Braza SSO
Self-hosted Identity Provider with OAuth2/OIDC, 2FA, and GitHub Actions CI/CD. Built with Go, React, Cassandra and Redis — deployed via Docker Compose.
Beyond the Code
When I'm not thinking about distributed systems, I'm most likely on a wall somewhere — trad climbing is my way of unplugging. It demands the same mindset as engineering: read the problem, make sound decisions under uncertainty, and trust the systems you build.
What is Trad Climbing?
Traditional climbing means placing your own removable gear — nuts, hexes, cams — into cracks as you ascend, then retrieving it on the way down. No pre-drilled bolts. You build and trust your own protection system on every route.
Gear Placement is Engineering
Selecting and seating a cam or nut correctly means understanding rock geometry, load vectors and failure modes in real time. A misplaced piece of gear is a system bug with serious consequences — you learn to get it right.
Decision-Making Under Pressure
Trad climbers must constantly assess risk with incomplete information — crack quality, gear options, fatigue. It's remarkably similar to architectural decisions in production: commit too early and you're stuck, hesitate too long and you never ship.
Leave No Trace
Unlike sport climbing, trad leaves the rock untouched. Every piece of protection goes in and comes out clean. It's the closest thing climbing has to immutable infrastructure — no side effects on the environment.
Carpentry
Building furniture and things with my hands — same satisfaction as shipping clean code.
Chess
Pattern recognition, long-term planning, knowing when to sacrifice a piece for a better position.
Harmonica
Blues harmonica — the one hobby that has nothing to do with problem-solving. Pure expression.