About me

Hi, I am Stefan Römer.

I am a Software Engineer with 15+ years of working experience (mainly C/C++, shell and batch scripts, python) and in-depth OS (Windows and Linux) and networking knowledge (implementation of custom interfaces, amongst others a CORBA interface used in the sorting centers of an international logistics company).

I studied Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences from which I graduated with the degree of a Dipl.‑Ing.(FH) [Graduate Engineer (University of Applied Sciences)] in 2006. Since 2007 I did work as a development engineer in the field of industrial and logistics automation. In 2019 I moved to Vietnam, started my own business and do provide software development services on a free lance basis.

Initially I got interested in computers when my father bought a 286AT running MS DOS 3.3 a long time ago. With the time I used different Windows versions (from Windows 3.1 to the current versions) but since I got my hands on a bundle of SuSE Linux 5.1 at the local book store I am a Linux fan and Windows didn't touch my own PCs since many years. Currently my PCs run Gentoo and Artix Linux.

I am developing mainly with C/C++ and bash scripts. Somtimes use Python as well and recently got started using Rust as a modern programming language which enforces memory safety and prevents concurrent data races at compile time. I also got interested in cyber security and started gaining knowledge on the TryHackMe platform.

I fell in love with Vietnam so I live and work here. I also like photography, badminton and strong vietnamese coffee - lots of it.

Describing myself with some Q&A

IT related Q&A:

• Windows or Linux?
  No question about that: Linux!

• C/C++ or Java?
  No Java! C/C++ (or Rust) and Python/Bash where viable.

• Vim or Emacs?
  Vim - Neovim to be specific.

• CLI or GUI?
  CLI wherever viable. GUI everywhere else.

• SSH or VNC/RDP?
  SSH (see CLI or GUI above).

• Web Development?
  Some HTML and CSS is OK. Nothing more than that!

• Databases?
  Find someone else!

• SAP? Oracle? etc.
  BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! (see 'Databases' above)

Other stuff:

• Coffee or Tea?
  Coffee - The strong vietnamese kind of it!

• Early bird or night owl?
  Vietnamese people are early birds, they get up when I go to bed. I'm a night owl!

• Beer or Wine?
  "Ebbelwoi" (apple wine - like me it's from the german State of Hessen)