About

I’m Aleksandar, a software engineer at Tesla Energy in Amsterdam, working on cloud-agnostic distributed systems.

Before this, I spent nearly three years at Uber building distributed systems for FinTech and Maps. These days I write Rust in my free time to keep my low-level thinking sharp. Computers are metal, after all.

I got here through a winding path: electrical engineering at TU Vienna, a few years in non-software roles, a half-finished Master’s in Computer Engineering, and eventually the realization that I actually enjoy programming.

What I write about

This blog is where I share what I learn while digging into technical topics. Right now I’m building Rudis, a Redis clone in Rust, and writing about it as I go.

I’ve also written about OpenZeppelin’s Ethernaut challenges and cryptography:

• Old Medium blog
• Blog while interning @ hack

Beyond code

I enjoy all things outdoor that involve:

• hiking 🥾
• skiing and/or snowboarding ⛷️🏂
• basketball (also indoor) 🏀
• kitesurfing (no emoji)
• sailing ⛵

Get in touch

Happy to chat about programming or anything else. Reach me at aleksandar@hey.com or LinkedIn.