If you’re mainly here for programming, feel free to skip ahead 🎯. For everyone else, stick around, I’d love to share a little glimpse into my journey.

🖊️ Life’s certainly had its twists and turns, and I’ve faced illness and struggles, but with the amazing people around me, I’m moving forward and continuing to build a meaningful life with my family.

Who am I?

I‘m a curious soul, always exploring new ideas and experiences. Life’s challenges have taught me to always stay present and appreciate the small, fleeting moments because sometimes, that’s all you have.

Early on in life, I realised that I have social anxiety and some traits of autism, which made social situations a bit tricky. Over time, I’ve learned to embrace these parts of myself. I’ve also discovered that I’m a Highly Sensitive Person, which explains a lot about how I experience the world. It can make some things difficult for sure, but it also helps me appreciate deep conversations and notice life’s little details.

Because of these experiences, studying, working, and living what I’d call a normal life unfolded differently for me, and navigating them shaped my resilience, perspective, and approach to life.

Learn. Share. Grow – My Turning Point

In 2017, a friend encouraged me to travel from Sweden to Borgå, Finland, to train as an animal caretaker. I thought it would be a step toward the life I wanted, but it was much harder than I expected, and my social anxiety made it challenging. Still, the experience pulled me out of isolation and made me more ✨ self-aware. It helped me understand myself, others, and the world better and made me stronger in many ways.

Not long after that, I travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and discovered a simpler, richer way of life, unlike anything I’d known before. People lived more slowly, with less rush and more connection to one another. They helped each other, no matter who they were, and there was a strong sense of kindness and warmth. Life felt more direct, more personal, and more alive. Seeing people give what little they had deepened my appreciation for generosity and showed me what truly matters.

For the first time, I understood that sharing isn’t just about giving away things you no longer need. True sharing means giving what you love and use, from the heart. It also made me realise we all have the ability to share what we love and touch others’ lives.

This made me understand a few things about life. The first is how important it is for people to collaborate properly at every level, because collaboration transforms not just what we build, but who we become.

True collaboration requires honest curiosity and understanding of ourselves, others, and our world, and a focus on problems truly worth solving. That means understanding what our real problems are as a whole, so we do not just create new ones.

The other thing I realised is that this applies to me personally as well; the same kind of “collaboration” takes place within me. And this is how I finally understood I had to start living my life for real. I started by tackling things I’d been putting off: I went through tough jaw surgery, returned to school, got a job coach, and began studying life sciences to become a pharmaceutical operator. I wanted to focus on only the good parts of life sciences, like bioinformatics, to eliminate animal testing. Then COVID hit, and I finally burned out, realising I couldn’t go on like before.

Finding Sparks in Life

So, what sparks my interest and brings me joy? 🐺 Animals mean the world to me, and 🎵 music has always been a part of my life. I’ve been playing the piano since I was 8, and it’s given me a way to express what words can’t. When I’m not lost in music, I love ✨ creating and exploring, really, anything that lets me experiment, bring ideas to life, and express myself.

I also find joy in 🌱 nature, film, reading, and exercise, as they help me stay grounded. 🥗 Food is another passion, with Italian and Ethiopian dishes as favourites, though I’m always up for trying new flavours, especially spicy ones. I’ve loved cooking and baking since I was a kid and really enjoy experimenting with recipes. Alongside food and hobbies, I’m passionate about 🌍 languages and cultures, always seeking meaningful experiences.

What I Stand For

In addition to these passions, I should mention that I am committed to inclusivity and social justice. My experiences with social anxiety, autism, and sensitivity have shaped my empathy and drive me to fight for a world where we all make the effort to understand and support each other, regardless of our backgrounds, abilities, or other differences. I stand up for everyone and fight against bullying and discrimination.

I see these values as essential for building a world where collaboration, understanding, and mutual support drive us forward together. When people are healthy, happy, and supported, all kinds of success, including financial success, follow naturally! But not the other way around.

This is how we create something truly sustainable. To make a real difference, we must think critically, not just follow the crowd.

We need to be strong problem “finders” and problem “understanders,” not just problem “solvers.” This mindset helps us recognise the real problems in our world. Otherwise, as I mentioned before, we risk creating new problems by solving issues that only work temporarily, only for a specific group, or only for their own gain.

So it makes sense to tackle challenges with empathy, taking a truly holistic view and thinking about the long-term future, not just the immediate or short-term.

This is where programming comes in. It helps us think critically and use computers to find and understand problems. It’s also important to remember that tools are only tools, and they can be as powerful as they are dangerous. Recent AI advances, for example, make it possible to manipulate people in ways we are only beginning to understand.

I created this blog to teach young people and adults how to program and to help everyone understand both the benefits and risks of technology. Here, you’ll learn how to solve your own problems, shape your life and future, and take on the bigger challenges we all face together.

🎯 My Programming Journey

Here’s the story of how I got started with coding, why it’s still a huge part of my life, and what keeps inspiring me.

In the beginning

I started 💻 coding as a kid, inspired by TV shows, movies, magazines, library books, and my friends’ video games.

My family couldn’t afford a computer, so for the first two years, I imagined programs on paper and in my head before ever running them. Now and then I got to test them on a friend’s computer.

Not having my own computer wasn’t perfect, but it had unexpected advantages. It made me think things through, plan ahead, and figure things out even without the tools I needed. Today, you can just try things on your phone, which makes experimenting much easier. Still, stepping away from your tools and working things out in your head first can help you focus in a different way.

Programming felt like unlocking a secret world where anything was possible. Every day, I discovered something new, and it always felt limitless. Even now, it still amazes me how much you can create with just a bit of code, and how powerful it is.

Back in the Day

When I first started, things were simpler. A few books and a manual were enough to understand how an entire machine worked. Technology felt more open, you could really dig in and see how everything fitted together. These days, computers are faster and more capable, but also wrapped in layers of complexity, security, and abstraction that make them harder to fully grasp.

That said, you don’t need to know everything to build great software. But if you want your programs to stand out, to be faster, more reliable, or just have that extra spark, you do need to go deeper.

What’s worth learning?

The challenge today is that new programming languages and tools keep popping up fast. It’s exciting, of course, but also a bit overwhelming. What’s worth your time? How do all the pieces fit together with what already exists?

Over time, I’ve learned to stop chasing trends and instead focus on how things connect, because understanding those connections is what makes learning powerful.

Bringing It All Together!

Anyways, I hope to show you how to use and connect existing building blocks to solve problems quickly, and how to build things from scratch to create exactly what you want. There’s real joy in learning new things, solving tricky problems, helping others, and building practical solutions that shine in all kinds of ways, from speed and reliability to creativity and pure elegance. On this blog, I’ll share my projects, experiments, and what I’ve learned, hoping to spark curiosity and show what’s possible with technology.

Of course, the key to learning never changes: you master the basics, learn by doing. Understand the rules with your mind, then break them with your heart.

And that is exactly what we will do!

Alright, enough of that – let’s get to the fun! 🚀

☕ Goodbye Hello!