My name is Pavel Sobolev (he/him), also known as paveloom (pave, like Dave, then loom, like Doom). Although I’m comfortable with being called Pave since it is pretty common to shorten nicknames to the first few comfortably sounding syllables in high-paced video games, and I got somewhat accustomed to that in my youth. That’s just easier to pronounce, anyway.
I am a self-taught software engineer and an aspiring software craftsman. I was first introduced to programming when I learned Fortran in my first year of university. While I didn’t have a strong interest in it at first, the more code I wrote, the more I came to appreciate the power of programming and how one can solve problems and create new things with it. As I gained more experience, I started to explore topics beyond the curriculum (I was an astronomer student at the time) and eventually became an open sourcerer, which means that I contribute to open source projects and make my work available for others to use and build upon. I have since learned a number of other programming languages, including Julia, Rust, Zig, C, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, in that order. These are not necessarily replacements for each other, but rather, extensions of the overall experience, which goes far beyond the language of choice.
I am always striving to learn new things and improve my skills. Hopefully, this website is a testament to that. I try to add whatever practical information I acquire in my life to this personal collection of notes in the hopes of aiding my poor memory and, in the process, preserving the knowledge for generations to come.