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I am a software engineer in network and system programming, distributed applications, formal language translation, and databases. I also have several years of experience as network administrator for Linux and MS-Windows environments. I currently work for InterFace AG in Unterhaching, Germany.

Here's what I follow:

• F/OSS first
• KISS & YAGNI, DRY
• generalization where necessary, pragmatism where possible
• No fanboyism

I usually factor code in object-oriented or functional manner. I prefer to use object-oriented factoring for things that need to be stateful, where I, just as everyone else, factor along multiplicity, life span, and of course concern boundaries.

To me, source code is the best model of a software system. Well-factored, concise and test-covered code needs only a very thin layer of non-formal artifacts.

Software development today often is not about conquering new areas, but about maintaining and migrating existing solutions. This is where I have an eye on gradual evolution of the existing code with sustainability and maintainability in mind.