About me
I am Daniel, a software developer from Innsbruck. It started at HTL Anichstraße. Two months after my first day there I had written my first Discord bot in Python, and shortly after that E.V.E., a personal assistant meant to do far more than it ever ended up doing. I have not stopped since.
The pattern has stayed the same: something is missing, so I build it. That is how tournaments.dance came about, the unofficial start book. Results are published officially by the ÖTSV, but I wanted to look up a couple and see at a glance where they competed over the years and how it went. So I built exactly that.
My main job is at pdl, Dr. Eugen Preuß, where I build congressinfo.net. Alongside that I study Digital Business and Software Engineering at MCI Innsbruck.
My weekends belong to dancesport. I compete for UTSK Tirol and work as an assistant at Tanzschule Polai on the side. It has nothing to do with the code, it is simply the other half of my week.
How I work
- I work with AI. For brainstorming, for planning, and while building. That is not a statement of faith, it is a tool that works well. What matters is that I understand what is happening and that the code stays open for the next change. That is exactly a software engineer's job.
- I listen, and I push back. Usually it is clear quickly what you want. If I see a better way, I tell you, with options. You decide, but you hear what I think first.
- It goes live only once the tests are green, I have looked at it in the browser myself and the privacy questions are settled.
- What I build, I also run. Servers, backups, domains, mail. When something fails at night, I am the one who gets up.
In short
- On the side
- Assistant at Tanzschule Polai
- Club
- UTSK Tirol, competitive dancer