Timeline
Milestones I consider worth recording — schooling, jobs and projects, a few certificates, and the things I do when I’m not at a desk. Newest first. A pulsing icon means the entry is still running. Where there is a longer write-up, the entry links to it.
- Applied AI
- Certificate
- Birth
- Education
- Training
- Job
- Open source
- Mountains
- Project
- Research & workshops
- National service
- Skiing
- Sport
- Travel
- Venture
builder
Maya Laser Tracker
Closed-loop laser tracking on a spinning photodiode array, held centred up to 1.5 rev/s. Bare-metal STM32, fully interrupt-driven, coordinate-rotation PD control. TU Wien, Mikrocomputer LU. read more
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founder
REPLAI
Applied AI for short-term rental hosts — LLM-driven guest communication across channels in a single inbox, with automated and approval-gated replies. Node.js, Supabase, n8n, React Native.
participant
TU Wien & Infineon Edge-AI Workshop
On-device TinyML object classification with a 60 GHz radar — Infineon PSoC6, FFT features, three model iterations. Full stack from MicroPython firmware to a Next.js dashboard. read more
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Working Student — Automation Engineer
Siemens AG
Supported the engineering team on automation projects for the pharmaceutical industry with SIMATIC PCS 7 and TIA Portal, including on-site commissioning at customer facilities.
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building & learning
Applied AI
Agents and the tooling around them — Claude plugins and skills, agent orchestration, Openclaw, Paperclip, LangGraph. Steady rather than in bursts, and aimed at what holds up outside a demo.
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maintainer
MMM-GDriveAmbient
MagicMirror² module that shows random photos from Google Drive with ambient colour theming and HEIC support. read more
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maintainer
MMM-Timeline
MagicMirror² module for an interactive visual timeline with milestones and event highlighting. read more
traveller
A month in Asia
Four weeks travelling through Asia — scuba diving, daily yoga, and an unreasonable number of coconuts.
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BSc student
Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, TU Wien
Focus on semiconductor physics, signals & systems, control engineering, and mathematical modelling & simulation. 109.75 of 180 ECTS after three semesters, with a mid-year entry.
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conscript
Austrian Armed Forces
Six months of national service — a great deal of administrative work in Excel, calisthenics, and field training with several marches and a Feldwoche.
graduate
Matura at TGM Vienna
Graduated with distinction — Matura 1.1, annual GPA never below 1.1 across all five years.
certified
Siemens TIA Portal — Basic
Certification in Siemens TIA Portal fundamentals.
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Embedded Engineer (contract)
Seibersdorf GmbH
Hardware and firmware for a fully autonomous two-axis measurement system for Co-60 gamma radiation — STM32 motion control in C, LabVIEW-driven automation and data acquisition. read more
builder
BLDC electronic speed controller
Speed controller for brushless motors in drone propulsion — six-step commutation moving to field-oriented control, on a hand-soldered board. read more
licensed
Radio Amateur Certificate (CEPT)
A year-long preparation course — EM wave propagation, the atmospheric layers, antenna types, and matching both the antenna and its operation to the band — plus time on the radio station on the TGM roof. Issued by the Fernmeldebüro Austria, valid to 2033.
certified
LPI Linux Essentials
Linux shell and system fundamentals.
builder
Inverse-kinematic robot arm
Three-axis arm with web-based inverse-kinematic control — ESP32 firmware, Angular frontend, 3D-printed mechanics. read more
Software Engineering Intern
Documatrix GmbH
Full-stack work in Go and TypeScript, including a complete migration of the production frontend from JavaScript to TypeScript and a switch from Webpack to esbuild that cut build times by roughly 10×. read more
certified
Cisco CCNA
Cisco Certified Network Associate — networking fundamentals.
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athlete
Strength training
Training seriously, and writing individual plans for people around me — programming and progression, and the biomechanics behind a lift that stalls or starts to hurt.
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volunteer instructor
TGM Robotics & IoT
Ran the after-school robotics and IoT programmes at TGM alongside my own diploma.
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student
Elektronik und technische Informatik, TGM Vienna
Five-year HTL programme in embedded systems, digital and analog electronics, PCB design and microcontroller programming. Electives in robotics, IoT, IT law and Spanish.
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climber
Mountaineering
Many tours in the Alps since. Highest summit so far: the Großvenediger, 3657 m.
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student
BG/BRG Tulln an der Donau
Secondary school in Tulln, before moving on to the HTL at TGM Vienna.
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pupil
Volksschule Langenlebarn
Primary school in Langenlebarn, Lower Austria.
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player
Club football
Ten seasons of club football, from primary school through to the HTL years.
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skier
Skiing
On skis every winter since.
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Birth
Born in Tulln an der Donau, Lower Austria.