Where it started
I’ve been into computers since my dad brought home a Pentium II with 32 MB of RAM. I wanted to know how it worked, fix it when it broke and, of course, play games on it, so I became the family’s tech support. An informatics-focused secondary school and university followed naturally. I never really stopped tinkering, and these days I have a small homelab where I can try things out.
How I got here
My first real job was at evosoft, with a team that made sure I stayed in the field. I liked operations, but I was just as curious about how software gets built and shipped. I never wanted to be a full-time developer; I like working on software from the other side. Test automation taught me how much quality and automation matter, and at SAP I went deep on DevOps, with a manager who gave me room to learn. My work in test infrastructure today brings all of it together.
AI has also found its way into my side projects. I didn’t want my experience of it to stop at prompts and vibe coding, so I’ve been building ML and LLM workflows with the same checks I’d want on any production change.
Why Denmark
The pastries, the lighting and the Danish chairs. Jokes aside, I never cared much about “most liveable city” rankings, but after three visits to Copenhagen my wife and I understood them. Plenty of countries have bike lanes; in Copenhagen people actually ride with each other in mind. Public transport just works, and people were friendly everywhere we went.
Now that I’m getting closer to 40, we’ve thought hard about where to live long term, and we both ended up in the same place. So I’m learning Danish, with proper courses and a flashcard app I wrote for myself.
Away from work
I’ve always liked multiplayer games best, since most of the fun comes from playing with friends. Right now that’s Battlefield 6, and I still follow the big Counter-Strike and League of Legends events. A good story-driven game can win me over too. Some tell a story better than a film could, because they don’t have to squeeze it into two hours. My wife and I like puzzles and board games, with the occasional round of World of Tanks.
Off the screen, I took up skateboarding at 33. I won’t be the next Tony Hawk, but rolling around feels good. Back in Hungary I played recreational ice hockey with colleagues from SAP, and I’d happily pick it up again. At home I’m a hobby barista who loves experimenting with flavours and is still losing the fight with latte art. Lately I’m also learning photography, which gives me a good excuse to explore European cities with a camera.