Intro

Hey and welcome to my homepage. My name is Henry Knopsmeier and I'm a %AGE% years old software engineer, currently working at ipolog.ai in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, albeit being born and raised in Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania. There's not much else to say here, except for me liking to ride motorcycles, tinker with the former and also cars, build computers and most importantly: Develop software. Read more about that here.

Work

As I'm not only developing software but also pursuing administrative tasks at work, I like to see myself as a self-taught DevOps engineer, since my workplace doesn't offer much support for engineers. I'm still trying to learn all the basics of CI/CD as well as putting that knowledge to work. Most of the time I'm working on automating stuff to make my life (and the life of others) easier, but also engaging in, in my opinion, interesting topics, like programming a simple simulation using only C++ and OpenGL, visualizing data in Javascript with D3 or building command line interfaces. If I'm not programming, I'm probably administering some Linux systems. For servers I like to stay simple with a minimal Debian installation but like to use any kind of Arch distribution for my private appliances. I host many different websites offering handy services like documentation, version-control, a kanban board etc.. If you're interested to see what I'm currently working with, even though most of it is private, take a look over here.

Concerning all kinds of things I'm more or less familiar with, here's a list:
Languages:
- C++
- Bash
- Python
- HTML/CSS/JS (at least a little bit)
Software/Services:
- Git (Github/Gitlab)
- Jira/Confluence
- Linux
- VIM
- Apache2
- Docker
- Domain/SSL management
- VMWare (VCenter, VSphere; again just a little bit)
- Network administration (my main field)
- VPN (OpenVPN/IPSec/Wireguard)
- Firewall (IPTables/pfSense)
- Loadbalancer (F5 BigIP/A10)
- Proxy (Squid)
- Databases (MySQL/MariaDB)
- Switches (Cisco/Extreme Networks)
Hardware
- Building Computers
- Installing Hardware in a data center

Contact

I'll keep it short. If you want to get in touch with me, send me a mail:
- Email: contact[at]knopsmeier.de