Excoriate - Overview
Hi there 👋, I'm Alex
🧠 Who am I?
I'm a engineer based in the Netherlands 🇳🇱, with extensive experience in Staff and Principal engineering roles.
A Stoic apprentice, lifelong learner, and book addict — intrigued by consciousness/mind, and seeking knowledge.
Ah... Sometimes, I write code for fun 👨🏻💻.
⚒️ What do I do?
- 👨💻 Staff/Principal Platform Engineer by day — magician & philosopher by night 🌙
- 🚀 CTO at IdeaUP
- 🤖 AI Engineer & Indie Hacker obsessed with intelligent systems
- 🧠 Currently focused on:
AI agents,DevEx, and Open Source. - 💬 Available for freelance work, consulting, or OSS in:
Kubernetes,AWS,AI,Iac,MCP,DevEx, and full-stack development (MVPs, NextJS)
🛠️ What am I good at?
- Engineering leadership (Staff/Principal roles)
- Systems design & architecture
- Developer Experience (DevEx)
- Infrastructure as Code:
Terraform,Terragrunt,Pulumi - Cloud infrastructure:
AWS,GCP,k8s,Serverless - Languages:
.go,.rs,.tf,.hcl,Python,JavaScript - CI/CD & automation:
GitHub Actions,GitLab CI,Dagger.io - Obsessed with clean code, radical simplicity and developer experience
❤️ I love Open Source
I'm passionate about OSS and always tinkering with ideas and tools that empower engineers.
Check out some of my recent projects:
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terragrunt-ref-arch-v3– Scalable, opinionated Terragrunt architecture - 📚
mcp-terragrunt-docs– MCP documentation template with AI-powered generation - 🧱
terraform-registry-module-template– Template for building Terraform registry modules