Pascal Riesinger

I’m a software developer at SAP, mostly writing backend services in Go and occasionally dabbling in React and TypeScript on the frontend. Outside of work I spend a good chunk of my time tinkering with my homelab, 3D-printing things that probably should’ve just been bought, and hunting for the next good cup of coffee.

I got into programming in my early teens, writing embarrassingly simple Windows batch scripts and feeling way too proud of a number-guessing game I’d put together. That led to a half-finished Java 2D jump’n’run (abandoned once I realised software-rendered graphics can’t keep up), a short OpenGL and C++ phase (also abandoned, as is tradition), and eventually redesigning a small consultancy’s website in my last year of school – the project that actually nudged me towards web development.

Between school and university, I tried building something with a few friends. It didn’t work out, but I came away knowing Go, databases and Docker well enough to keep using them every day since. From there it was a cooperative bachelor’s at DHBW Karlsruhe with SAP, bouncing between frontend and backend teams, and a full-time backend role once I graduated in 2020.

These days I mostly enjoy building things that quietly do their job: small services, scripts and automations that I don’t have to think about after they’re deployed. When I’m not at a keyboard you’ll probably find me dancing, brewing coffee, or convincing myself that this next side project is the one I’ll actually finish.