CleenCode

Welcome to CleenCode

Hey there! This is my personal space where I document and share my technical adventures. I'm passionate about a variety of topics.

Professional Interests:

Integration Architecture at Scale: Bridging heterogeneous enterprise systems with translation layers and API contracts that don't break existing workflows.

Architectural Ownership with Delivery Credibility: Implementing and enforcing patterns (hexagonal architecture, event-driven systems) rather than handing off diagrams.

Security as a First-Class Concern: IAM boundary design, GDPR compliance, and auditability through architecture decision records.

Cloud-Native Transformation: Moving complex workloads to serverless platforms whilst maintaining regulatory compliance and surviving enterprise politics.

Resilience Over Trend Adoption: Reliable technology choices you can fork and understand over fashionable but brittle frameworks.

Cross-Domain Problem Solving: Applying architectural discipline across industries where integration complexity meets regulatory constraints.

Personal Interests:

Home Infrastructure Tinkering: NixOS as a sandbox for reproducible, declarative systems across all household devices.

Creative Programming: Side builds in Godot, Rust, and minimalist HTML/CSS with a focus on efficiency challenges.

Endurance and Strength Training: Structured running, cycling, swimming, and gym work planned for performance, not aesthetics.

Mobility and Longevity Focus: Engineering mindset applied to injury prevention and long-term training capacity.

Gaming with Depth: Games with rich lore, deliberate pacing, and strong worldbuilding (e.g., Guild Wars).

Writing and Critique: Treating writing like a craft—blog posts, technical breakdowns, cultural critiques.

DIY Problem-Solving: Fixing, improving, and customising systems rather than accepting black boxes.

> ls -la ~/Blogs

                ~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 maarten dev 5120 Apr 14 13:00 Rogal Dorn Gets a New Body: What NixOS Makes Trivial Would Take a Weekend OtherwiseRogal Dorn Gets a New Body: What NixOS Makes Trivial Would Take a Weekend Otherwise
                ~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 maarten dev 6144 Feb 15 18:00 What Your Home Network Does When You're Not LookingWhat Your Home Network Does When You're Not Looking
                ~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 maarten dev 4096 Aug 10 14:30 Welcome to the Panopticon: A Privacy Enthusiast's Guide to Giving UpWelcome to the Panopticon: A Privacy Enthusiast's Guide to Giving Up
                ~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 maarten dev 1024 Aug 07 22:20 Guild Wars 20 Years Later, still chasing the White Mantle’s liesGuild Wars: Twenty Years of White Mantle, Wonder, and Withering Hope
                ~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 maarten dev 1024 Jul 11 17:34 The SurfSense NixOS Saga: From Pure Nix Dreams to Pragmatic SolutionsThe SurfSense NixOS Saga: From Pure Nix Dreams to Pragmatic Solutions
                ~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 maarten dev 8192 Feb 23 10:00 If It Boots, It Runs NixOS. Even Grandma's Laptop. Welcome to My Home Network.If It Boots, It Runs NixOS. Even Grandma's Laptop. Welcome to My Home Network.
                ~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 maarten dev 2048 Feb 22 14:30 Rust Pokédex: when your kid asks for a Pokédex, and you hear ‘Project Scope Creep’Rust Pokédex: when your kid asks for a Pokédex, and you hear ‘Project Scope Creep’
                ~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 maarten dev 512  Feb 22 14:30 Because every time I see 5MB of JavaScript, I die a little insideBecause every time I see 5MB of JavaScript, I die a little inside