The Funilrys Place is my personal corner of the internet where I share my journey—both technical and creative. This space is where I explore my thoughts, ideas, and projects, offering a mix of technical insights, reflections on life, and everything in between.

About me

I am - mostly - known as Funilrys, Fun Ilrys, or @funilrys.

I am 27 and I live somewhere around Saarbrücken, SL, Germany.

I speak 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇷.

I am interested in everything around IT infrastructure, the DevOps culture, backend development and a little bit of frontend development; their implementation, problematics, and solutions—not necessarily cloud-centric. I often consider myself an Infra, Dev & Ops Ninja 🥷. In my toolbox, you will find Bash/Shell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux (btw, I use Arch!), Git, vim, recently Vue.js, Rust, and much more.

I am an Autodidact, I like to build and learn new things by breaking, repairing, and/or doing.

I am a Linux power-user. I spend some of my time trying to break some distributions to better understand them. My favorite distribution is Arch Linux. I installed my first Arch Linux at the age of 13 and since then, never really left it. Recently, I’ve started learning some Debian-specific knowledge. Although Debian will never be my main distribution (since I tend to prefer rolling-release distributions), I want to master its specificities for work.

I am an Open Source optimist, I believe that Open Source is a big part of our lives even if we don’t necessarily see it. I believe that building things together makes us, our infrastructures, and our software stronger. Non-tech people don’t always get the impact of Open Source in their lives, but I hope that will change one day. I try to contribute to changing the point of view about Open Source projects and communities in my environment.

I am an Open Source developer and founder, I spend some of my free time developing, contributing, or discussing projects that I created or find interesting. Most of the projects I’ve written are the result of problems or ideas I had at one point. They just happened to be published in the hope of helping others who may encounter the same problems I once did. Some have been successful, others less so, and some are useful to only a niche. But that's what makes our communities so fun and strong. At some point, people with the same problems, ideas, or goals come together to build something useful not only for themselves but potentially for others as well.

Open Source projects, my contributions, engagement, and the discussions I’ve had around them changed my life. They opened my mind, created friendships, and increased my confidence. Before discovering the Open Source community, I was coding alone on projects that nobody would hear of. Open Source—especially this platform—has pushed me to go further than I ever thought possible, both professionally and personally.

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