Julian Köpke

Professional software engineer and photographer, programming since 2000. I write and speak about software design, digital independence and the things I build. See what I'm up to now.

Writing

Publishing to the Atmosphere 2026-09-24
Connecting this blog to Bluesky and ATproto.
Living on the Edge 2026-06-03
My take on programming with AI.
OOP considered harmful 2025-06-28
Does OOP do software design more harm than good?

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Talks

A Rebel's Guide to Digital Independence Goatmire 2026
The BEAM-Rust Sandwich Code BEAM Europe 2025

Projects

AlchemyPub Elixir
The open source Elixir publishing engine behind this site.

Away from the keyboard I make music.