About

Motivation is a trigger of process

From running game servers in Moscow to building AI tools in Germany and a bike rental business in Portugal — I've spent 7+ years turning code into real-world value.

My story

I wrote my first line of code at 15 in Moscow. Not for a class — for money. I wanted to run game servers, and I quickly realized that if I could code, I could build the tools to make those servers profitable. Within a year, I was operating CS:GO and Rust servers with 150+ daily players, writing custom plugins in C#, and running integrated e-commerce platforms for in-game purchases.

That early experience shaped everything. I didn't just learn to code — I learned that code is a tool for building businesses. By the time I was 18, I was delivering freelance projects: Telegram bots, multi-page websites, payment integrations, and custom microservices. I even wrote technical articles to teach beginners what I'd figured out the hard way.

"The only real education is the one you give yourself while trying to solve a problem that matters to you."

In 2022, I moved to Germany for university and co-founded Irondeer — a bicycle rental and tour business in Nazaré, Portugal. I own every piece of our tech stack: the SEO-optimized website that ranks #1 locally, the infrastructure on Hetzner, the email systems, the customer journey. We scaled from zero to 300+ customers a year with a perfect 5/5 rating across 80+ reviews.

Today, I split my time between Irondeer and InnoBrain, where I build enterprise software for real estate industry clients. I've authored 60% of the code for six major client projects and built a generative AI agent that serves 400+ users daily. I believe the best engineers understand the whole system — from database schemas to deployment pipelines to business outcomes.

What I believe

Own the full stack

From database schemas to deployment pipelines to business outcomes. Understanding the whole system makes you a better engineer at every level.

Simplicity over cleverness

The best code is the code you don't have to debug at 2am. Clean solutions that others can understand and maintain will always beat clever ones.

Ship fast, learn faster

Perfect is the enemy of done. Get working code in front of real users, gather feedback, and iterate. That's how good products get built.

Test what matters

High test coverage isn't a vanity metric when you're the one maintaining the code. Good tests are an investment in sleeping well at night.

Moments

Right now

Working on: Building enterprise tools for real estate industry at InnoBrain, while running the technical side of Irondeer. Also contributing to open source — my Polymarket PHP SDK was the first publicly available implementation.

Learning: Diving deeper into LLM integrations with PrismPHP and workflow automation with n8n. Always sharpening the Laravel toolkit.

Based in: Würzburg, Germany — studying E-Commerce while working full-time. Originally from Russia, with a business in Portugal. I speak Russian, English, and German professionally.