Hi, I’m Alex 👋 — based in Finland

I like simple, practical solutions — less is more. My thinking is grounded in a strong foundation in computer science and mathematics.

🧠 Engineering philosophy

• simplicity beats unnecessary abstraction
• optimization matters only when it becomes relevant
• prefer built-in, well-supported solutions over custom complexity
• adopting new, genuinely useful technologies is how you gain an edge
• modern tools should reduce cognitive load, not increase it

🔍 Current interests

• AI-assisted development workflows that create real leverage
• unit testing and mocking as a simple way to maintain correctness, and as a fast feedback loop for agentic development
• algorithms and approaches that improve asymptotic system performance

🛠️ Go-to stack

• C# / .NET — expressive, pleasant to use, backed by a strong ecosystem
• TypeScript — frontend; most familiar with Angular
• Azure — cloud infrastructure and managed services that remove accidental complexity (Durable functions, SQL, Storage, etc.)
• Python or TypeScript — scripting, automation, and glue code
• PowerShell — CLI wrappers and OS-level automation

🌱 Open source

I enjoy giving back to open-source projects, even in small but meaningful ways — answering questions, writing clear issue reports and assisting in triaging, improving documentation, fixing typos, localizing and submitting small PRs based on my experience running the tools. I also encourage peers to participate and help lower the barrier to contributing. I publish my own tools and minimal reproductions of useful findings from commercial work, released under The Unlicense.

🤝 I mentor engineers, share knowledge, and help people grow into confident decision-makers.

🌍 Outside of engineering, I follow current affairs and enjoy thinking about how technology, economics, and policy interact.

📫 Reach me via email or LinkedIn