# About

* Name: Paul Buetow
* Father, Husband, Computer tinkerer, Yogi, Science fiction lover, cat owner
* Born in: Germany, currently living in: Sofia, Bulgaria
* Profession: Computerist -  Solving problems with computers that we wouldn't have without them
* Current job: Site Reliability Engineer
* Education: Diplom-Informatiker (FH) (Diploma from a German University of Applied Sciences,  before hey had international Bachelor and Masters programs)
* E-Mail: `paul@nospam.buetow.org`

[![Paul Buetow](./paul.jpg "Paul Buetow")](./paul.jpg)  

## My sites

[My blog here at foo.zone](../)  
[irregular.ninja - My street photography site (warn: multiple MBs, it's photos after all)](https://irregular.ninja)  
[DTail - the distributed log tailing program](./dtail.md)  

## Show me the code

[Project showcase](./showcase.md)  
[codeberg.org/snonux - My Codeberg page](https://codeberg.org/snonux)  
[github.com/snonux - My GitHub page (it's just a mirror of Codeberg, really)](https://github.com/snonux)  

## Social Media and Communities

[@snonux@fosstodon.org - Me at Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@snonux)  
[My LinkedIn profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-buetow-b4857270/)  

## Books

### Books I am currently reading / listening

* Seeking SRE: Conversations About Running Production Systems at Scale; David N. Blank-Edelman; eBook (Kobo kePub)
* How to talk so kids will listen & Listen so kids will talk; Audiobook (Audible)
* 2005 - Okular; Alastair Reynolds; eBook (Kobo kePub)
* 2021 - Inhibitor Phase; Alastair Reynolds; Audiobook (Libro.fm)

### Next books already in my shelf

* Clean Code; Audiobook (Audible)
* Bash it out
* 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts; Emily Freeman, Nathen Harvey; eBook (ePub)
* 1992 - A Fire Upon the Deep (german: Ein Feuer auf der Tiefe); Vernor Vinge; eBook (buecher.de)
* 2025 - Origin: Die Entdecknug (german); Andreas Brandhorst; eBook (buecher.de)
* 2025 - Origin: Die Erweckung (german); Joschua Tree; eBook (buecher.de)
* 2025 - Origin: Die Erloesung (german); Brandon Q. Morris; eBook (buecher.de)

### Book wishlist

* 2025 - Gateway - Frederik Pohl (german)

### Books I've read

[Resources, Technical Books, Podcasts, Courses and Guides I recommend](./resources.md)  
[Novels I've read](./novels.md)  

That's all for now...

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