about:netvor

My real name is Alois Mahdal. I am a software engineer who loves programming.

My background is in test automation (Python and Bash), with recent pivot into full-stack web development (Python and Javascript with Vue.js), and even more recent pivot into learning systems-level programming via Zig and Golang. I don't aim to specialize; I've learned that can fall in love with any kind of software as long as I can focus on quality, reliabilty, maintainability and good user experience.

Nowadays (2025 and early 2026), I spend most of my programming time working on my personal projects in Zig.

My home stack is vanilla Debian with i3wm, urxvt (recently being pushed out by alactritty) and Neovim. My favorite PEPs are PEP20 and PEP8. And last time I dual-booted, it was Debian and Fedora.

My non-computing interests are music listening and exploration, art, graphical novels, psychology, science, (mostly indie) video games, and ... the list goes on in my head but I'll just stop here.

When I'm not hacking on some code or tryng to satisfy my curiosity with videos and podcasts, I like to play videogames, take walks or hang out with some of my many little nephews.