Berlin, Germany. I’m in my mid 30s, married, and we’ve got two dogs: Ruger and Pippa.

I’m half East Indian and half Yugoslavian. I call Portland, Oregon home – well I used to. I don’t know if we will ever leave the EU. More on this in a post in the future. Stay tuned. But anyway, I like computers, sci-fi, my dogs, traveling europe with my wife, and Taco Bell, Mountain Dew, and just eating good food.

Why This Blog

I set up this blog to post my thoughts and give back. I’ve learned a lot and wanted to share it with the rising generation of engineers. Some of the posts will be political, personal, about current events, etc., but I will also have many posts that relate to careers, programming, and data engineering.

Photos

Myself and our female dog, Pippa who is about 7.

Me-And-Pippa

Myself and our male dog, Ruger who is about 8. Me-And-Ruger

(If anyone knows how to make it such that their dogs never age and live forever do get in touch, please!)

My custom-built workstation

Specs:


CPU           : AMD 5600X @ Noctua HSF
RAM           : 64GB DDR4
GPU           : AMD 6800 (really eying the soon-to-be-released 5070Ti)
STORAGE       : 1TB NVMe
STORAGE       : 6.4TB PCI-e Intel SSD
COOLING       : Way too many Noctua fans
PSU           : 850W modular
OS            : Windows 11 Pro (only because of gaming :sigh:)
EDITOR(s)     : Neovim, Helix

My Workstation

Thanks for visiting the blog, stay tuned there’s a lot more to come!

And lastly here’s what my work setup often looks like What My Setup At Work Setup Looks Like