Teo, Software Engineer

I'm a software engineer. I work for a multinational workforce management company. I deal with technology, security, performance, scalability and other interesting kinds of magic :)
Feel free to scroll through some of my personal websites, software & experiments (that i made as a hobby over time)

My Active Projects

My Articles, Whitepapers & Books

Whitepapers

Standard Specification for Client-Centric Time (2016)

specifies a time-keeping strategy (designed for 3rd party reference and compliance) that defines the client-side as the border between universal time-keeping and local time-keeping

Standard Specification for Persistence of Time (2017)

specifies a strategy to persist time, designed for 3rd party reference and compliance

Book

The Probabilistic Origin Of The Universe (2018)

a cosmological model by yours truly - this is, honestly, how i think the world came to be;
click the link above for the free PDF or get the paperback from Amazon.

Stories

High-Volume Processing of Unexpected Input (2020)

life sometimes throws a lot of input at us (whether at home or at work) - in those moments we have to know the proper way of handling things ;)

Drake's Equation vs. the Fermi Paradox (2019)

where i try to even the ground between Drake's equation and Fermi's paradox

Humanity is going deaf (2018)

a testimony against what seems like ever spreading desensitization among the members of our species

Reducing (& coping with) Noise Pollution (2018)

a strategy for handling the no. 1 side-effect of the desensitization mentioned above

Why Are Dreams & Nightmares Still A Mystery? (2018)

my theory that dreams & nightmares are a biological/somatic expression of the survival instinct

Some Experiments & Investigations

Experiments

3D experiment with CSS shadows (2013)

you will need red/cyan 3D glasses to see the effect

Investigations

Positioning contextual information (2015)

As i was trying to come up with formulae to position a contextual menu (upon right click) this was what i came up with
x_M = MIN(MAX(W_BL, x-X₀), W_W-W_BR-W_M)
y_M = y-Y₀-H_M, if y > H_W-H_BB-H_M-Y₀
y_M = y+Y₀, if y = H_W-H_BB-H_M-Y₀
Here is the original "manuscript" :)

Can UFO sightings be quantified? (2018)

An experimental framework for an open database / survey of UFO sightings

Random

Some Smaller Projects

Some Parked / Inactive / Discontinued Projects

Forever Fighter
Pure motivation intelligently split into recovery (post-event) and preparation (pre-event)

Sonic Typing
Hear what you type at a speed proportional to your typing

Sand
Sand is an application that i tailor-made for myself unifying concepts from the entire productivity ‘cycle’ (alarms, reminders, tasks, rest). It’s not meant to please everyone but prepare for a productivity boost if you install it: sand.apk (just install on your Android device from there or look it up on Google Play)

IPO Library for Java
Input-Process-Output library for Java

Tag-ToDo-List
Versatile, award-winning app in its time… Now it’s just unmaintained and old. It used to be on the Google Play Market at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.todo but i unpublished it (didn't have an up to date policy relative to the API features it used). Farewell Tag-ToDo-List

[Undisclosed name :)]
Unfortunately i had to discontinue [Undisclosed name]. It gained popularity fast but the fact that it was an unauthenticated web service was exposing the entire host server to security & performance issues. The idea is interesting, almost revolutionary.. But the hardware backbone technology necessary to support such a service isn’t here yet.

Testimonials :)

Causes I support

Kiva
Micro-loans for poor people in developing countries

Portable Apps
Apps that you can copy and run in a portable way without installation. Let's get rid of this antiquated "installation" process.

Eclipse IDE
I use it at work, i use it at home.. It's a sustainable tool, built for the future..

Space X
Any words necessary? Either we remain cavemen (and there is no problem with that). Or: we want to survive in the future as a space faring civilization. Both choices are equally valid. But we have to make the decision and understand the consequences.

Cooking Recipes Invented by Accident

Scallion à la Teo
Heat some scallion in a pan with cooking oil, no more than a few minutes, enough for some of the aroma to escape.. Take the scallion out and put it on a plate. Then grate some cheese over it. Best served with bread and orange juice. Bon appetit!

Dessert à la Teo
Boil some pieces of pear in some water. Take the boiled pear pieces out of the water and sprinkle sugar on top of them. Take 2 oat biscuits (any kind that you prefer): cover one of them with pear pieces and then put the other on top and press a bit. It will stick :) Bon appetit!

Teo