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Name: Lukas Trombach -
Age: 34 -
From: Berlin, D π©πͺ -
Location: Auckland, NZ π³πΏ -
Experience: 5 years -
Education: PhD in Chemistry
About Me
Iβm a PhD in theoretical chemistry with an interest in all things tech. While working on my thesis I taught myself how to program in C++. Ever since, I knew that I wanted to pursue a career in technology and software engineering.
My favourite programming languages are Typescript and Rust and my favourite framework is Astro.
In my free time I like to code π§π»βπ», tinker with my NAS π οΈ, play my guitar πΈ or go snowboarding π.
Technologies
Over the years I have gathered experience in a variety of technologies. My first exposure to programming was in high
school, where we learned the basics of Delphi
.
In university I wrote all of my reports and theses with LaTeX
. This isnβt something people normally consider when they
think of programming, however it is Turing
complete.
It started my passion for code organisation and maintainability, something I still value a lot today.
During my post-graduate degree in chemistry, I pivoted my focus towards the field of computational chemistry. I learned
how to use bash
and queueing systems like slurm
to run large scale calculations on supercomputers. Later during my
PhD, I wrote my first fully fledged program in C++
which made me realise I wanted to pursue a
career in technology rather than science.
Nowadays, I mostly program in Typescript
, but I have also worked with Python
, C#
, Rust
and Go
.
GitHub Contributions
I started using Github to track progress on my PhD thesis. I have since then used it to collaborate on various projects, both personal and professional.
I also try to contribute to open source projects when I can. Sometimes this is by raising issues, other times I have contributed small features such as adding a sitemap endpoint in LemmyNet/lemmy#3808.