hi, i'm jan โœฟ

A cozy little corner of the internet.

Backend developer by trade, homelab tinkerer by night. This is where I keep my projects, my server hobby, and the occasional bit of writing.

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the homelab hums in the background

about me

Software developer, professional tab-hoarder.

I'm Jan. My day-to-day is backend work โ€” mostly PHP and Symfony, with Docker and CI/CD pipelines wired in wherever they'll fit. I like the kind of project that has real architecture decisions to make, not just boxes to fill in.

Outside of work, self-hosting is the hobby that ate all my other hobbies. I run my own Proxmox box, my own git forge, my own mail server โ€” mostly because "how hard can it be" is a personality trait at this point. I've also been experimenting with AI-assisted development, pushing how far tools like this can take a side project.

I'm always up for something that actually challenges me โ€” new stack, new problem, doesn't matter. Repetitive work with no learning curve is the fastest way to lose me.

quick facts

Based in
Northern Germany
Focused on
Backend & infrastructure
Currently learning
NixOS
Always running
One more self-hosted service

let's talk

Say hi, I don't bite.

Open to interesting projects, backend or infra work, or just a chat about your homelab setup.

[email protected]