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Jens Grabarske

Software architect

About me

Jens Grabarske is a software developer and author in Duisburg, Germany. His interests include artificial intelligence, software engineering in general, languages, fantasy, science fiction, LARP and philosophy, not always in that order.

In the past, he has worked as a freelance developer and trainer.

Interests

  • Software development
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Writing
  • Philosophy
  • LARP
  • Photography

Education

  • Diplom Informatik (eq. Master of Science in CS), 2011

    FernUniversität Hagen

  • Vordiplom Informatik (eq. Bachelor of Science in CS), 2003

    University of Hamburg

Skills

Angular

Bootstrap

CSS3

Git

Java

Jenkins

Jira

Less

Linux

Markdown

Node

PHP

Python

React

SASS

Photography

Writing

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Software architect

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

Oct 2016 – Present Duisburg, Germany
Responsibilities include:

  • Support of an in-house MES solution
  • Governance and guidance of the developers
  • Technology decisions
 
 
 
 
 

Freelance software developer and trainer

Jens Grabarske EDV-Dienstleistungen

May 2014 – Sep 2016 Europe
Responsibilities include:

  • Consulting
  • Training
  • Developing concepts

Recent Posts

The Art and The Art Of Writing

In the video game series Myst, there is a mysterious skill or faculty which is simply known as “The Art”. Its practicioners …
Last updated on May 4, 2020 6 min read

Searching (Part 1)

Here are three things that I learned at uni that blew my mind: All searches are tree traversals All search strategies can be …
Last updated on Jan 15, 2020 5 min read programming, Lisp, Java, algorithms, data structures, queues, search

Moving to Netlify

Web development in 2000 worked like this: take an editor, any editor, open a file and write: <html> <head> <title>My …
Last updated on Oct 27, 2019 1 min read html, web, javascript, server, cloud

Projects

Scriptorium of Aldradach

A writing office on the Drachenfest. It’s also home to the Aldradach Almanac, a travel guide to the town on the game. Link.

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