About
I'm Dave, a software engineer passionate about building tools that make developers more productive. I write about systems programming, web development, and the craft of software engineering.
Roadmap
Education
M.Sc. Computer Science
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
B.Sc. Computer Science
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
General University Entrance Qualification (Abitur) — advanced courses in Computer Science and Physics
Ferdinand-Braun-Schule Fulda
Experience
DevOps-, Cloud- & Network Engineer · rhöncloud GmbH
Deployed OpenDesk on Kubernetes with ArgoCD for GitOps, and installed and maintained SmartPoles for the Eichenzell SmartCity project.
Founder & Software Engineer · ModLog UG
Founded and built a SaaS for tracking moderator activity (watchtime, messages, bans) — owning the architecture, backend services, and observability.
Founder & Software Engineer · EventMate
Founded a SaaS for managing GTA-RP in-game events with payouts, a Discord bot integration, and self-hosted deployment.
Fullstack Webdeveloper · PairToShare GmbH
Sole developer redesigning the platform and setting up a Turborepo monorepo, CI/CD pipelines, and Hetzner infrastructure with Coolify and Terraform.
Fullstack Webdeveloper · Fulda University
Built a web dashboard for network digital twins — topology visualization and real-time streaming via gNMI/Kafka and websockets — and co-authored a paper on it.
Software Engineer · EDAG Engineering GmbH
Built and maintained a knowledge base in MS SharePoint and helped develop Confluence plugins.
Software Engineer · Freelance
Building custom Discord bots and web dashboards for clients, including deployment, operation, and maintenance.