Hey there! ✌️

🧙 I'm Roland, a Full-Stack Software Developer @ BlackRock with DevOps knowledge with ~5 Years of (professional) Experience.

🧠 I have experience with:

🔤 Languages / Frameworks:

• TypeScript / JavaScript
• Angular / React / Next.js / Redux
• Node.js / NestJS / TypeORM / Express.js / Jest / Jasmine / SuperTest / fast-check
• Java / Spring Boot / Spring WebFlux / JUnit 5 / Mockito

💬 Messaging:

• WebSockets / Server-Sent Events
• Apache Kafka

💽 Databases:

• PostgreSQL / MongoDB / Redis

📊 GitOps / DevOps:

• Git / GitHub Actons / Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift

📜 I hold the following certifications:

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator - CKA (obtained in 2025)

📚 I possess the wisdom and knowledge of the following books:

• 📗 Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (read from 2022 till 2023) (favorite)
• 📕 The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (read in 2023) (favorite)
• 📙 The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (read in 2023)
• 📘 Head First Design Patterns: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software 2nd Edition (read from 2023 till 2024)
• 📔 Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (read in 2024)
• 📒 Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Study Guide, 2nd Edition (read in 2025)
• 📓 Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach (read in 2025)
• 📗 Effective Java, 3rd Edition (in progress)
• 📕 Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems (in progress)

😎 In my free time, I love to:

• 👨‍💻 Work on my hobby projects
• 🚌 Travel around
• 🎤 Debate on political topics
• 🚀 Dedicate time to self-improve
• 🎶 Enjoy my playlists (funky / tech / deep house, trance, disco, dance, retro, EDM, rock, pop)
  • 🎵 Take a look at what do I listen to

If you are interested in my professional career, please feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile.