I'm a backend and middlware software engineer with a strong focus on the JVM and the surrounding ecosystem. I've spent the last few years working on a suite of services for the healthcare platform at [Optum, Inc.](https://www.optum.com/) I have 7+ years of experience with Java, the Spring Framework and the myriad of libraries that facilitate SOA and Microservice applications.
I'm a backend and middlware software engineer with a strong focus on the JVM and the surrounding ecosystem. I've spent the last few years working on a suite of services for the healthcare platform at [Optum, Inc.](https://www.optum.com/) I have 8+ years of experience with Java, the Spring Framework and the myriad of libraries that facilitate SOA and Microservice applications.
In my personal projects I often steer clear of the JVM as I work with it on a daily basis during the work week. My tools of choice outside of work are [Python](https://www.python.org/) and [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/), with a sprinkling of [Go](https://golang.org/) and the occasional foray into [Common Lisp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Lisp) or [Racket](https://racket-lang.org/). A lot of my personal projects end up on my internally deployed [GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/) instance and I find the integrated CI suite to be particularly useful. In fact, this site is built on that system and deployed automatically when changes are made to the underlying git repository.
In my personal projects I often steer clear of the JVM as I work with it on a daily basis during the work week. My tools of choice outside of work are [Python](https://www.python.org/) and [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/), with a sprinkling of [Go](https://golang.org/) and the occasional foray into [Common Lisp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Lisp) or [Racket](https://racket-lang.org/). A lot of my personal projects end up on my internally deployed [GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/) instance and I find the integrated CI suite to be particularly useful. I also run a public facing [Gitea](https://gitea.io) instance and the source for this site is hosted there (https://git.nulloctet.com/Sothr/sothr-dot-com). This site used to be built on an internal GitLab instance, until I started migrating my more public projects to the Gitea instance. I now use a combination of Gitea and [Concourse](https://concourse-ci.org/) to build the site and deploy it to the hosting VPS when changes are made to the source. You can read about my adventures in creating my new source control + CI/CD infrastructure [here](https://blog.nulloctet.com/posts/2019/12/16/resurrecting-the-dead/).
This site is hosted on a small [Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/) droplet that I personally manage. While the majority of my personal projects that run as services are hosted as docker containers on my homelab server or on a mediocre dedicated server I rent from [nocix.net](https://www.nocix.net/).
I don't spend much time writing, but when I do feel the itch I'll often drop a piece of content at my old [blog](http://blog.sothr.com) or at the new NullOctet [blog](https://blog.nulloctet.com)
I don't spend much time writing, but when I do feel the itch I'll often drop a piece of content at my old [blog](http://blog.sothr.com) or at the new NullOctet [blog](https://blog.nulloctet.com)
