Alexander Knips

@alexknips

Software Engineer, Physicist

Joined December 2023

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Developer from Germany who moved to the Bay area who is excited about functional programming, software architecture and much more.

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Always available for mentoring and advice

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AKAlexander Knipsalexknips.hashnode.devJul 27, 2024 · 3 min read

Effect-TS 1: Http backend demo

If you are unfamiliar with Effect Systems, ZIO, or Effect-TS, I recommend reading the following article: https://www.sandromaglione.com/articles/typescript-code-with-and-without-effect and then returning here. Other good information about Effect-TS c...

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AKAlexander Knipsalexknips.hashnode.devJun 2, 2024 · 6 min read

OpenTelemetry for Kafka and NestJS

In this tutorial, let me show you how to set up OpenTelemetry in a Kafka and NestJS microservices architecture. I will use a practical example of an e-commerce application to demonstrate Event Driven Architecture but show the implementation with the ...

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AKAlexander Knipsalexknips.hashnode.devJan 24, 2024 · 9 min read

Systems Design 2 - TicTacToe

Continuing our series, we will now design one of the games mentioned at https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/tech/system-design-interviews section 2. Another topic that comes up frequently is designing a classic game. The exact game you’ll be asked about v...

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AKAlexander Knipsalexknips.hashnode.devJan 9, 2024 · 5 min read

Systems Design 1 - Twitter

Let's take a look at a common systems design interview question as posted on https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/tech/system-design-interviews#file For this question you'll typically be asked to design a specific app, such as Twitter, Instagram, etc. For ...

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AKAlexander Knipsalexknips.hashnode.devJan 1, 2024 · 7 min read

My interactive resume terminal

The full code is available at https://github.com/alexknips/nextjs-cv. The idea is funky and pretty useless but seamed fun to me: Build a resume website in a completely different way by making it look like a terminal but able to answer like a ChatBot....

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Alexander Knips's blogs

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Effect-TS 1: Http backend demo

OpenTelemetry for Kafka and NestJS

Systems Design 2 - TicTacToe

Systems Design 1 - Twitter

My interactive resume terminal

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Alexander Knips

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Alexander Knips's blogs

Recently published

Effect-TS 1: Http backend demo

OpenTelemetry for Kafka and NestJS

Systems Design 2 - TicTacToe

Systems Design 1 - Twitter

My interactive resume terminal