<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Home on Frank Hasenbalg - Programmer &amp; IT Professional</title><link>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/</link><description>Recent content in Home on Frank Hasenbalg - Programmer &amp; IT Professional</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>About Me</title><link>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/about/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/about/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="hello"&gt;Hello!&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m a dedicated &lt;strong&gt;Programmer &amp;amp; IT Professional&lt;/strong&gt; with a strong foundation in software development and IT infrastructure management. I like free and open source technology and continuously learning new tools and methodologies to deliver a products with great value for customers, friends and myself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="education"&gt;Education&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Degree in Computer Science&lt;/strong&gt; - University of Applied Sciences Flensburg&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Certifications&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="https://cs.lpi.org/caf/Xamman/certification/verify/LPI000524051/e5bw6snfkw"&gt;Linux Essentials&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="professional-summary"&gt;Professional Summary&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With more than 12 years of experience in the tech industry, I have developed expertise in:&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Contact</title><link>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/contact/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/contact/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I am open to new projects, creative ideas, and new knowledge. I’m excited to be part of your plans and implementations. Feel free to reach out!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="contact-information"&gt;Contact Information&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;th&gt;Method&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Details&lt;/th&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:frank@hasenbalg.org?subject=%5BWebsite%5DLet%27s%20talk&amp;amp;body=Hi%20Frank%2C"&gt;frank@hasenbalg.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GitHub&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/hasenbalg"&gt;github.com/hasenbalg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Flensburg, Germany&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="lets-connect"&gt;Let’s Connect&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have a question, want to work with me, or simply want to say hello — I look forward to hearing from you!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Available for&lt;/strong&gt;: Freelance work, consulting, full‑time positions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Response time&lt;/strong&gt;: Usually within 24–48 hours&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="office-hours"&gt;Office Hours&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Monday – Friday&lt;/strong&gt;: 8:00 – 16:00&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weekend&lt;/strong&gt;: Limited availability&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you for visiting my website! I look forward to getting in touch with you!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Experience</title><link>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/experience/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/experience/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="professional-experience"&gt;Professional Experience&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2 id="software-engineer"&gt;Software Engineer&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;balticfinance&lt;/strong&gt; | &lt;em&gt;2023 - Present&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Development of monolithic Spring Boot web applications serving hundreds of users with thousands of customers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Maintainance of legacy code&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Docker based operation of new services with business partners&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mentored junior developers and conducted code reviews&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Technologies: Spring Boot, Java, Postgres, Docker, Python, JS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="co-founder"&gt;Co-Founder&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;anything-it.de&lt;/strong&gt; | &lt;em&gt;2022 - Present&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Planning and impl. of IT infrastucture&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Custom software with Django, Postgres and Docker&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wordpress customization and hosting&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Full IT service for small businesses&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Maintainance for selfhosted cloud infrastructure like email, document storage, networking&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="software-developer"&gt;Software Developer&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Codin-IT&lt;/strong&gt; | &lt;em&gt;2020 - 2023&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Projects</title><link>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/projects/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/projects/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="featured-projects"&gt;Featured Projects&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2 id="educational-establishment"&gt;Educational Establishment&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Technologies&lt;/strong&gt;: Proxmox, OPNsense, Nextcloud, Docker, Mailcow, PostgreSQL, Docker, Ansible&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A self-sufficient redundant Poroxmox cluster based platform hosting Email, Nextcloud, Backup and more. The deployments/ updates are scripted and immutable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Features&lt;/strong&gt;:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Containerized deployments&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All data stay at home&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fail save&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="handball-scoreboard"&gt;Handball Scoreboard&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Technologies&lt;/strong&gt;: Python, Flask&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Born out of the need to host a charity handball game in London. It displays the the current score of a handball game on screen on the venue and in a video stream.
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/39iAyI6etFk?si=DKuj63uo8K6s93dX&amp;amp;t=1544"&gt;Check out Handball Society on YT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Skills</title><link>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/skills/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.hasenbalg.org/en/skills/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="skills--expertise"&gt;Skills &amp;amp; Expertise&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2 id="programming-languages"&gt;Programming Languages&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Python&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Strong in automation, scripting, and backend development.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Java&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Enterprise-level development and architecture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Go&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Deep experience building backend services and tooling.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JavaScript / TypeScript&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Full-stack experience with modern frameworks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bash / Shell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Automation, DevOps, and system administration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SQL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Database design, optimization, complex queries, views and performmance tuning.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="frameworks--libraries"&gt;Frameworks &amp;amp; Libraries&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backend&lt;/strong&gt;: Spring Boot, Django, Flask, Go&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frontend&lt;/strong&gt;: Bootstrap&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mobile&lt;/strong&gt;: Flutter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="cloud--devops"&gt;Cloud &amp;amp; DevOps&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cloud Platforms&lt;/strong&gt;: Proxmox Clusters, Hetzner, OVH&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Containerization&lt;/strong&gt;: Docker, Docker Swarm&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CI/CD&lt;/strong&gt;: GitLab CI, Bash&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Infrastructure as Code&lt;/strong&gt;: Ansible&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="databases"&gt;Databases&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Relational&lt;/strong&gt;: PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Sqlite&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NoSQL&lt;/strong&gt;: Redis&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ORM&lt;/strong&gt;: Django, SQLAlchemy, JPA, Jooq, Gorm, Doctrine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="tools--technologies"&gt;Tools &amp;amp; Technologies&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version Control&lt;/strong&gt;: Git, GitHub, GitLab&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Operating Systems&lt;/strong&gt;: Linux ( Debian, Fedora),&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Monitoring&lt;/strong&gt;: Grafana, Uptime-Kuma&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Testing&lt;/strong&gt;: Mockito, PyTest&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="soft-skills"&gt;Soft Skills&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Problem analysis&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Team player&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Communication&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Project Management&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Agile/Iterativ Methodologies&lt;/li&gt;
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