I'm a software engineer passionate about building digital solutions. I enjoy coding in various languages and frameworks, and I love creating applications that solve everyday problems. In my free time, I work on personal projects and share my stories and knowledge through web content.
Hi, I'm Rico 👋🏻
Latest posts
See all posts- One Year Gravelbike ReviewSumming up what happend during my first year after purchasing a gravelbike to take cycling seriously as a sport
- Setup Private Docker Registry in a Kubernetes ClusterTest Pushing Images and Running Deployments
- Enabling TLS Encryption for Applications in a Kubernetes Cluster and Delivering a Test Page over HTTPSNotes on Setting up TLS Encryption and HTTPS Redirects in a Kubernetes Cluster and accessing a sample web application via https.
Latest snippets
See all snippets- Watch AI fail at creating a CSS art animated bicycleExploring the limitations of AI in generating CSS art animations through various prompts which are also AI generated because I'm lazy and just wanted to see the results.
- My Smart Home Automations for Smart Heating Control with Window SensorsBreaking down the Home Assistant automation YAML of my window sensor-based heating control.
- Smart Home Makes Me... AngryShort rant about the frustrations of dealing with Smart Home technology.
Recent projects
See all projects- DartobertTrack Darts games with friends and admire your stats.
- GPX MapperCreate maps of your GPS activities with some stats from GPX files. Upload multiple GPX files from your GPS tracked activities to get heatmaps or maps with multiple stages.
- Personal WebsiteI dumped my Wordpress website to have a fancy self-developed website.
Work Experience
See all work- Sep2022 - CurrentslashwhySoftware Engineer
- Fullstack development on a data management and analysis application for wind turbine development using mainly Java Springboot and Angular, changes to microservices in Go and Python and deployment via Gitlab CI/CD & Kubernetes
- Development work on a custom C# .NET framework and shell application for a plugin architecture, aimed at redesigning and consolidating an existing large project landscape in the field of simulation and validation systems for control and automation technology
- Developed a concept for cross-team internal developer documentation in a large software project
- Participated in hiring interviews
- Organized internal hackathons
- Organized & Contributed to internal knowledge sharing among developers
- Oct2021 - Sep2022macio GmbHSoftware Developer
- Creation of a test automation system for a customer for a new IoT gateway device and its software components
- Software development on an embedded web project in Angular
- Dockerization and porting of an existing Angular application with ASP .NET backend to new hardware
- Fullstack development on a new application using ASP .NET core backend and Angular frontend partially inherited from another project, deploying to a Linux device
Let's Connect
If you want to get in touch with me about something or just to say hi, reach out on social media or send me an email.