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  <img class="content__portrait" src="{{site.baseurl}}/assets/2020_Portrait.jpg" width="250px" alt="Niels Hoffmann" />
  <p>Hi there! My name is Niels Hoffmann. I am a software engineer living in Berlin, Germany.</p>
  <p>I cofounded <a href="https://askhelmut.com">ASK HELMUT</a>, the curated event discovery platform and am a founding member of digital toy builders <a href="http://yatatoy.com">YATATOY</a> and many other things which you can read about in <a href="{{site.baseurl}}/assets/2020_Niels_Hoffmann_CV.pdf">my CV</a>.</p>
  <p> I like to break down complex problems into understandable units to create high quality software with a focus on clean and maintainable code. My experience has taught me that knowledge sharing through pair programming and code reviews, automation and continuous integration are half the way to building and running successful development teams. The rest of the way are building great relationships, integrity and not shying away from hard conversations.</p>
  <p>When I am not doing things in front of a computer, I like to go sailing and play science fiction infused Krautrock with <a href="https://einseinseins.bandcamp.com">Einseinseins</a>.</p>
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  <h2>Posts</h2>
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  <h2>Contact</h2>
  <p>Don't hesitate to send me an email at <a href="mailto:niels@zentralmaschine.net"  title="Write an email!">niels@zentralmaschine.net</a>.</p>
  <p>Take a look at <a href="{{site.baseurl}}/assets/2020_Niels_Hoffmann_CV.pdf">my CV</a>. You can also find me on
  <a href="https://twitter.com/zentralmaschine" title="Follow on twitter">Twitter</a>,
  <a href="https://github.com/nhoffmann" title="Github">Github</a> or
  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nielsphoffmann" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a>.
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