Hello, my name is Sven and I develop software for a living.

I’ve been on this planet long enough to have owned a VIC-20 . With the help of a book, printed on paper (yes, really!) I learned to program with BASIC. I don’t remember how it happened, but at some point I reached the limits of the 5KB main memory. Luckily I also had a 3KB RAM expansion cartridge, the thing was about the size of a VHS cassette, so I had a total of 8KB RAM available. Those were the days!

I later moved on to the infamous C64 and explored the world of PEEKs, POKES, bits and bytes and tried to learn assembly language, but I couldn’t figure it out until much later.

Over time, I got to know other programming languages, tools and technologies. Some of them I liked, others not so much. While I enjoy backend development in my day job, mostly PHP and Symfony with a bit of Python these days, I’m trying to get a grip on game development using C# and MonoGame for a while now.

When I’m not sitting in front of a keyboard, you can find me in a bouldering gym, riding my road bike (to be honest, it’s been a while), or at home playing electric guitar and sharing space with two cats, who graciously allow me to open their food cans. I also happen to make chiptune music every now and then under the name STA$D400, feel free to check it out on Bandcamp , or Spotify .

Got a question, an idea to share, or just want to say hi? Feel free to drop me a line by email via shenblog [at] posteo [dot] de.