About

I’m Boris — a tech enthusiast and product owner who writes about everyday design and building things on the web.

I think a lot about how complex things get simplified, and what gets lost in the process.

I run my own infrastructure with Home Assistant automating my apartment, a self-hosted mail server with filtering because why not own your own data. At some point this stopped being hobby projects and became the way I think.

I’m drawn to systems that have real stakes. Not toy problems. Things that break in interesting ways.

This blog is where I write about what I’m building, what I’m learning, and occasionally what broke and why.

Work

I studied computer science and graduated with a master’s degree. I wrote my master’s thesis on ethical questions in ML/AI shortly before ChatGPT was unveiled to the world.

I currently work at yooya, a private photo and video community for family, friends, and events. I’ve worked on Nyma, a privacy-focused service generating per-company email addresses to isolate data breach exposure, and I’m currently exploring websockets and MQTT-based services.

Currently exploring

Contact

The best way to reach me is by email: hey@rowm.de