Hi there 👋, I'm Alex

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🧠 Who am I?

I'm a tech engineer based in the Netherlands 🇳🇱, with extensive experience in Staff and Principal engineering roles.
A Stoic apprentice, lifelong learner, and book addict — intrigued by consciousness/mind, and seeking knowledge.
Ah... Sometimes, I write code 👨🏻‍💻.

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⚒️ What do I do?

• 👨‍💻 Staff/Principal Platform Engineer by day — magician & philosopher by night 🌙
• 🚀 CTO at IdeaUP
• 🤖 AI Engineer & indie hacker obsessed with intelligent systems
• 🧠 Currently focused on: AI agents, DevEx, and building MCP Servers
• 💬 Available for freelance work, consulting, or OSS in: Kubernetes, AWS, AI, Iac, MCP, DevEx, and full-stack development (MVPs, NextJS)

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🛠️ What am I good at?

• Engineering leadership (Staff/Principal roles)
• Systems design & architecture
• Developer Experience (DevEx)
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi
• Cloud infrastructure: AWS, GCP, k8s, Serverless
• Languages: .go, .rs, .tf, .hcl, Python, JavaScript
• CI/CD & automation: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Dagger.io
• Obsessed with clean code, radical simplicity and developer experience

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❤️ I love Open Source

I'm passionate about OSS and always tinkering with ideas and tools that empower engineers.
Check out some of my recent projects:

• 🔧 terragrunt-ref-arch-v3 – Scalable, opinionated Terragrunt architecture
• 📚 mcp-terragrunt-docs – MCP documentation template with AI-powered generation
• 🧱 terraform-registry-module-template – Template for building Terraform registry modules

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🌍 Where to find me

• 💼 LinkedIn — Alex Torres Ruiz