pallaxa@about:~$ cat ~/about.md

About

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I build things. Startups, products, infrastructure — anything that solves a real problem and ships to real users. Currently running StartupGPT, the first AI-native startup incubator, where I'm building multiple AI-powered products from the ground up.

Twenty-plus years of designing software products, developer platforms and secure delivery environments. I work from first principles: establish the required outcome, make constraints and assumptions explicit, validate the highest-risk decisions early, and implement the simplest thing that operates reliably at scale. CISSP certified, and nominated as a Lead Technical Officer for CI/CD and for generative AI adoption.

My approach is simple: identify friction, design a solution, ship fast, iterate based on data. I believe in full-stack ownership — from the database schema to the deployment pipeline to the landing page copy.

When I'm not shipping code, I'm probably reading about security, tinkering with AI models, or figuring out how to automate something that shouldn't take as long as it does. Back in the day I used to crack videogames for fun — reverse engineering copy protection, patching binaries, the whole nine yards. That curiosity for understanding how things work (and break) never left.

pallaxa@terminal:~/neofetch
OS:NixOS x86_64 — btw
Kernel:Builder v∞
Uptime:Always shipping
Shell:zsh + vim + tmux
Resolution:Problems → Products
CPU:Caffeine-powered multi-threaded
GPU:NVIDIA H100 (rented)
Memory:∞ tabs open
pallaxa@terminal:~/contacts
github.com/pallaxax.com/Pallaxawww.pallaxa.com
pallaxa (at) googlemail (dot) com
pallaxa@terminal:~/skills
Architecture & Platforms
├─ Enterprise Architecture
├─ Solution & Software Architecture
├─ CI/CD Platform Strategy
├─ Cloud & Multi-Tenancy
├─ Identity & Access (CIAM)
├─ Licensing & Entitlement
├─ Export Control
├─ SAFe / Agile at Scale
Languages
├─ TypeScript
├─ JavaScript
├─ Python
├─ C#
├─ Java
├─ Go
├─ SQL
Favorite Frontend Stack
├─ React
├─ Next.js
├─ Tailwind CSS
├─ React Native
Favorite Backend Stack
├─ FastAPI
├─ Node.js
├─ Express
├─ PostgreSQL
├─ Redis
├─ .NET
Infrastructure & CI/CD
├─ Docker
├─ Kubernetes
├─ K3s
├─ Terraform
├─ Ansible
├─ Traefik
├─ CI/CD Pipelines
├─ GitHub Actions
├─ Linux
├─ DigitalOcean
AI / ML
├─ LLM Integration
├─ AI Agents
├─ Prompt Engineering
├─ RAG
Cybersecurity
├─ Security Architecture & Strategy (CISO-level)
├─ Penetration Testing
├─ OWASP Top 10
├─ Threat Modeling
├─ CSP Hardening
├─ Incident Response
├─ Compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
├─ Security Auditing
pallaxa@terminal:~/education
University of Duisburg-Essen
Business Administration and Information Systems — Essen Campus
University of Duisburg-Essen
Applied Chemistry
pallaxa@terminal:~/organizations
Chairman of the Board
A parent-run childcare organization in Bottrop
├─ Lead the board of a parent-run childcare organization
├─ Support governance, finance, staffing and strategic decisions