$whoami

person = Person(name='Raffael', nick='Ruffy', age=0x1A, region='Upper Austria')
person.set_interests(['Linux', 'Security', 'Clean-Code', 'Music'])
person.set_profession(job='Team Lead', company='Fronius International GmbH')
person.print_information()

People usually refer to me as Ruffy (or Raffi for the German-speaking folks). I’m approx. 0x1A years old and I’m from a beautiful small Austrian city near Linz. I’m a clean-code-loving software-developer with a strong preference for backend work - let’s just say, that - at least for me - the pinnacle of UI/UX design are TUIs (=Terminal User Interfaces). To counterbalance the huge amount of time in front of the screen, I’m making/playing/listening/producing music. I play some instruments like the piano, clarinet, drums and a few more, but lately I mostly play my DAWs (=Digital Audio Workstations). Most music I make is in electronic genres such as Hands Up, Hardstyle, House, Dance, Electro, Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Hardcore and many more. If you’re interested in my recent work, check out my music. Sometimes I even ghost-produce songs for well-known Austrian and German DJs or help musicians to get their studio recordings right, so there is a chance that you’ve already heard my music without even knowing that you did. Shameless self-plug: if you’re interested in a ghost-production tailored to your liking, a studio recording-session, or if you’d like to collaborate with me, feel free to contact me via mail collab@rtrace.io.

During daytime I’m Team Lead of 10 brilliant developers over at Fronius International GmbH, working for the Solar-Energy division. I’m responsible for my team and the development of a suite of services and applications that enable secure remote control of DER (=Decentralized Energy Resources) to guarantee that our electricial grids remain stable and operational, as well as to enable the sustainable growth of renewable energy. I’ve been at Fronius for more than 10 years now, and as far as I can judge that won’t change anytime soon. I originally started with an apprenticeship (“applied electronics”) at Fronius. During my apprenticeship I was working primarily in R&D with a focus on embedded software-development. Later on I transitioned away from low-level embedded programming and hardware, to backend .NET development in the “cloud” for Solar.Web. In 2018, I was the lead developer for the project, that I’m Team Lead of now. Besides a 38.5 hours work-week, I also finished my bachelors and my masters at the University of applied Sciences Joanneum in part-time, majoring in “Sofware Design” and “IT & Mobile Security”.

In my spare time (so what’s left from the above), I like to go for walks, ride my bike, discover new music and artists or just surf through my favorite image boards enjoying some quality memes. I contribute to some F(L)OSS projects here and there, and sometimes I DJ on live streams like Jnktn.TV or live.rtrace.io. Other than that, I’m a Linux-enthusiast and have been a Linux-only user since 2010. Btw. I’m using Arch Fedora. I also consider myself member of the chruch of “self-host all the things”.

Contact Me

• raffael@rtrace.io | use PGP

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