About

I’m Piotr Chruściel, a full-stack software engineer based in Switzerland. I build web applications, backend systems, data-heavy interfaces, automation pipelines, and occasionally physical things that require a soldering iron, a 3D printer, or an unreasonable amount of debugging.

I started in web design and frontend development, then moved deeper into backend engineering, infrastructure, observability, DevOps, and AI automation. That path shaped how I work. I like seeing the whole system: the interface, the APIs, the data flow, the deployment pipeline, the monitoring, and the places where everything quietly breaks at 2 a.m.

Professionally, I have spent more than a decade building and maintaining software across small projects and enterprise systems. My core stack includes TypeScript, React, Python, PHP, Symfony, SQL, Linux, Docker, Nomad, CI/CD, APIs, messaging systems, and observability tooling. Recently, much of my work has been around scientific and weather-related software: maps, plots, overlays, model data, caching, rendering performance, and complex visualization workflows.

I’ve also been working seriously with AI systems for the last few years: assistant pipelines, agents, MCP tooling, local models, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, Slack/Jira/Git automations, and custom tools for more reliable workflows. I’m interested in AI as engineering infrastructure, not magic dust sprinkled on top of a product.

Outside of work, I keep building. I run local servers, experiment with orchestration, test models, automate parts of my daily routine, and design 3D-printable models. Some of those designs are available on MakerWorld, Printables, and Thingiverse.

I also record Unpack, a podcast about work ethics, philosophy, AI, technology, and the strange ways people behave around complex systems. It is also available on Apple Podcasts.

I care about clarity, technical depth, and practical results. I prefer simple systems, but not simplistic ones. I like abstractions when they remove real complexity, and distrust them when they only rename it. My interests range from software and AI to physics, biology, psychology, philosophy, engineering, and game development.