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I am a business builder, engineer, and family man based in Stavanger, Norway. I learned how to learn by getting an MSc in geophysics at NTNU. I also got to spend two semesters in the Lone Star State, at Texas Tech University. After spending some years in the oil and gas industry, my attention was drawn to the world of entrepreneurship, indie hackers, and the open-source scene. Especially the things revolving around Ruby and Ruby on Rails hit all the right spots for me. Since then I’ve worked on a wide variety of projects. Financial technology, data science, compliance software, logistics, and e-commerce. I’ve been more or less independent since 2013 and I like it this way. Currently, I love building applications and websites that are clean, fast, and last a lifetime.
I prefer and seek true intrinsic motivation. I am constantly trying to learn new things, and that journey will partly be documented on this website.
Why this page?
Why I think you should have a page like this
Many years ago, I noticed a pattern among the people I admire on the internet. These could be coders, writers, travelers, or completely random profiles. Famous and non-famous. I observed that many of them had these simple and old-looking personal web pages and blogs. The reason for this style seemed to be the urge for simplicity, to be in control, and also the sheer joy of creating the best tool for the job. I also saw that many of them rewrote their sites multiple times to test out different technologies. It inspired me to do the same. And now, I am challenging you to throw yourself out there and create your site.
“It’s easy to just click ‘Install now’ on a WordPress template, but what exactly do you learn from that?”
Normally I would share the source code for a project for this, but not this time: I want you to create it yourself. From scratch. Well, not really from scratch but almost. Start by finding an SSG (Static Site Generator), and pick one that looks interesting. I’ve used Hugo to build this site. Previously, I’ve also written this same page using Jekyll, Ruby on Rails, GatsbyJS, and BridgetownRB. At this point, I would advise Hugo.
