Hello! I'm Thorsten.
I work remotely as a software engineer for Sourcegraph and self-published two books.
You can also find me on Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, XING and Facebook.
What I enjoy
Reading, writing, programming.
Developing, optimizing and taking care of sophisticated systems. Or put another way: I like to program where the rubber hits the road — wherever that may be.
Deep diving into programming languages, interpreters, compilers, web servers, systems programming, Unix, databases.
I'm a big fan of digging deep and peeling away at abstraction layers to get a better sense of what I'm working with and more leverage higher up. In short: I love learning new things.
What I value
Simplicity, minimalism, rawness, honesty, essence.
Humor. Humor isn't less important than seriousness.
Kindness, harmony, humbleness. There's always something to learn.
Discipline, craft, professionalism.
Curiosity, joy, beauty, improvements, change.
Contact
Never hesitate to send me an email at me@thorstenball.com. I love getting email from you.
I also maintain a mailing list, on which I send out occasional updates about my book or this blog. I won't spam you and you can unsubscribe at any time.