Pedro Alves

Hello.

I’m Pedro. Ever since I’ve had access to computers, I’ve been passionate about tinkering with them and changing them to do more than they were designed for.

I made my first game when I was 13. It’s terrible, I didn’t really know what I was doing, and you can’t even play it anymore, but it got me started with programming, leading my hacker spirit into way too many side projects for me to count.

In University, I did a Master’s in Computer Engineering at University of Minho, where I’m currently finishing my thesis on GPU-powered fluid simulation. There I also got deeply involved with Nix, and created NixVim, by far my most successful project (over 2800 stars!)

Currently I’m working for Critical TechWorks, doing automotive C++ development for BMW.

If you want to know more about me, check out my GitHub, my LinkedIn, or some of the things I've worked on!