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simonkarman/README.md

Hi there, I'm Simon Karman! 👋

Cloud Consultant at Xebia Cloud | Hobbyist Game Developer | MSc Game and Media Technology

🌐 Portfolio: simonkarman.nl | 📫 More about me: simonkarman.nl/about

🚀 About Me

I'm a passionate cloud consultant and advocate for modern development practices. I love taking the lead in architecture and development of new products and features, emphasizing modern workflows such as automated testing, pull requests, API-first design, event-driven architecture, and developer happiness.

I believe that developers should embrace modern ways of working: automated testing, boy scout principle, pull requests, API first, event driven architecture, developer happiness, and failing fast. I personally advocate for these practices whenever I can, and I'm always open to learn more.

What drives me:

  • 🛠️ Developer ergonomics - Building and sharing command line tools, infrastructure libraries, and application libraries
  • 🔄 CI/CD advocacy - Making pipelines the approval process itself
  • 🎯 Continuous improvement - Challenging myself and sharing knowledge through communities
  • 🎮 Game development - Been creating games since primary school!

💼 Current Work

Xebia Cloud (Oct 2021 - Present)
Cloud Consultant

  • Helping organizations become cloud native using AWS and GCP
  • Recent projects: Tikkie, Holland Casino, Kramp, ABN AMRO Clearing Bank, TuneIn, DPG Media, Felyx

🛠️ Tech Stack

☁️  Cloud & DevOps    AWS, GCP, Terraform, Pulumi, GitHub Actions
💻  Languages         Java, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, C++, C#
⚛️  Frontend          React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, TailwindCSS
🔧  Backend           Spring, Node.js, Serverless, Kafka
🗄️  Databases         SQL, NoSQL
🔨  Tools             Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Jira, Postman

🎮 Fun Facts

  • 🎲 Started with board games, moved to computer games
  • ⛏️ Big fan of games with modding communities (TrackMania, Minecraft and Call of Duty 4)
  • 🧮 Love mathematics and algorithmic problem-solving
  • 🎯 Enjoy giving presentations about development best practices

📈 GitHub Stats

Simon's GitHub stats

🤝 Let's Connect

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  1. krmx krmx Public

    A network protocol for realtime multi-user interactions.

    TypeScript 13

  2. krmx-starter krmx-starter Public

    A starter for Krmx React applications

    TypeScript

  3. home home Public

    A set of applications that functions as a home server, providing user identity and chat message functionality.

    TypeScript

  4. b11-party b11-party Public

    A multiplayer game based on Mario Party with minigames themed around the 11th board of study association Sticky

    C# 3 1

  5. advent-of-code-2024 advent-of-code-2024 Public

    Advent of Code 2024 in Python

    Python

  6. advent-of-code-2023 advent-of-code-2023 Public

    Advent of Code 2023 in Rust

    Rust