Michael Franzl

I am a mechatronics engineer located in Austria who specializes in software engineering. This is my personal web site.

About this website

It is mostly intended as a digital business card and professional portfolio. It also contains a blog of my own content.

No AI of any kind has been used to generate any parts of this website or its infrastructure.¹

No ads are served. As a nod to the early days of the web, all assets are self-hosted.

Why is this website in English when my native language is German? Because the lingua franca for all matters of computer and programming was and still is English.

Certifications

University Degree in Mechatronics Engineering
Certifications in English and French
Certification in Software Architecture
Certification in Linux System Administration

Professional Experience

Private Cloud Architecture for large scale Industrial Automation and Control Systems
Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Database-centric web application development (backend and frontend) for Business Process Management Software at scale in the industry sectors Cybersecurity, Hospitality, and Retail

Open Source

See my GitHub profile. Excerpt of my contributions to other projects:

https://github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/pull/1141 Fix on bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox: fix(vm): re-use ide, sata, and scsi cloud-init storage

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/437138 Fix on NixOS/nixpkgs: services.exim: Fix failing systemd service ExecStartPre script

https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/7788 Fix on playcanvas/engine: Fix shaderParticle assignment

https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/5168 Feature on playcanvas/engine: Support for OffscreenCanvas in Web Workers

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/322980 Feature on NixOS/nixpkgs: nixos/virtualisation: increase priority for libvirt NSS modules

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/322022 Bug report on NixOS/nixpkgs: libvirtd NSS module not working (nscd, nsncd, libnss, libc)

https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/issues/6105 Bug report on playcanvas/engine

Projects

Self-hosting

Declarative provisioning and maintenance of physical and virtual machines, hosting personal sevices like this website, e-mail, and others.

Blog

I enjoy writing about solutions to problems that I am working on.

Apollo PGNCS Subsystem Integration

An integration of the historical Apollo PGNCS subsytem, including the AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer), into a virtual Lunar Module.

I still can’t get over the fact that I have to write a disclaimer like this. ↩