Michael “Svedrin” Ziegler
Welcome to my portfolio site. Any questions? Mail me at i.am@svedr.in.
Software ¶
- netio: network throughput benchmark
- distmark: disk IO benchmark
- meshping: ping daemon for Prometheus and Grafana to draw Heatmaps
- FailPlay: minimalistic music player
- RSS2IMAP: uploads RSS Feeds to an IMAP directory
- Lockpick minigame from DreamFall: The longest Journey
- MicroFW: iptables firewall inspired by shorewall, with nice IPv6 support
Electronics ¶
Creative work ¶
- Photography
- Blog (check out the series about Storage performance)
Biography ¶
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Technical interests ¶
- building reliable infrastructure
- pushing performance and scalability beyond current boundaries
- writing understandable and maintainable software
- keeping complex systems secure
Programming/scripting languages ¶
- Preferred:
- Python is great for expressing great concepts in little code.
- JavaScript, best served with AngularJS.
- C for the fidgety things. (I'm rapidly replacing C with Rust though.)
- Bash to glue it all together.
- Others used:
- C++
- Pawn
- PHP
- C#
Other software encountered along the way ¶
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Languages ¶
- German (native)
- English (fluent)
Sources of inspiration ¶
- Nico “mephisto” Wollenzin †
- Philipp “nethead” Wollermann
- Thorvald “Slicer” Natvig
- Leonard “paniq” Ritter
- Douglas Crockford
Other interests ¶
- Writing
- Riding
- South Park
- Biking
- Water skiing / Swimming
- Climbing
- Audio stuff
- Electronics
Skill is when luck becomes a habit.